Our second child, Little Miss, is almost four. Although I am not particularly girlie in nature, this girl is the Fancy Nanciest princess unicorn lover ever. Her favorite colors are pink and purple. Hubster and I had never really discussed what it meant to parent a little girl versus Spartacus who is very much all boy, but we're learning along the way. Now obviously she has both an older and younger brother, so she can also wield a light saber or nerf gun without missing a beat. But she ... Read More about Parenting a Princess
Decisions
I feel like I have been making a lot of decisions lately. I've also been putting off a lot of decisions. Some of them feel monumental, but they probably aren't. This is 2020, and it seems like everything is serious, and I have to take everything seriously. Not even washing my hands can be done half-heartedly. Staying home I decided to not go back to work this school year. This has been a great decision. I am now at liberty to get my kids where they need to go without also wondering ... Read More about Decisions
We Need to Move
About 20% of the time, Spartacus (6) and Little Miss (3) get along really well. The other 80% of the time, they exhibit typical sibling rivalry: "Me Too!" "She started it!" "He hit me!" "That's mine!" "She's copying me!" Oy. We can't send them to their room because they share one (and it is nine feet square). Little Miss takes her afternoon nap in my bed so Spartacus can do quiet time alone in his room. We have one living room, and a dining room that was converted to a playroom, and there ... Read More about We Need to Move
A Seller’s Market
We bought our first house in 2015. It was a 1400-square foot Craftsman built in 1925. It had three bedrooms, one full bath, and the distinction of having a half bath on the first floor -- rare in our neighborhood. We did not have a garage, and in five years have managed to have Hubster's parked car totaled by a drunk driver TWICE. We did a lot of work in five years: a new roof, water heater, radon system, kitchen reno, full bath update, and had two more kids. We've ceded our formal dining room ... Read More about A Seller’s Market
Unsettled
I am sitting in my classroom of five years, in the process of cleaning it out for awhile. Each of the 29 desks has a pile on it: old graded essays, vocabulary books, newspaper articles I meant to share with my students, boxes of tea, so many coffee mugs, art supplies...a little snippet of my interactions with hundreds of students. I love being a teacher. Not every moment, but if I went back I wouldn't have chosen another career path. But I've been burned out, and I am at peace with my decision ... Read More about Unsettled
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