May 2010

Wandering.

May 23, 2010

Sometimes I wonder what I am doing, here. I know, I know, tedious: “BLOGGER SEIZED WITH SELF-DOUBT AND ENNUI, WONDERS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT, ANYWAY.” Oldest story in the book, if the book goes back no further than the advent of the Internet. Really, though—I’ve gotten so busy that I no longer have the time [...]

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Rip Van Winkle.

May 22, 2010

Hello! I’m here! Hello! I cannot believe I just lost nearly a month of my life to…whatever that was. Simone is better, though she still has a bit more nasal effluvia than is customary and the occasional cough. In the process of getting better she passed through a stage of Night Coughing violent enough to [...]

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Love in the Time of Probably Not Cholera.

May 12, 2010

My god, Simone is STILL sick. Technically it has only been eight days, but it feels like more. Many, many more. SO many more! I haven’t left the house since…I don’t remember when I last left the house. Maybe the Monday before this past one? Did I go somewhere that day, the day before we [...]

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Focus on the Breath.

May 10, 2010

Tonight I had to break out the Pulmicort, again. Those of you with preemies know already what I am talking about, but for those who don’t, Pulmicort is an inhaled steroid given via nebulizer, one Simone was prescribed in the NICU and continued to get first twice, then once a day until about a year [...]

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A Plague Upon Our Apartment.

May 6, 2010

As of yesterday, I have been overrun with whatever power-mad microbe has colonized my daughter. I feel, in a word, awful. I would Blame the Baby, as one does, but I can’t, because she is so miserable that seeing her this way is even worse than being sick myself. At least I know what is [...]

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Shock and Awe.

May 4, 2010

Today was a banner day, and not just because Simone has her first really nasty cold, and may well have set some sort of mucous-related record (how can such a small person produce such a staggering quantity, is what I want to know), no, today was a banner day because of these: Advance Review Copies. [...]

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Ill Communication.

May 3, 2010

Simone is sick. She is draped over me as I type this (with one hand!), miserable even in sleep. She’s okay, mind you–why, before things went downhill this afternoon we had ourselves a delightful shrieking contest. She won. Hopefully I will be spared the hell that is other people in a pediatrician’s waiting room, and [...]

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This, Right Here, is the Problem With Daily Posting.

May 2, 2010

• Ahhhh. I had forgotten how satisfying it is to rant, just a tiny bit, to the Internet. Thank you all. Also? I got part of the bathroom done today, so that’s something. Though if I keep going at this rate, I will be finished on…November 6th, or thereabouts. • I am going to start [...]

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A Whiny, Grumpy Sort of Post.

May 1, 2010

So, Scott and Simone got home about an hour ago—a day ahead of schedule. Scott called around dinner to tell me they were driving back, so it wasn’t like I had no notice at all, but still: I am in a Mood. It makes me sound awful, but I was not happy about their premature [...]

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