Trapped on the Bus

So yesterday was the first day of school. The twins are starting high school this year, and –having experienced the car line at the high school before– I have declared that they are going to be riding the bus. (The high school campus houses a middle school also, and the traffic jams during pick-up and

Stink Bugs

I took a trip to Maryland to visit a friend. The first day there were a couple of bugs in my hotel room that she identified as stinkbugs, telling me that those types of insects are all over in the area. One stinkbug was dead and one was still alive; my friend gently scooped the

Don’t press that button

My oldest daughter ET is in her third year of veterinary school. Although she does go to class in person, a lot of her school work is still online. Therefore when her laptop wasn’t working, she took it into the school IT department for repair. While there, she had to wait in front of a

Like that Klondike Bar commercial

What would you do in pursuit of snacks? Recently I took a little roadtrip with three of my kids. On the way we stopped at a roadside rest station and the kids wanted snacks from the vending machine. I got Little Boy some Doritos and GG a Dr. Pepper. (Little Girl had remained in the

Kitty is at War

Cats are solitary animals. Our cat, who is named Bunny but we call him Kitty, is used to being the only cat in the house.  He is almost 12 years old and has ruled our house most of his life, and he likes it that way. Kitty received a bit of a shock a year or

My fridge is melting

I don’t know why, but my refrigerator is melting. It’s been doing so gradually from the top. I tried googling, “Why is my fridge melting?” but I just ended up with a lot of information about things INSIDE the fridge melting, not about THE REFRIGERATOR ITSELF melting. So what did I do? Basically I ignored

I am SO Nerdy

I saw this shirt advertised as a designated Christmas gift for math teachers. I’m sorry, but this is bad math. If I were a math teacher and received this shirt, I would be horrified. I understand that the designer meant to reference the song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” specifically the line, “Fa lalalalalalalala.”

I read a lot

I was talking to Boo, who has just started college, on the phone one night. I told her I’d just finished reading a book. She said, “Is that another one of those books with the sad British kids on the cover?” And I had to admit that, yes, it was…. I really have been reading

Why is my phone so proud of itself?

I plug my phone in at night near my bed, and usually it’s been on low power mode by the evening since it’s been used all day. Then when gets up to 80% charge, it lights up excitedly, bragging about how CHARGED UP it is. Usually this is around midnight, which is when you definitely

Welcome to Christmas Break