Category Archives: working motherhood
My Head Is Full of Children
When I lived in Provincetown for a summer, there was a T-shirt in one of the toursity-gifty shops with art by one of those crafty greeting-card women that said that: My Head Is Full of Children. And it had a … Continue reading
Filed under nothing at all, Parenting the school boy, teaching, working motherhood
Me Time. I Am Not Ashamed to Have It.
Earlier this week during the 100+ heatwave we had here, I went to a matinee of a so-bad-it-is-almost-good summer movie. Standing in front of me was a woman who lives in my building, who I know from the playground. Her … Continue reading
Filed under family, working motherhood
Happy Herb?
I figure a group of anonymous lesbians can probably help me out here. I’m pretty sure the stomach problems are directly tied to coffee. And I’ve stopped drinking it and have upped my fiber intake. Fine. After over two weeks, … Continue reading
Filed under teaching, working motherhood
Mommyblogging: What’s In A Name?
On to this mommyblogging business… I guess the reason I wrote the “Why Do I Blog?” post is that different folks have different reasons for blogging. Different moms have different reasons for blogging as well. Some want to vent. Some … Continue reading
Filed under blogitty blog blog, working motherhood
Post Post Post Partum Post
Trucker is almost a year old. Almost a year ago, I pushed a nine pound, three ounce baby out of my body. Now, if you are pregnant right now, you may want to click away. I tore, but it wasn’t … Continue reading
Filed under b00b food, Labor & Birth, my second son, Post partum, teaching, working motherhood
The Facebook Status I Don’t Post
oneofhismoms is full of milk. oneofhismoms is sore around the nipp1e region. oneofhismoms is wishing she could have skipped all the post-partum body yucks. oneofhismoms is empty of milk. oneofhismoms is pumping. oneofhismoms is pumping again. oneofhismoms is thinkin that … Continue reading
Filed under b00b food, blogitty blog blog, Trucker, working motherhood
The New Me?
When I first heard about blogs, they were introduced to me as a “diary that other people can read.” This post is a bit of a diary entry. Dear Diary, Something has changed in me. Is it hormonal? Dear God, … Continue reading
Filed under blogitty blog blog, nothing at all, teaching, working motherhood
Newborn Polar Bear Pups and The Beast Teacher
I went back to work today. I was dreading it, if you hadn’t noticed. It was hard to leave the baby. I was standing by the elevator crying when I left. I didn’t want to go to drop-off at daycare. … Continue reading
Filed under b00b food, my second son, teaching, Trucker, working motherhood
Going Back
Here it is. My last day home. My last getting-in-some-computer-time during morning nap. Monday I go back to work. I don’t want to. I’ve looked forward to this time at home with my baby all my adult life. Now it … Continue reading
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Dear Trucker (5 months)
Dear Trucker, Now I know what you want. Sort of. This month you finally started letting your wants be known. The very first time you let us know what you wanted, you had been playing with Grandma. I was out … Continue reading
Filed under my second son, Trucker, working motherhood
