Archive for August 2007
We Are The Aggies; The Aggies Are We
Posted by: LSM on: August 31, 2007
Here in Suburbia, we’re ready for some football. Tomorrow as soon as Soccer Boy’s school is out, the rest of the family will be waiting in the parking lot, Suburban (appropriate, isn’t it?) loaded, prepared to make the pilgrimage to College Station, Texas, home of Texas A & M University. Aggieland. Adventure Guy and [...]
The Holding Tight, The Letting Go
Posted by: LSM on: August 30, 2007
- In: Kids
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My heart leapt as I saw him round the corner. A carefree boy and his dog, my little man. The boy who no longer likes to hug his mom when she drops him off at before school care, the one who hates it when I tell him he’ll always be my baby.
Tonight, we engaged in [...]
For Better, For Worse, For Back to School Nights, For Boy Scout Meetings
Posted by: LSM on: August 29, 2007
I owe Adventure Guy. He and I are both trying to get back into the swing of the whole working out thing. Except that he has more incentive than I do because he’ll be running the Marine Corps marathon in a couple of months. But tonight, he postponed his workout so that I could make [...]
1 Down, 35 To Go
Posted by: LSM on: August 27, 2007
I am truly enjoying my new job. It’s exciting to have new challenges. Having been in my previous position for several years, much of my work there had become routine. That said, last week, the first full week of the school year, brought about a number of challenges. When Friday afternoon rolled around, I was [...]
Full Circle, Geometrically Speaking
Posted by: LSM on: August 22, 2007
- In: Kids| Work
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In a land far, far away, in a time long, long, ago, I took high school geometry. Okay, so it was in Texas and it was 1984, but I digress.
Let’s set the stage. As a student, it was hard to miss the Garfield (remember, it was 1984) poster on the teacher’s podium which stated, “I’m [...]
Sleepy In Suburbia
Posted by: LSM on: August 20, 2007
I thought weekends were supposed to be relaxing. For one that didn’t have any big commitments, this weekend was quite tiring. We’re still adjusting to being up and out of the house at an earlier hour for school, and the kids were really tired by Friday night.
We played it low key on Friday. I treated [...]
There’s No Crying in Preschool…Or Maybe There Is
Posted by: LSM on: August 17, 2007
After what seems like months of preparation (oh, wait, it was months of preparation), All-American Public Schools opened our doors (some newly refurbished) today for the start of the 2007-2008 school year.
My mommy duties involved delivering all three children to their respective school sites (Yes, I have three children attending three different schools. This will [...]
There’s A Distinct Possiblity I Have Sunk To A New Low
Posted by: LSM on: August 15, 2007
- In: Balance| Kids| Work
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I just finished reading all the blogs on my links while sitting in the bathtub. I know this is wrong on many levels, but I just couldn’t help myself. Does it count that I balanced the computer on the edge of the tub rather than actually holding it over the water? Somehow I’m guessing the [...]
We’ve Shopped Til We Dropped
Posted by: LSM on: August 13, 2007
I am not much of a shopper. I don’t like to deal with crowds at the mall, and I don’t tend to shop for recreation. Now, I love to buy clothes and shoes, but I tend to do it in big clumps of power shopping rather than as an ongoing activity. But, it’s back-to-school time, [...]
A Life Cut Short
Posted by: LSM on: August 10, 2007
- In: Kids| Life in General
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Tonight I attended a rosary service for a woman I barely knew and left wishing I had known her better. One of Gym Girl’s teammates lost her mother on Monday after a three-year battle with cancer. As a parent, how do you explain to your child why a ten-year-old girl and her sixteen-year-old brother no [...]
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