All Dad

Heard in the parking lot at Trader Joe’s:
Jamie – Mentally dividing his strip of TJ’s stickers between himself, MD, and me. “That’s 3 for me and two for each of you!”
MD – “You realize he just did subtraction/division, right?”
Me – “And he’s been doing simple addition since he was 2 1/2. He’s probably gonna be [...]

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12 Reasons Why This Thanksgiving Rocked

MD and I had FIVE days off together. We really, really needed that. Day 1 (Weds) was spent getting comfortable again being alone with each other and had more than it’s fair share of picking and sniping and then we fell back into our groove more or less.
Family. We couldn’t afford to visit MD’s brother [...]

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Close to the surface

I started seeing a new therapist last week which is only relevant to this entry in that we had the usual first “getting to know you” appointment during which I talked a great deal about my family history. (She was very impressed by just how sane I am, heh.)
Another point of relevance is that I’ve [...]

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Bullets

Stream of conciousness catch up:

Health: I was sick last week. Like, flu-ish sick. And now I’m out of sick days. Until May 1st. Whoo!
Money: is teh suck. I added up how much income we’ve lost since June due to my pay cut and furlough days, increased insurance premiums, the cluster fuck that was MD’s summer [...]

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Moving to the other side

I just had a conversation with Jamie about Cory that was prompted by a) his incredibly surly mood even after – finally! – a full night’s sleep, his first since the time change, and b) the fact that he was clutching this framed picture of Cory that he had asked to be printed and framed [...]

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Angel child / Devil child

Jamie is typically very well behaved when we are out of the house and around other people. Other people’s houses, restaurants, etc. This was even true when he was a baby – on his worst days at home the best thing to do was to always leave the house. Usually, he perked right up. So [...]

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Phew

That’s me sighing with relief that this week is almost over. There are lots of VERY IMPORTANT events happening at the college MD works at this week and he’s been going nonstop along with the rest of the team there and people that have flown in from all over the country to get the food [...]

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FIVE!

My boy is turning 5 tomorrow! I’m trying to figure out how to talk about him without dissolving into a little puddle on the ground. Sure, he’s mouthy and stubborn and opinionated. He’s in super bossy mode these days, telling me with a smirk in his voice, “I KNOW you’ll do [whatever it is I [...]

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Like Deja Vu All Over Again

Jamie was sick last weekend with a fever and stuffy nose and missed his first soccer game, a birthday party, and a regular get together with other families. I was off the Friday before last to take care of him, and then last Monday because I got what he got, and MD missed a day [...]

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Toys

I am long overdue for a post about Jamie. He’s almost 5 and waffles between charming and…not…daily. But I was just looking at some felt play food online (sorry, closed the window and don’t remember what rabbit hole I found it in) and was sad because he never plays with his kitchenette anymore. We actually [...]

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