I fear this has become a blog of complaints, where I whine about customer relations and admin and medical problems, but if you aren't a person with chronic issues, you may not have any idea what goes into the process of staying alive. My oldest kid is allergic to peanuts, which I know because when... Continue Reading →
Remember outside? It's been a wild Wednesday over here, with an internet outage derailing hours of virtual school and kicking my husband out of a Zoom meeting for five hours. Without school, the kids devolve into fighting and crying and screaming and antagonizing and I feel like running through the wall like the Kool-aid man... Continue Reading →
I don't think I need special treatment as a person with an incurable illness. I mean, if a law was passed to allow anyone with an autoimmune disease to cut the lines at Disney World, I would ride Space Mountain until I puked, but I wouldn't demand that law be passed in the first place.... Continue Reading →
I'm an angry mom. Not always, but moreso recently. I am always impatient when my kids refuse to listen or whine incessantly, but it's worse now. And their behavior is also significantly worse than before the pandemic, which creates an awful spiral. I know this is hard on the kids, and I know big changes... Continue Reading →
A lot of people are getting ready to receive a nice check from the federal government to offset the hardship they are experiencing because of the pandemic. For some its a bonus, because they are essential and haven't lost their jobs. For others it's a bandaid on punctured hull, and it won't cover the month's... Continue Reading →
So...I bet you know what's on my mind today. Every day. For the past three months. It's made me so upset I couldn't form coherent thoughts and write about it until today, when I decided I'd had enough time and needed to just get it out. But Kat, don't be hysterical! It's just like the... Continue Reading →
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