Lately I’ve felt really stressed. The new school year started up, over the summer Emma was diagnosed as having a mild learning disability, and life has just been busy all around. When I took a step back I noticed that I stopped doing some things over the summer that had been a part of […]
Head Lice – Every Parent’s Nightmare
Every time I get an email from the school I have to read it right away. I have anxiety about the lovely principal emails, and not for any actual school-related reasons. Whenever an update appears in my inbox I immediately tune out everything around me until I can scan the email for those dreaded words: […]
My Day Off – Plans vs. Reality
If you’re a regular reader of mine you’ll know I only work (outside the home) 4 days a week. Wednesdays are “my day off.” I’m using quotes there because I don’t really feel like I use those days for “day off” things. I wanted to make a post sharing my day off activities because I’d […]
What I Really Do When The Kids Are Away
This Canada Day weekend my mother-in-law took the girls to my sister-in-laws for a few days. (Thanks Mary!) In the past we’ve gone to Cornwall to meet up with them for part of the weekend (the part we don’t have to work) but we didn’t do that this year. This year we had a long […]
Blogging and Working Mom – Can I Do Both?
Every year at this time I start to wonder if I can really hack being a mom and being employed 4 days a week. The kid’s extracurriculars all end in the same week, there’s a dance performance to attend (and organize family and friends to attend also) and the school year is winding down – […]