‘Cause you can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cableAnd life’s like an hourglass, glued to the tableNo one can find the rewind button, girl.So cradle your head in your hands This is how I’ve felt for the past week or so. Stuck. Trapped. Like my time is running too short to get…
Mental Health
A little bit of everything all rolled into one
To go ahead and get the McFatty talk out of the way, I stepped on the scale this morning and didn’t break it. Woot. I’m up to 195, but considering I wore lounge pants all week last week and ate my fair share of a pan of macaroni and cheese, I’ll take it. Because it…
Fear and loathing in my brain
“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves–regret for the past and fear of the future.” –Fulton Oursler The question of when, or even if, to have a second child has weighed heavily on my mind for quite a while now. I vacillate between wanting another immediately and wanting to wait a couple more years…
Calgon, take me away
My good friend Karen eloquently pointed out that this Mommy War judgment goes both ways. And it needs to stop IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. Because we are ALL “working” moms whether we receive monetary compensation or not. So it’s ridiculous to continue this back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and round…
I feel like I already said this once before
OH WAIT. I TOTALLY DID. We’re all in this together, people. Blair wrote a post yesterday about how being a working mom is hard. Because it is, y’all. It totally is. This blog is a testament to the fact that this isn’t easy. In fact, it’s downright the most difficult thing I’ve ever done in…