F*ckin’ COVID

Boychild was pretty good with an outburst-ratio of once per 20 minutes. I didn’t feel that at the time, though. I was covered in flop-sweat, like some Rodney Dangerfield wanna-be in a cold room. I felt totally unprepared. Then, just as I was finishing the presentation, I hear Husband come home and yell loudly, “Hellooooooo?” Then, he came upstairs, into the frame of the Zoom call to ask how I was doing. I was still presenting. I ignored him as though he were a spectre. Nothing to see here! Still totally professional! Don’t know what YOU saw. Everything is totally professional! I didn’t stop this presentation to answer a beaver question! I don’t know who said HELLO! Who is that guy opening a door on camera? Must be a robber! I might be murdered! I have no personal life! Please don’t fire me!… Read More F*ckin’ COVID

I.D.K.W.I.D

The Lady Dynamite theme song is how I feel as both a human and a parent. I felt this before COVID and I feel it intensely now that COVID has hit and I have a child under five. I am faced with impossible decisions daily. If you are a parent, you know what I mean:

I don’t know what I’m doiiing more than half of the tiiime.

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Pale Lady

It’s the thick of the summer. July somethingth. I dunno. 25th? Dates have sort of lost their meaning in the quarantining. I looked at my face the other day and thought, “Ooh. What is wrong with my skin? Is the lighting weird in here or something? I look odd.” And then it hit me: I… Read More Pale Lady