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Part 2 – The Hospital

I spent my morning at the hospital visiting some friends who’ve been stuck inpatient for weeks.  It had been way too long since I’d had a chance to get up there to actually see any of them, and we keep in contact through calls and emails, but nothing is better than being able to just [...]

I have evil, winged monkeys and I’m not afraid to use them

An unnatural phenomenon has occurred. One of those things that make you sit back and wonder “How is THIS going to play out?” *disclaimer and warning: this may fall WAAAAAY into that TMI (too much information) header The start of Peyton’s time of the month and my time of the month have coincided on the [...]

What do you do when you don’t know what you want to do?

I am still in my school-schedule of setting appointments for Peyton’s clinic visits.  So, at 7 AM this morning, when the alarm went off and I knew there were lovely late afternoon appointments we could have taken, I was one step away from ripping off my own foot and beating myself senseless with it.  There [...]

It always comes back to get you

A few years ago, my friend W swore that she was done having kids.  DONE! Closing up shop! She was thrilled to announce that her husband had set up an appointment for the great snippity-snippity.  It wasn’t too many weeks following that declaration that she stopped by me in carline at school, with the most [...]

Do you see a Boy Scout badge anywhere on me?

My sister has been talking about this PTO that she has to take at work or she’s going to lose it.  She brought up the idea of a camping trip.  Not CAMPING camping….if I can’t touch butterfly crap do you really see me out in a tent?…but a cabin in NC owned by a generous [...]