I spoke too soon (or, he’s onto me)

Yesterday I posted about getting a peaceful shower followed by nearly a half hour of quiet time. I returned from my run this morning at 715 am to find a small blonde boy, 1 binky in mouth + 1 binky in hand, waiting expectantly at the back door. Who knew evil could be so damn…

morning person

Who would’ve known that I’d be a *real* morning person? The heat has been oppressive again this week, and so I’ve been up at 600 am (early for me) to step out and run. When I get back, everyone is still sleeping, so I get the bathroom all to myself and a quiet shower without…

he’s probably some poor grad student, and this is part of his dissertation

a little renewal

You know how some people are just plain good for you? Like spending time with them is refreshing, renewing. Their smile sunny, their giggle slightly contagious. I had the chance to take a country drive today, sit in the sun for a spell, and leave with a back seat full of rhubarb. Then, once home,…

NIP

iBeth blogs her breastfeeding hero. The J-baby is coming up on 20 months and still nurses. Infrequently, sure. Mostly at night. But also when he feels out-of-sorts, uncomfortable, or is in unfamiliar environs. When strangers are around. He wants to nurse. It is increasingly hard. He is a small boy, to be sure, though still…

I (heart) Merlin and other nerds

43 Folders finds solid tactics for understanding (and beating) procrastination in a technique called the pull method. The blurb Merlin offers jives (and I do mean jive, as in grooves with, not jibe, which might mean something similar, but when I say JIVE I mean it, I’m not being ignorant–I just save my jibes for…

some pics from dance

🙂 If you watch the slideshow, I tried to get Hannah at the apex of her Russian. My camera is so old and crappy, and my timing even worse, that I have to simply offer what will appear to be a cartoonish sequence of attempts. And Josh, of course, with his screwdriver.

well isn’t that special

a true dilly-dally: After a meeting with a kind financial aid advisor, I completed my consolidation application today. It was less painful than I anticipated, except for trying to fill-in-the-blanks with a small boy hanging onto my elbow. Don’t ride a bike with yoga pants on. There’s a reason biker pants have no flow-y hanging…

progress … slow, inching

I have undertaken a project that I never should have: to download and install Movable Type onto a server. Yah. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, I offer a helpful metaphor: For the last two days, I’ve been trying to prepare a gigantic meal for ______ (insert scary important…

swamp rat

A quick report back from the Swamp Rat Run: I had six brownies run–and they all finished. Our training did most of them really well; they didn’t run all out at the beginning like last year, and they were able to run-walk-run quite efficiently. I ran the 10K after the one miler. It was a…