Tomorrow — finally, 3.5 months after being laid off, 1.5 months after getting offered this new job — The Man goes back to work. And the Boychick and I go back to hanging out alone together during the day. To say I am not looking forward to this would be both a misstatement and a [...]
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31 August 2009 at 12:43 am | Category: Fathering, Mental Health, Parenting | Tags: bipolar, domesticity, well crap | 16 comments
Like this? Share it: Even more changes are a-comin’ in the life of those of us raising the Boychick: the very day after I completed my five-week afternoon course, The Man got a job offer. Not just any job, but a practically perfect job, downtown (which means pretty close, and accessible via bus), for significantly higher pay. [Pauses for celebratory [...] 25 July 2009 at 11:14 pm | Category: Meta, Parenting | Tags: well crap | 6 comments
Like this? Share it: In many ways, unemployment is great for our family. The Man is around throughout the day, which is our ideal. We all sleep in and wake up together, and he gets to experience the joys of first hugs and kisses of the day. He gets up and showers with the Boychick in [...] 27 May 2009 at 4:44 pm | Category: Parenting | Tags: Best Friend, excuses, pictures, well crap | Be the first to comment!
Like this? Share it: The Man with no ponytail is hardly The Man at all. And also: It takes a lot longer than you’d think to cut through a braid. We were surprised, anyway. (I could go on a feminist rant about how ridiculous it is that women can have almost any length hair — as long as it’s pornulated [...] 23 May 2009 at 5:23 pm | Category: Fathering, Gender | Tags: fathers, gender roles, I don't Twitter, well crap | Be the first to comment!
Like this? Share it: I am perched precariously on the edge of a caged tower, and though the odds of falling are poor I cannot shake the fear that grips my heart. Perhaps paranoia is the overwhelming fear of the potentially possible but highly improbable; if so, I hope this is merely paranoia. I am at the park with my [...] 20 May 2009 at 2:55 pm | Category: Mental Health | Tags: bipolar, chronic illness, self-indulgent introspection, well crap | 4 comments
Like this? Share it: All will be wellAnd all will be wellAnd all manner of things will be well The Man got laid off today. The above is my mantra for the foreseeable future. It’s helped me get through tough times before, and one way or another, this time will be no different. One of the hardest parts to adjust [...] 15 May 2009 at 4:56 pm | Category: Mental Health, Meta | Tags: well crap | 7 comments
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Arwyn
In my bathroom hangs a plaque with a picture of a yin yang and the word BALANCE. I can never get it to hang straight. This probably says something deep and meaningful about my life.
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