Weekend Work (Warning Sad Post at the Bottom)

Being home with the boys is more fun with friends. On Friday, S & G went to the park with their friend Isabel and her new baby brother. The boys didn’t even notice the baby! They were too excited to play with her, air up the tires in their stroller, and when it came time…

Childcare Part 3

Have you noticed how silent I’ve been on the issue of the boys’ childcare situation? That’s right, it’s because Patrick has been home with them and we need never worry about getting them to somewhere, getting them home from somewhere, what if they’re sick, and many more worries about being in a care situation. Well,…

Mostly Just Thinking

So, wow. March 19th. I’m not sure where March has gone. We’ve been thinking hard about the direction to take next year–should P go back to work? should S go to preschool? should I take on more at my job? In all of this, we’ve kind of been ignoring what happens to G, I think…

The Big News

Here it is: I’ve accepted a position with Marymount University in Arlington, VA for next year. We are so excited to be moving, to have a job, and to be closer to family. We’re of course a little sad to be leaving all of our friends, schools, and fun sunshine. However, we are ready for…

Well the Last Title Should Tell You Something about Where I’ve Been

I’ve been working to get that dissertation in shape to send off to my committee. That part is done. Check. And now it’s time for the craziness around actually scheduling a time to defend…not as easy as it sounds. I thought I had a perfect day down, but that date has fallen through, so now,…

February, the Month of Low Posts

I realized how much I haven’t been posting this mont, especially compared to what I posted recently. And then look–last February, I only managed to post 3 times! Today, I talked to my aunt on the phone while I pushed the stroller with the boys in it. Seamus was being a pill this morning and…

Is there Bad in Here?

One of my friends called me out a few weeks ago with a comment that my blog makes it seem like I am handling all of this (parenting, school, job search, exercise, eating, travel, writing, teaching) without any problems. She said it was a little intimidating. I get this a lot. But I still won’t…

New Suit, New Class, New Day

I slept like the dead last night. And when 5:30 rolled around and the little guy wanted to eat, I fed him, got up, and discovered that I had my course assignment for next semester in my email box. I thought I was going to be teaching the second half of the American literature survey,…

The One Hundredth

When Friends got to their one hundredth episode, they titled it, “The One Hundredth.” All the other episodes are titled “The One ___” often referring to a minor plot line. This is my one hundredth blog post! We’ve got milestones all over the place this month. Seamus turns 18 months, I’ve been blogging for a year…

I’m Not Going to Lie

I’ve been reading the same books over and over and over to Seamus. There’s one I like, My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. It’s about how our emotions change on different days and the world seems like a different place on certain days. “Some days are yellow, some are blue.” And so on. Yesterday,…