I’m sleeping not so well these days. I’ve instituted some mental health “rules” for myself, but truly what I need is to exercise. Unfortunately, dealing with several kid issues plus taking one day off this month means I’m behind on billing, so instead of getting up early to exercise I get up early to bill….
Category: Domestic Bliss
Comfort Food on a Rare Cold Weekend
Thanks all for your comments – I’m so impressed you read my posts on Christmas, given how much came at you so quickly. I love my small but committed band of readers – ya’ll are great, and it always buoys me to see comments here. (I still read a lot of blogs and never comment,…
Various and Sundry on an Early Afternoon
The Middlest caught a cold from his cousin over Thanksgiving – a rattly little cough, irritating but not too chesty. He suffered through it like a trooper, though a high fever took him down for the count one day (I took him to the office that day and he was quiet as a mouse, sleeping…
Reaching for the Christmas Spirit
My mood these days remains uneven, as I deal with the anxiety brought on by the election. So many people at risk now, both from foreign and domestic policy. I feel like the small-minded cruelties, the “strict authoritarian father” form of rule that we fled when we left Alabama has now swept across the whole country….
Busy bullet points
Shortly after my last post, I billed almost 50 hours in 3.5 days and then flew to North Carolina for a quick trip to see the sis, see the niece, and play a reunion show with the old band. It was a 48 hour trip – I left NOLA at 5am Thursday and hopped a…