For shame–I’m writing this during dissertation time. I am sickly at the moment–am I detoxing because of my recent lifestyle changes? or just have yet another seasonal virus?–and it took me the better part of two hours to get through a 15-page, reasonably readable essay on a topic that is interesting to me. There may [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Fitness, week 3
Posted in Fitness, Food on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Eating
Posted in Food on February 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Butternut squash: just as fun to climb as it is to eat
Our menu was getting stale so for fun I made some new vegan recipes this week–and YUM, and oh my delicious, and heavens I feel light and nourished. I love milk and eggs and cheese, passionately, but if I had to I would [...]
Pregnant and Scared?
Posted in Adoption on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Shannon has a great post up about the realities (good and bad) of adoption. Please read it! And please know that you are stronger than you think. Becoming a mother is one of the most amazing things that can happen to you, even when your circumstances are tough. You are not alone.
Fitness, Week 2, 2 days late!
Posted in Fitness, Food on February 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
90 minutes cardio on the bike.
I have a confession to make. Last week I got on the scale THREE TIMES. As long as it is sitting in the bathroom by my feet I am going to step on it. It’s in the way-above cabinet in the bathroom now, the one you have to stand on [...]
how much to wish for
Posted in Planet Sster on February 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We have this pen that a friend of mine from Women for Peace left when she came over to talk about PR. It says, “The devil laughs when you pray for prosperity.”
A few minutes ago Attic Man was looking for his gym shorts so he could work out. I offered that it was probably in [...]
Fifteen Months
Posted in Parenting, The Snapper on February 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
nearly.
Why is it that when YOUR kid starts doing something normal, something that all kids do around that age, it feels like this amazing, spectacular accomplishment, like it is an astounding feat of humanity? Because that’s how I feel every single time the Snapper does something new. Now the new things come daily: using a [...]
Two Days
Posted in Dazed and Confused; or, Living Well with ADD, Dissertating, Parenting, Planet Sster, The Snapper, The guys on February 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Two days working at the group home. Two days dissertating. Two days of homemaking and childcare.
One day called “Family Day” for me to be exhausted and for Attic Man, who has been caring for the Snapper all weekend, to race to school to catch up on work.
I can’t tell whether it’s ‘balanced’ or crazy, this [...]
What to do on the days you feel like a hack
Posted in Dissertating on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Something, anything, really! I find I am content–exhilarated, even–to write about poems all day. I can analyze the heck out of them. Then I go to the criticism and I start to overthink the fact that they are just so smart and accomplished and know all about Mallarme and Tennyson and I just don’t have [...]
Fitness, Week 1!
Posted in Fitness on February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m finally well enough to exercise, but I’m starting off slowly: just 30 minutes on the bike three times a week. In a week or two, when I’m in the groove of getting up before the Snapper (tomorrow it will be 5–yuck), I’ll add the weights.
For this week my only stat is that I have [...]
Fishy Dilemma
Posted in Food Glorious Food, Planet Sster on February 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Little updates: The Snapper is completely back to normal with no need for pain meds and eating normally (like a horse); little house has NO BASEMENT! In the midwest!; I am too sick to exercise, starting antibiotics this afternoon–we’ll start next week, and in the meantime, hide your scales!
On to present business. I am [...]
