You guys, I was just getting ready for bed (at 8:55 because I’m cool like that) when I remembered NaBloPoMo. Is this month almost over? I’ve spent a lot of time in my car (driving to the store and back home and to the pharmacy and back home and to the bookstore and back home) [...]

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Lady at Pharmacy: You’re back again? Me: I’m back again. Lady at Pharmacy: You’ve still got the lice? Me: I don’t have the lice. BUT, both of my kids do. It’s SO much better than it was two nights ago, but we’re still not completely done with it. We’re close. Lady Behind Me: Oh! YOU’VE [...]

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You might not know this, but: A lot of things make me cry. Example: I love singing in the car to this song. BUT, when I get to the 2:48 mark? I lose it. AND, when the cat sings, “I know you’re strong”? I nearly have to pull over. (Confession: I just dragged the arrow [...]

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So, today’s NaBloPoMo entry is going to be a short one. It seems that Meredith has lice. LICE. LICE!!! I have been to Walgreens, where I purchased $38,495 worth of lice-killing products. I am flipping out a bit. (More than a bit.) Why am I suddenly itching?! WHY?!?!?! (Blue Sky: This will be The Thing [...]

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It seems that I’m spending my day In a waiting room with Rachel Ray. My gyno is late, I’m hating this wait. Rachel’s turkey? Bedecked on a tray! The ride to the office was sweet. Through a drive-thru for caffeine and heat! Skinny caramel latte, It’s good for my bottay! I fear I shall soon [...]

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Do you remember a few days back when I was lamenting about how a typical family of four cannot afford to see a show (specifically, Beauty and the Beast) at the Fox Theatre? Jasmin left a comment encouraging me to call the box office and ask if they sell rush tickets. I did, and yes! [...]

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On Friday, I sent Meredith to a birthday party wearing only a shirt and tights. (I didn’t realize her legwear wasn’t leggings until she sat down for dinner and I noticed that her “leggings” had a really strong seam up the back side, and that I could see her skin through them.) Party like a [...]

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As you know, I started running on September 7th. I used a Couch to 5K program, and as much as I hated it, I also sort of loved it. (Honesty: I loved when the little voice in my iPod told me that the workout was over. That felt good.) On Monday, September 19th, also known [...]

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Yesterday at this time, Jeff was in California. He’s now in North Carolina. (He was in St. Louis from midnight until seven in the morning—just long enough to let the dogs out for their middle of the night thing and hang out with Meredith and I as she dealt with one of her stomach aches [...]

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The thing about the dogs is that although they’re ready for bed at 10:00 (and so am I), they tend to want to take a break from their crates sometime between 2:00 and 4:00 in the morning to go outside and do their business. More often than not, they will then return to their crates [...]

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