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Mama Pride

Posted on July 28, 2005

So yesterday afternoon I was driving home from picking up Briar at Dot’s when my phone rang.It was Sean calling, presumably to check in and give me a sense of how late he’d be staying at work. The weather had taken a sort of ugly turn, the sky was dark and rain had begun to fall. I let him know where I was and asked how long he’d be working. He said he wasn’t sure, which is usually sort of code for, “It’s going to be late, but I kinda don’t want to tell you that because you’ll be bummed. And if I don’t say it, maybe I won’t work that late, because I’d really rather be home.” See how much easier it is…

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Restless Leg Syndrome

Posted on July 26, 2005

Have you heard of this? When you are ready to fall asleep, just as your mind and body are both ready for shut down, you slide into bed and BOOM – restless legs. Flutter.Kick.Twitch.Fidget. Fudget. Fadget. It seems totally comical. Just stop moving them for Pete’s sake. After the last few weeks of ‘Restless Manda’ syndrome I am hereby pledging to cease and desist from all scoffing, harrumphing, and general mocking of the sufferers of Restless Leg Syndrome. Restlessness blows. If you don’t believe me, ask my husband. “Good night,” he whispers, so as not to wake the baby. “G’night,” I whisper, so as not to excite my mind with multiple syllables. A gentle shaft of moonlight splashes against the far wall of our…

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Later

Posted on July 26, 2005

Whew. Survived Monday. I don’t understand how I could have less than zero percent ambition and still be awake or functional. Perhaps I should not have been driving. Too late now. I am hoping tomorrow I can start the day with a bang. No distractions, just right into work. No surfing, no tidying, just forward motion on tasks that need tending to. I ended the day with a reminder email to one of my committees about a meeting this Friday. That should beget a few emails that will need responding to. Pathetic. On a more exciting note, we actually had dinner tonight. (Ok maybe exciting isn’t quite the adjective this passage calls for…) Since the heat has been so damn agobiante, we haven’t made…

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Monday

Posted on July 25, 2005

Moooving veeeery sloooowly toooday. That looks dumb. Tried to type it like I felt like saying it. Sean and I are both wasted from the weekend, he from too much lifting, pounding, and measurement computing, me from too much sun and doing everything with a precious20 pound weight (either strapped to my chest, balanced on my hip or laid across my lap).However, the yard looks great and the upstairs is coming along. Hopefully after our slow start today we will chug into motion and get back up to speed.We’ll be painting trim nights this week and banging out as much of what remains this weekend as humanly possible. Yesterday was an emotional day. All sorts of things afoot with Sean’s family. Seems like a…

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Saturday Soundtrack

Posted on July 23, 2005

Seems like just the other day I was describing the sounds of a Saturday: lawnmowers; radios; children squealing on a slip-n-slide. How about pounding hammers, whining screw guns, radial arm saws buzzing, and the mix of laughter and profanity? Yup, we’re back at work on the house. After quite a sabbatical we are once again spending our “free time” fixing up the house. Last fall we hung up our tools on the afternoon of September 15th, calling it good enough for baby. Sure enough, she came on the 16th, and it has been plenty good. Now, faced with the opportunity to sell our house for more than twice what we paid for it and reinvest the whole shebang into another house that, once complete,…

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