Missing in action?

I know I haven’t written in a long time… I’ve been busy with all-star baseball (which is over now!) and working too much. Last week was a killer! I got up early and worked, then went to work, then stayed late at work, then brought work home and continued work until late each night (like [...]

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Is the week over yet?

I hope I can make it one more day to the weekend. This week was busier than I imagined it would be. Being sleep deprived hasn’t helped any, either. It makes it harder to cope with stressful stuff, like when my son’s middle school called me on Monday asking if I could help them track down the [...]

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Full week ahead

Can I take a vacation from my life? Is there a place where moms can go to escape the demands of work, family, and home, without having anyone file a missing persons report because the dirty dishes piled up? If we didn’t have so much junk under our beds, maybe I could hide out there. Or [...]

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Another missed home run

I was out of town again tonight and my son had another home run. There must be some magical combination of my absence and his ability to really hit the ball hard (although he told me this one hit the fence and bounced off– he just got lucky). Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to win the game. [...]

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Baseball victory

While I was out of town last week, I got an urgent phone call from my son. I was in a restaurant waiting for our meal to come when I got the call. He doesn’t usually call me when I’m out of town and rarely has much to say if I try to talk to [...]

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Too busy to write

Sorry I haven’t written for a few days. I took a vacation day on Friday to prepare for a trip out of town and darn near wore myself out! I don’t know why, but every time I’m about to leave on a business trip, I feel like I have to do everything before I leave. I guess [...]

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Perplexing wallflower

My son is ever the wallflower when it comes to events at school. He tried out for the middle school track team, but as the season draws to a close, still hasn’t qualified to run in any event. When asked why he hasn’t yet qualified, he hems and haws, coming up with obtuse excuses. From what [...]

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Frostbitten feet

We sat through another frigid baseball game tonight. The wind, the cold– they haven’t gone away. I tried to dress warm enough to survive the game without cooking myself at work by wearing too many layers. I dug out my full-length wool dress coat from the back of the closet and wrapped my extra warm black [...]

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Where did spring go?

The calendar says it’s spring and blooming flowers make it look like spring, but after a weekend of temps in the 30s and 40s, it sure doesn’t feel like spring. In fact, spring in the Midwest has sucked this year. The mulch I bought and didn’t spread last weekend is still sitting there, all 10 [...]

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Baseball season is here

Yesterday was my son’s first baseball practice of the season (if you don’t count the one they cancelled last week because of the monsoon). It was so cold (temps in the low 40s) I sat in the car to watch. Eric was warmly dressed in his Under Armor, T-shirt, and sweatshirt, so I wasn’t worried about [...]

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