Heidi's Hideaway (now with added class!)
Posted in Food on Nov 29th, 2009
One and a half pages into my ten page paper (single-spaced) and having a hard time focusing. I’m just burned out, my friends…the paper WILL be done by midnight next Sunday but ouch, it is going to hurt to make myself do it (and I’m a good paper writer, who generally thinks nothing of [...]
Posted in grad school on Nov 28th, 2009
It’s been a really, really tough couple of weeks.
That Wheezy post? Well, the wheezy turned into the flu. Probably not H1N1, unless it was the no-high-fever variant that some folks apparently get but the flu, pure and simple. The next day was a deep, hacking, painful cough. The day after that [...]
Posted in book reviews, reading on Nov 25th, 2009
As I watch my son slowly, slowly start to learn the sounds of letters and recognize words, I realize that I’ve been reading for the better part of three decades. Books are comfortable companions, solace in lonely times when other friends have been scarce or far away, and there are certain tomes that I [...]
Posted in Big Bad Mummy, Food on Nov 17th, 2009
Currently feeling asthma-wheezy and coughing intermittently, whether because of seasonal allergies or because I’m coming down with something, I do not know. Ciaran’s been coughing too, so maybe we’re fighting off a bug, although I’ve felt fine otherwise.
Had a good appointment with my nutritionist yesterday. I like her quite a lot and would [...]
It’s been two whole weeks since I posted here. When I get too overwhelmed by life, this is generally the last thing for which I make any time. I obsessively refresh Facebook and Gmail as I work frantically on all the homework that seems to pile up. The minute I get the [...]
Posted in Big Bad Mummy on Nov 2nd, 2009
My baby is a baby no longer. He talks (and talks, and talks, convincing most people that he’s a year older than he really is), runs, is learning to dissemble and delay, and rarely cuddles. He can say, “I love you!” and also, loudly, “NO! THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!” if [...]
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