I know marriage is hard, and parenting is hard, and moving is hard, and being a stay at home mom is hard, and communicating is hard, and living with anxiety is hard and it’s all really hard right now.
Tag: Wee One
How I Procrastinate? I’ll Tell You Later
When shit gets heavy and there is a lot to do, I am very good at bearing down and prioritizing the tasks and working myself to the bone to get it done. Key example: Finishing grad school while working full time.
When I want to put something off, I have trouble doing so.
Make a Joyful Noise
Having a baby means I don’t get to create and make art like I used to, at least not as much as I want, but I find I’m creating in different ways. In particular, musical ways. There are lot I sing to her every day, songs that fit into different kinds of categories.
Top 6 List Of Things I Cannot Do One-Handed
Last week I made a list of things I can do one-handed, specifically, while holding a child. While I was doing that, I also thought of things I could not do.
As you read these, remember I’ve tried every one.
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Top 10 List of Things I Can Do One-Handed
I recently began a new career as a stay at home mother with a two month old and I spend a lot of time with her in my arms. Necessity is the mother of invention, and out of necessity, I have become proficient at accomplishing a number of tasks one-handed. Lest you wonder what’s possible, I have taken the liberty of writing them down for you! They’re backward in order of approximate difficulty:
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Making God Laugh
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.”
I don’t like Woody Allen at ALL, but his quote has been in my mind recently. Cohiba has tentatively accepted a really sweet job offer… In Seattle.
This Child Is A Person
Now that she’s a wee bit older, I’m reminded that she is a person with a will. She’ll have a way she wants things; different from mine.
Things I Treasure These Days
My daughter is seven weeks old now, and I am trying to figure out my changed life as a stay-at-home-mom with a baby, someone I never thought I’d be. At the same time, I’m desperately treasuring her little mannerisms, cataloguing them in my mind to always have them, even when she grows.
Experiment, but No Cigar – No Rocky Patel
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “But No Cigar.”
This prompt reminds me that, come this weekend, I’m going to have my first cigar since last summer, my first one since the Wee One came. However, even though we’re going on Saturday, there was another poportunity just after she was born that I really wanted to take advantage of… but no cigar.
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It’s not everyday…
That you learn when your life is going to change. That you can pinpoint the moment your life will change. Yesterday, Cohiba and I got some of that news. Continue reading “It’s not everyday…”
I Didn't Just Wake Up This Morning With A Craving 