Wanna know when I started worrying about the social dynamic in junior high? The moment I found out I was having a girl. Because girls in junior high can be meeeeean. And that’s the understatement of the century. There are like 10 million things to worry about in junior high these days, as opposed to…
Ruh-rohhh, I think I might have made a stupid move. So about a month ago when we found out our kiddos were going back to school, I started to buy school supplies. Kinda sucks because I know I’m gonna spend a small fortune and then they’re gonna call off school like three days after it…
Dear Other Parents, Okay, deep breath, here goes. I want to ask a small favor of you. A small favor with HUGE implications. Please, pleeeeease, pretty please with sugar on top and chocolate and vodka and maybe even a little cash or whatever else you want. Can we all please just do each other a…
Oy vey, someone get me some Pepto Bismol stat because my stomach feels like it’s full of a swarm of butterflies that all have Montezuma’s Revenge. Why? Because we have until next Tuesday to decide whether to send our kiddos back to school in person. It’s weird because I kinda know my decision already, but…
Dear parents who are getting a doctor’s note so your kid doesn’t have to wear a mask to school, So the other day I was talking to a friend and she told me about you guys. How you guys are getting notes from doctors so your kids don’t have to wear masks to school this…
Fifty packets, over 6000 pieces, hours and hours of tedious work bent over clicking thousands of pieces together. And then finally. Behold!!! The magnificent Hogwarts Castle! The Taj Mahal! The Millennium Falcon! And that’s when seven words go through your head: WTF do we do with this thing?
Where the heck is Traverse City? Never heard of it. I mean I’m not gonna drop a boatload of dough to go to a place I’ve never even heard of. Then the pandemic happened. And everything changed. Suddenly the thought of cramming inside a metal capsule with 100+ germy strangers to fly somewhere didn’t sound…
Zoey is eleven. I’m saying that right out of the gate so people know. And please don’t send me a bunch of nasty hate comments because your kiddo’s younger than that and they have TikTok and it’s absolutely fine. If your kiddo has it and it’s working for you, by all means, keep going. I’m…
Warning!! Empty your mouth of any and all food, drinks and other stuff before reading this post. I am not kidding. Swallow whatever’s in your mouth right now. Because if you don’t, it’s coming straight out your nose and it’s gonna hurt like a mofo. If you asked me at the beginning of the Coronavirus…
We went into lockdown on March 13th and almost immediately Zoey asked the question that was bothering her the most. “Will this be finished by my birthday?” And I knew the answer. No. It broke my heart to tell her. I mean Zoey literally starts thinking about her next birthday party the second her last…