To all the people who insisted that I wouldn’t know what tired was until I had a child of my own: no; tiredness and exhaustion are still the same old beasts. The only difference is that now I can’t just sleep the morning away to make up for the lack of sleep. Actually, I think […]
Tag: work
I Am Superwoman: Part One
I’m sorry; I’ve been so busy being awesome that this blog has once again fallen by the wayside. You know that feeling when things just click and you absolutely know you’re kicking ass? Yeah. That’s been me. Rewind to the final trimester of pregnancy – that time when women are advised to take it easy, […]
Dear A$$hat, An Exchange
On my way to lunch, I passed this particular asshat on his way in. AH: What’re you, leaving? MJ: Running away; I saw you coming. AH: Better run faster. . . . On the whole, this would have been significantly less disturbing without our last meeting: AH: *in a voice and manner that reminds me why […]
Dear A$$hat
*Note about this post: I am experimenting. Because people are stupid and my patience is finite. Dear Asshat who told me (again) that if I ever get divorced, he’ll take me (he’s married too [which somehow makes this ok?], but “that’s what lawyers are for”): No. Hell, no. With such a classy display of disrespect for […]
Beginning To Understand
I’m beginning to understand how a job can take over a person’s sense of self — how people come to define themselves by jobs they don’t necessarily have any sort of passion for. Being useful and needed is a fantastic feeling. I’ve never had that in a day job before. My first week, the woman […]
Keeping Honest
As a method to keep myself honest — and for one more data/bragging point when it comes to end-of-year reflection — I have decided to keep a tally of days I don’t write for 2014. I’ve never tracked this before, but this is the sort of data accumulation that makes me happy. It’s encouraging, in […]
Happy New Year!
It is no longer New Year’s Day in many parts of the world, but I wanted to post a quick check-in. Christmas was . . . insane. In a good way, but insane. New Year’s has been in contrast amazingly low-key and productive. This day last year, I had some goals of habits I wanted […]
I Survived! And Then Some…
The first week of work happened. (The idea of having a work schedule this regular continues to boggle my mind.) I even managed to write every day! Not a lot, and my time management skills need some serious fine-tuning, but I’ll count that as a total win. In my last post, I mentioned one Kickstarter […]
Winter Isn’t Coming; It’s Here
I woke up the first morning of the month to snow. It didn’t stay more than a day or two, but it was undeniably snow. (And the blog is snowing, too!) Winter may not officially start until the solstice, but the season doesn’t care much about the sun. It’s winter, after all. I, on the […]
Happy Turkey Day!
So it’s Thanksgiving here in the US. Quite appropriately, we have had a giant flock of wild turkeys parading between our house and the in-laws’. No sign of the gorgeous fox we saw the other day, though. Jumping on this holiday’s bandwagon, I have quite a lot to be thankful for right now. Friends and […]
Melissa Burkart 