Posted by Carrie on 25 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Familial things, Rants and vents
When I was a teenager, my goal was to Get Out of Dodge. I wanted to graduate and leave my hometown, which felt claustrophobic and slow to me; the world was waiting, and I wanted to see it all. And so I went as far as I was allowed, about two hours away. And then [...]
Posted by Carrie on 24 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Rants and vents
I forgot to mention this from about a week ago. We stayed at a hotel in town for a couple of days during the worst of the heat wave, and while we were there, we did some lovely relaxing in the pool. At one point, I had to go out to the hotel lobby from [...]
Posted by Carrie on 03 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Cooking, Rants and vents
After a day of mild frustration (bickering from the kids, slight rejection for both of them from neighborhood punks children, Eric sick and resting in bed all day long), I was pretty darn proud of myself for not only not scooping the boys up and taking us out to eat, or even ordering pizza (both [...]
Posted by Carrie on 29 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Rants and vents
So yesterday Eric took the day off from work, and after we dropped the kids off at summer school, we had a lovely morning over coffee. Then he needed to pick up new glasses, and I went to get the kids while he handled that. We got back to the house around 12:30. And found [...]
Posted by Carrie on 23 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Rants and vents
Several weeks ago, Eric turned off the van and heard a long, loud gurgle from the air conditioning. We haven’t had air since then. Today, I had an estimate done for repair. $$$ A few weeks ago, while playing outside at a wedding reception, Gabe decided it would be a grand idea to pitch rocks [...]
Posted by Carrie on 09 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Pictures and movies, Rants and vents, Samuel, Warm fuzzy
A rare appearance by him. I have so many more videos and pictures of Gabe lately, it seems, because Gabe is always all over me, yelling, “TAKE MY PICTURE!” or “MAKE A VIDEO OF ME!” Sam is more reticent. It’s nice when I can get him to share. He is just getting so big lately! [...]
Posted by Carrie on 07 May 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Rants and vents
…Sam came home yesterday from school, full of anxiety over a friend of his who had collapsed at lunch. Apparently, an ambulance was needed, and the kids were full of speculations and worst-case scenarios. (The little boy was drinking chocolate milk at the time of the collapse; I don’t suppose Sam is the only child [...]
Posted by Carrie on 26 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Rants and vents
My mood can change on a dime, most of the time. It doesn’t take much to swing me from happy to sad or back again, most of the time, but I think that’s because of a tendency to stay fairly centered; if my emotions are a pendulum, I’ll swing back and forth, but for the [...]
Posted by Carrie on 27 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Rants and vents
Apparently, cell phone batteries aren’t meant to be immortal. I suppose I knew that, but I don’t like signs of weakness, even (especially?) in technology. The past several days, though, I begin the day with a fully-charged phone and end it with a “Your phone’s battery is dangerously low!” message. (“Dangerously?” As though something extremely [...]
Posted by Carrie on 09 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Rants and vents
Last night I dreamed I went to Thailand, just to pick up a form for something school-related. I had a few high school friends with me, until sea lions in our hotel pool began eating them. (This is what I get for trying to switch up yoga routines. My dreams are just as vivid, but [...]
