My internal clock is out of whack. Since the holidays, the sun has begun to rise and the birds have commenced their incessant chirping before my tired head has even hit the pillow. Even then I only sleep due to sheer exhaustion. In the daytime I rise reluctantly and zombie-like from fitful 4-hour slumbers… I must find a better way. These … Continue reading »
“I don’t wanna go to school!” This is the refrain that echos off our sleep silent walls each morning, with the slight variation of “I don’t wanna go to ballet” on Saturdays. Pillows are clung to and the covers are pulled up over a reluctant, pouting head. A four-year old’s finger pokes me in the … Continue reading »
I am seriously considering renaming this blog to “I Write at Mid-day” because the sleep deprivation is getting to me. Who am I kidding? When the kids are asleep and the house is finally quiet, all I want to do is GO TO BED. Not hang out on the laptop, bleary eyed and hungry bellied. … Continue reading »
The day started out in misery. I awoke with cramps reminiscent of the throes of labour and cursed the day I was born with a uterus. Luckily, my mom offered to do the school run scoot and got Emmie showered, dressed, fed, and out the door in record time despite an obscene amount of dawdling … Continue reading »
Just a few things that are on my mind. Not an exhaustive list by any means. Writing at midnight is a terrible idea. I’m sleep depreived and hardly coherent. Spelling errors and rubbish musings (such as this) abound. But “I Write at 1.46pm” just doesn’t sound as cool. Semester two of the world’s most perplexing … Continue reading »
My very first post and how appropriate that I am writing it at (almost) midnight? Luckily the kids gave up on fighting sleep at around 9pm, leaving me with far too much time on my hands. Instead of being productive, I sat around playing Angry Birds Rio and sipping Dr. Pepper just because I … Continue reading »
