Since my first two Week in Review posts were wildly popular (meaning I didn’t lose every reader I have), I’m finally back with another one. I realized the flaw in calling it a Week in Review — I can’t be counted on to keep a weekly assignment. Rather, from here on out, I’ll dub them…
Random Rant
The Hunger Games, aka Entering the Charter School Lottery
Our journey to E’s educational future is officially under way. And it’s a nightmare already. For months, we’ve been thinking and stressing about schools. E. is only going into kindergarten and I’m already exhausted by the whole process. As much as we’d love to send her to a couple specific private schools, a private school…
Just One of Those Days
From the start, today was just not fun. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it sucked because every day above ground is a good day, right? But, to quote that guy-whose-song-played-over-montages-of-crying-American-Idol-rejects, “I had a bad day.” It started with me sleeping through my alarm. I set it for 5:30 a.m. to try and…
A Lot Happens When I Stay Home
As you might have gathered, we tend to be overscheduled on the weekends. Between birthday parties, visiting family, trips to Disney and more, it’s rare that we have a weekend that isn’t filled to the brim with activities. When we realized we had nothing on the agenda this weekend other than E’s weekly 30-minute piano…
Baby Items I Should Probably Give Up … But Won’t
So my baby turns 5 on Sunday. And yes, you’re not the only one who thinks of this when you hear someone refer to non-infants as babies. You’ll probably hear more about E. turning 5 than you’ll care to over the next few days (don’t say you haven’t been warned), but I had a…