Oh, sj, that's awful and hilarious all at once. How are you feeling?
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amyparker - Nov 24, 2019 7:29:26 pm PST #13968 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
sj - Nov 24, 2019 7:45:49 pm PST #13969 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm not sleeping, but otherwise I'm good. Dreading the morning routine tomorrow.
Calli - Nov 25, 2019 1:36:02 am PST #13970 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, amyparker. Family~ma in whatever form is most useful.
I was up half the night coughing and now I can't get warm. Ugh. Do not want.
Laura - Nov 25, 2019 2:43:27 am PST #13971 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I'm so sorry, amyparker. Lots of ~ma heading to you and your brother.
The ~ma really is good stuff, yay for news on the contract, Teppy!
sj, I hope this morning is much easier than anticipated. Health~ma sent to your family with extra doses of calm~ma to you.
I honestly don't remember any huge issues with the boys when they were toddlers, except I remember my exhaustion and desperation for a solid block of sleep. They had a small business owner's kids upbringing where they went to work with us every day and had a dozen caretakers and tons of customer distractions, and at that time in their lives we ate out almost daily because we had zero time to plan meals at home. They either had too much distraction to have time for tantrums, or somehow understood that I really had neither the time nor patience to deal with it. They both started preschool 2ish, but #1 got kicked out of a couple of them. He has always been far worse with accepting authority from others than he is with me, so pretty grateful for that!
tl;dr Parenting isn't for the weak.
Laura - Nov 25, 2019 2:48:50 am PST #13972 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I told her "nobody important", and then she very loudly asks "Is it Tr*mp? I think it's Tr*mp!"
Ha! That is awesome, also well done protecting the child from the news as much as possible. Hopefully she will have no memory of his existence when she is older!
Sophia Brooks - Nov 25, 2019 2:57:02 am PST #13973 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Much brother ma to you, amyparker. It was also harder than expected to get your name to not be in Title Case.
It sounds like little tea cup has qualities that make a trying child, but is going to be a great adult. Curiosity and a willingness to speak ones mind. Probably doesn't help now, though! I am pretty grateful that I didn't become a mother. I would have been terrible at it
sj - Nov 25, 2019 3:42:52 am PST #13974 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ltc is going back to school today. I feel like I should go out because I've felt so trapped in the house, but I'm also tired.
Laga - Nov 25, 2019 3:49:30 am PST #13975 of 30019
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yay!
Maybe rest a little and then go out?
sj - Nov 25, 2019 4:32:09 am PST #13976 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Not really enough time to do both. She's only in school a few hours. I'm going to go home I think I'm very sleepy.
shrift - Nov 25, 2019 4:50:59 am PST #13977 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I am not a parent, but I'm pretty sure all the advice says that in any choice between sleep or something else, always choose sleep.