A Day in the Life

Absence of children

My children have been gone for almost two weeks now. My mother took them to visit extended family in Victoria and they’ll be gone for another week. I have to say, I am in a weird place. It is not until they are gone that I realize how much time is spent just hanging outContinue reading “Absence of children”

Ramblings about my children

I have nothing to say. I have vowed to write a weekly post and yet I find myself staring at the blank little box and now I am flummoxed. Issues with kids…issues with kids… hmmm. The trouble is, I have no real issues with my kids these days. I feel like their growing up isContinue reading “Ramblings about my children”

In Praise of Occasional Excess

Of course, you can’t plan these things. Or if you do, the occasion falls flat, seems more of a task of Herculean decadence rather than a natural need to worship at the fountain of Dionysus for a moment, to give rational decision making the night off and do things you don’t normally do. What amContinue reading “In Praise of Occasional Excess”

What are you doing for your spring break?

That’s it. It’s official. My children are downright certifiable. Oh, yes, they put up a good front. They act like normal children. The don’t clean their rooms, they talk back, sometimes they don’t even do their homework. However, I now suspect that it was all a ploy to distract us. A sisterly conspiracy to hideContinue reading “What are you doing for your spring break?”

Lentapoolasa 2009

I have never done Lent. Not because of any aversion to weird and wonderful self deprivation rituals (okay, maybe a little aversion), but mostly because, well, I don’t know. I never felt like it, I guess. Isn’t that the reason we don’t do many things- like become lawyers, or wash the dishes before they becomeContinue reading “Lentapoolasa 2009”

Vacation Haze

This whole idea of vacation is strange. It always makes me slightly uncomfortable, mainly because I have an uneasy suspicion that if I actually stop and do nothing for a day, I won’t be able to get back to the usual pace I need to keep in order to maintain our life. But here IContinue reading “Vacation Haze”

The things we pass on

I saw it coming from a mile away. Seated on the hard wooden bench pushed against the wall to wall mirrors, I saw her face go red, the timid half-smile replaced with a wide-eyed look of terror. The eyes going wide in an attempt to not let the tears welling in the tear ducts overwhelmContinue reading “The things we pass on”

At the pool

On Wednesday afternoons my daughters attend swimming class. It is unusual that I can come and watch, as my train arrives at the station at 6:00 and it is all over by then. But there are a few rare days, where I am not at the library, and can get to the pool a littleContinue reading “At the pool”

Thursday, September 25th 5:00 amThe alarm goes off. The CBC is broadcasting the news from Australia, because apparently no decent Canadian would be up at this hour and wanting to listen to current events. I am lulled awake by the bouncing accent of the broadcaster and finally get up enough energy to bang the offContinue reading “A day in the life”

La Ronde Amusement Park: An adventure in Faith

“Who says I have no faith in humanity?” I asked myself as I hung upside down 60 feet in the air. The Vertigo. After waiting for an hour for the privilege of feeling my lunch revisit my throat, here I was, relying on the teenager running the operation to make sure all was safe. ItContinue reading “La Ronde Amusement Park: An adventure in Faith”