Small setback

My knee has been hurting a lot lately, so when I went to PT today I was telling him about that, and he seemed a little concerned. I had thought that maybe it was just sore from doing a lot of exercise, but he thought I might be pushing it…

Talking about stuff

My daughter hates doing her schoolwork. Tonight she completely freaked out about it and had one of her big tantrums. At first I got really mad at her and took some toys away from her. This is kind-of the only move I've got at the moment punishment-wise, but it made…

OMG these kids

The kids are going to drive me completely off the deep end. I am trying really really hard to be compassionate and keep in mind that they are going through the same stuff I am, but without as many tools to manage stress, fear, depression, etc. But seriously, they've got…

A little gardening

I have calla lilies and dahlias to plant this weekend, and my tulips are finally up. This is great for a number of reasons, but a big one is that it gives me something to photograph besides my kids (who are completely sick of it.) I'm excited to get into…

Friday again

I mean, I think it's Friday. It hardly matters anymore. I don't really have anything useful to say, but I am trying to keep this stream-of-consciousness, you know, conscious. Today was fine, yesterday was fine. It's supposed to be a nice weekend. We'll take the kids in the driveway to…

Sleep

Nobody sleeps in our house. My son has night terrors (we think), and they keep getting worse. He wakes up at least three or four times every night terrified and screaming and will only calm down if one of us goes in with him. Usually when we try to sneak…

Food

I love good food. I love shopping for it, I love cooking it, and I love eating it. But before all of this happened I was actively trying to lose weight, and I was being very careful about food and what I ate. I had a routine and an exercise…

Groceries

I haven't been to a grocery store since before my knee surgery in February. Today I ventured out to Whole Foods. It was pretty weird. They had a line out front marked off with 6' segments to get into the store and were limiting how many people could go in…