A Natural Scientist

 As you have doubtless heard by now, public schools have just- six days before school was to start!- decided to go all-online for nine weeks...

Parenthood sure leaves me wondering what I'm doing a lot of the time.  Why do they fight?  Why won't they just go to sleep ?  Why mu...

Dear Readers, the spouse has taken the children off for a week (a week !) with his terrible family.*  My dad came over for a few days, we m...

We are, once more, having the annual Grandparent Visiting Without Me . (I would trade 'in-laws who don't suck' for 'ten days...

I recently applied for a job Assessing Things. I was quite well qualified, but they didn't bother to interview me. (I guess that they ha...

Me to Dr. S, a few months ago: "Dear, sometime we should talk about what your parents are going to do when they can't live in that ...

Because practically anything is more convenient than therapy when you have three children and no childcare. 1) Money.  I would like more, ...

While Babycakes is nursing, I usually read things on the Internet.  Since I'm not a big fan of nonfiction (life is depressing enough) I ...

The Ugly Stereotypical Tourist! We've all met them, and perhaps we've been them: the person from the flatlands who shrieks in the Lo...

We all survived the wedding.  And I totally got bingo.  Also, I seem to have run right out of patience with how poorly my mother deals wit...

Sweetpea is napping by herself!  Once a day.  Of course, in trade, she's up every 2.5 hours all night like clockwork. Oh, babies. ...

Have you ever noticed that the more children you have, the more travel becomes like unto packing up a circus, tent and all?  I think we migh...

My middle sister is trying to start a company aimed at getting school-age girls to love science.  Leaving aside the advisability of this as ...

Said they would come in November for the Pseudo-Military U Special Parade (same parade as they have every week, but with... more people?) so...

Dr. S and I are happy* to tell you that we are expecting a child in December. Unfortunately, winter is prime time for infections!  As you ...

Dear Readers, you will perhaps remember how my mother-in-law wanted to 'ruin Christmas'  so she could go to the sixth and final heli...

Dear Readers, every year Dr. S and I have the same argument. Me: "I dislike your parents, there's never anything I can eat, they...

This started out really long, but then I realized that it can be condensed to: In functional adult relationships, both sides recognize that ...

Once, when I was a small child, I did something appalling and my mother said, "And how do you think that makes me feel?" I loo...

(Not me.) My sister is getting divorced.  I won't go into it, except than to say, they've both behaved like spoiled, irresponsible...