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Tag: whining

  • IWSG August 2022

    I’m feeling desperate, lately. Like I’m running out of time. I didn’t feel like that in 2020. In 2020, I felt isolated. I had plenty of UnFinished  Objects lying about–projects I’d started and then put aside for whatever reason. An embarrassing amount of craft supplies that languished in storage because I would get to them,…

  • Vengence

    They forgot Mother’s Day. The kids I can let slide, because I couldn’t remember when Thanksgiving and Christmas were until I was in college, so it’s kinda hard to point fingers at 12 year olds. But the husband… I asked if he’d made any plans for today. Just like that. I didn’t ask “What are…

  • IWSG February 2021

    I am going to deviate from this month’s subject questions and drift off on my own tangent. A bit on the whiny side, so you can skip it if you like. This month’s IWSG prompt is a lot more positive than what’s below. My writing trends up and down with stress. Unfortunately, it isn’t consistent.…

  • IWSG September 2020

    So, this time of year is usually when I try to roll out some School Year Resolutions. Things are a little up in the air, right now. Like many, I’ve been lurching from day to day like a sailor with a 3-day pass on a bar crawl, since about, oh… March-ish. Like everyone else. Not…

  • The Slow Descent Into Anxiety-Riddled Madness

    Note: This is kinda long and not very positive. There was a Momma Blue Jay with her juveniles in my backyard the other day. I’m guessing their nest was in one of the yews nearby. Three juvies, only half blue; they could kinda fly, but not really yet (we discovered that when the dog started…

  • The Grind of Uncertainty

    My children will be entering 6th grade this coming Fall semester. Our school district has announced it has intentions to open with 100% in person learning, five full days a week. “But we still have plans for a hybrid model and a 100% online model, just in case.”‘ I think the 100% in person learning…