Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Summer of My Discontent

You know all that shit I wrote earlier about making progress and whatnot?   Yeah, you can throw that shit right out the window.  I am constantly spiraling down my vortex of self-loathing, and I am pretty much going along for the ride.  Remember the sitting of the kids I did Friday night?  Yeah, well,… Continue Reading

Listening to the Demons’ Song

Do you ever have one of those days where you just HATE everything about yourself?  Well, I am having one of those days. First of all, I have to say, coming out of depression is hard fucking work.   I always feel like I have to watch myself for any signs of incipient depression in… Continue Reading

The Space In-Between

I have always been a black and white kinda gal.  Or, if I am going to be completely honest, I’ve always been a black and blacker kinda gal.   In my world, you were friend or you were foe.  You were with me or you were against me.  Binary thinking?  Oh, hell, yeah.  I had… Continue Reading

Confessions of a Shitty Mom*

For one night, that is.  My mom and I are babysitting my nephews, and they are sleeping over.  Right now, she is telling them a story, and then they are going to bed. She went to pick them up around two and brought them home around four.  We played downstairs for a bit, then they… Continue Reading

My Destination Unknown

As longtime readers of this blog know, I am a bit of a control freak.  OK, OK, I am a HUGE control freak.  In the past, I have made my world small enough so I felt it was manageable (look, honey, I shrunk my life!).  The illusion of control was just that, an illusion, but… Continue Reading