The Wink

Mama Pride

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 [...]

Restless Leg Syndrome

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 [...]

Later

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 [...]

Monday

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 [...]

Saturday Soundtrack

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 [...]

Take Your Daughter to Work

Our sitter is in Michigan this week visiting family. Sean and I agreed to work together to cover watching Briar. She came to work with me for most of Monday, ending the day at Sean’s office. The next day I brought her into work, only to be sent back home – not that I am [...]

Just Shouldn’t Happen

About a week ago our sitter noted that Briar had a yeast infection, which was followed 3 days later by intense vomiting, which in turn was followed by a low grade fever which graduated to a true fever, 102.7. Now, with each phase of this, our first illness with Briar, the heat and humidity have [...]

Spoke Too Soon

Oh naive first time mom. Projectile vomit? Ha! I’ll show you vomit. Friday night we had our first real bout with Briar having a stomach bug. I am working summer hours at my job (8-4 rather than 9-5). Sean had asked that we meet him at his office between 4:45 and 5 o’clock. We were going to go [...]

The personification of summertime. 

Bad Grapes

I intend to write more about our trip, but I have to jot this down. Briar and I were downstairs this morning after getting a fresh diaper and outfit on – for you wise asses the diaper was on Briar, we both had fresh outfits. I was having a cup of coffee and nibbling on [...]