keep passing the open windows

Everyone in my family seems on edge. I don’t know if it’s just that time of year-end of summer vacation-or all the changes that are happening.
Chris started a new job (Yay!) with long hours (Boo!).
Taylor started high school today. (Yay! Sob!)
Reagan has her first “boyfriend.” (Okay, they talk on the phone [...]

At lunchtime today I just happened to stop by the neighbor lady’s house where Taylor was doing his football-auction induced labor, ostenibly to bring him a drink, really to check up on him.
“X.” had already sent him home for the day, after a few hours of weeding. He’s going back tomorrow to trim [...]

Yesterday at work, my officemate, Mari, says to me:
“Oh, a message just popped up that I have a virus.”
Me: “Is it from Norton anti-virus?”
Mari: “No.”
Me: “Oh, don’t click on it! It’s a virus.”
Mari: “No, it says I have a virus.”
Me: “No, it’s the virus. Don’t click on it.”
Mari: [...]

Both of my kids were needlessly and endlessly aggravating last night.
Reagan, who has pleaded with me not to attend her Scholastic Bowl meets (”You make me nervous!”), upon hearing that I have a hair appointment tonight said “You aren’t coming to my Scholastic Bowl meet? I feel really special. I [...]

I’m drinkiing generic Kool-Aid, the red flavor.
Eating generic cool-whip from the container.
I was grumpy at both kids after work today.
I suck at Monopoly.
I have $1.92 in my checking account (after a $2.00 deposit.). Which, sadly, feels like a victory, because it’s better than a negative balance.
The mere existence of my dog is pissing [...]

My daughter was in quite a mood this weekend. In her defense, she was recuperating from being sick most of last week. On the other hand, gosh, she was being awfully, awfully awful.
Saturday Chris was gone most of the day. During his absence she started referring to him as “The MAN you [...]

Yesterday I wrote this entry, but didn’t get around to finishing it:
“For Valentine’s Day I wish I had:
a clean car
a clean bedroom
a clean bathroom
Noticing a trend? Apparently we are slobs. Especially me.”
Today I’m a bit sad because my husband didn’t get me anything, WAY WORSE, he didn’t do anything for the [...]

I’m living in fear.
I’m superstitious and believe bad things happen in threes.
And last night my dryer broke. (With one wet load in it, one wet load in the washer and no clean towels in the house.)
Then my mixer took a dive. (In the midst of whipping egg whites for a souffle.)
What’s next? [...]

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming…
Raise your hand if you want to strangle that little girl in the Toy’s’R’Us commercial. (I hate that commercial! Everytime I see it I think “You’ve got enough goddamned stuffed animals to feed thirty starving kids in Ethiopia…”)
Really, she may have the [...]

Luckily my daughter was able to attend school yesterday, but her whininess was still in full force. At one point Taylor said “damn” in everyday conversation; I reminded him that he should not swear and Reagan started crying, saying “You love Taylor more than you love me; If I cussed, you would ground [...]