January 27, 2012

anywhere but here

January is severely kicking my butt. I visited with a friend yesterday — who also suffers from depression that is worst in January — and it was so good to talk with her and find that we are so similar in our crazy, meaning that I’m not the only one who’s, as she put it, [...]

September 18, 2011

7 Days :: Day Two :: {inside}

You know how I said that I wanted to take all this week’s photos with my real camera, not my iPhone camera? Well, my computer had other plans. You see, I cannot get my camera to upload photos onto our current computer, so I’ve been uploading them onto our old will-not-connect-to-the-internet computer, editing them (since [...]

March 3, 2011

why hello, march

Here’s how the how the hours between 3:00pm and 5:30pm this evening went: I nearly go postal on other drivers while picking Kaylie up from school. You would too. Trust me. Kaylie and I get home, Noah goes to bed, and I try to keep the girls quiet. I hear a crash in Liliana’s room. [...]

February 14, 2011

spoiler: this story has a happy ending

I should not be allowed to drive myself anywhere. That’s really what this all boils down to. I woke up Saturday morning and tried to stave off the impending bathroom visit because I just didn’t want to leave the warm covers. I didn’t last long and finally gave in and made a trip down the [...]

January 27, 2011

burnout

The candle is burning at both ends. I’m at the end of the rope and I’m out of knots to hang on to. I’m running on fumes. Just to warn you, I’m going to vent for a bit, okay? Okay. I think four jobs is too many. You may say I’m stating the obvious, but [...]