I used to blog at theweirdgirl.com. All of that writing lives here now.
Dreams of a Vespa Vacation
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You know when you work out and then your muscles are sore? Like that, but in the stomach
We weren't on the mend. I knew typing that would jinx us. There was one last bout of puking on Chance's part, then I got sick over the weekend. Now [...]
In which building begins and other miscellaneous things
We are all mending. Chance's inflated eyeball is back to normal and (I think) I'm over the worst. It's supposed to be 103 degrees here today so I figure if [...]
Floaty, pounding
I feel like crap, yo. Not emotionally, like I kicked a puppy or something. Not that I wouldn't feel bad if I kicked a puppy because really who does that? [...]
This is normal, right?
So I'm buidling this robot. Not a functional robot, unfortunately, because I just don't have the electronics chops for that. Or the time to learn. I have a little tiny [...]
There is cute done right and cute done wrong
I STILL have a pile of BlogHer 10 stuff to go through; the cards, the info pamphlets, the tchotchkes. I was feeling guilty about it but I decided that guilt [...]
Self-fulfilling prophesies
Today I signed up to be a volunteer library assistant. It kind of cracks me up because of this quote: Juno (V.O.) "Jocks like him always want freaky girls. Girls [...]
When Fall shortcircuits the brain (I blame school)
Dear Weather, I am entirely frustrated with you. I've never met anyone so fickle. First, you ran cold all summer and I've got to be honest, weather, sometimes when a [...]
Organizing for help
I don't usually do this but we could sure use the help. Our local elementary school burned down this summer. It was a purposeful act of arson that took out [...]
Bad Mom Move #1,346
So apparently I sent my child to school with a moldy sandwich. Which I find ironic considering that whole other incident involving bread. I was going to pack a lunchables [...]
Firstly, we will learn grammar
Today was Chance's first day of kindergarten!! Can you hear the elation? I'm pretty psyched, he's pretty psyched. I'm pretty sure there will be no tears (unless Keen loses it, [...]