Category Archives: Rants and vents

Mommy needs a recess

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Carrie

Told Mom I was going to make this shirt. She could have one, too, I said, since it affects her like it affects me; obviously, if I’m old enough to be sitting in a gymnasium for a freaking middle school … Continue reading →

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Fired

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Carrie

Know what? I give up. This day needs to be canned, thrown out on its rump, if only I knew how. First, I didn’t really sleep well at all last night; my shoulder and knee inexplicably decided to start hurting … Continue reading →

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Somewhere, somehow, there will be Holidailies

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Carrie

You know, the annual community thing, where all the bloggers/journal-keepers/diarists/whatever-they-want-to-be-called folks come together and solemnly swear to try to update every day throughout the holidays, unless we get really busy or the eggnog is too good? Yeah? Been some confusion … Continue reading →

Posted in Completely random, Pictures and movies, Rants and vents, Warm fuzzy | 7 Comments

Recovery underway

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Carrie

I can walk down stairs forward-facing without first steeling my nerves against the first drop! Go, me! Actually, at this point, most of the ordinary muscle soreness has abated. If my shoulder and knee weren’t aching from the falls, I … Continue reading →

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JFK Aftermath

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Carrie

In retrospect, my mistake came when I decided that the need for expediency trumped the security of the familiar. (Or, “Carrie learns a valuable lesson about public perception.”) So I mentioned I hurt my shoulder, right? And that I was … Continue reading →

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Boom

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Carrie

Wednesday night, the boys and I were heading home from church. Their class runs right up until bedtime, and it had run a touch later than usual this week, so Gabe was in the middle of railing against my declaration … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Blues-day

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Carrie

Feeling oddly out-of-sorts, I am, though there’s no particular reason I can see. Well, there’s little stuff; my shoulder has been twitching madly – visibly! – since yesterday afternoon, and it is driving me crazy. A little bit ago, the … Continue reading →

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*SNARL*

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Carrie

Ah, the faces of the heat wave. The manic, tired eyes and the humidity-wrecked hair…the sweat sheen that never dissipates…the pupils dilated from the sugar rush you get when you try to medicate with ice cream…the brain frazzled from the … Continue reading →

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The milestones you don’t want

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Carrie

Tonight, after swimming, I got to have a Super-Cool Fun Moment with Sam, when he came out of the locker room and informed me that he read some graffiti on a locker that looked mean. And, just like that, he … Continue reading →

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Escalation

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Carrie

Sam was the first to vocally object to the new dinner strategy. Tonight’s meal was bulgur with sun-dried tomatoes, braised kale, and, for him and Gabe, a fried egg (my concession to their dislike of the black beans from last … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and drink, Rants and vents | 3 Comments