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.
Last week, I was felled by what I can only imagine was a troupe of rogue viruses performing experimental theater in my digestive tract. It lasted 24 hours, involved lots of weird noises, and made me nearly crap my pants, just like some of the best experimental theater in Manhattan today. My virus was not,… Read More Parental Guidance
So, I’m sitting in the doctor’s office with Boychild, waiting to be seen by the P.A. Suddenly, Boychild retches, spilling the contents of his tiny tummy all over me. My first thought is “how can so much puke come out of a child so small? Does he store vomit in a hump somewhere like a… Read More Flu Hair, Do Care.
Hey- did you know that having a child will make you sick? I mean, not just the birthing part where you can’t sit down without a rubber doughnut for months. No. SICK! I mean, sick. Colds, flu, some weird skin disease that looks like you’re rotting. I didn’t know this. I would’ve invested in liters… Read More Mal à la tête
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