There is a ton of interest in the Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair, and for good reason. This versatile, attractive and well-made high chair is one of the best baby products on the market. Many parents have questions about the ins and outs of the Stokke Tripp Trapp, and in this post I’ll go over…
In an ideal world, all of our children would love to go to school, love to learn, love to work on their reading comprehension and writing skills, and be effortlessly talented with numbers. As a parent, it’s natural to wonder how to get your child interested in school. In reality, kids sometimes dislike studying. And there…
If you have a young kid, you know the appeal of superheroes. In this gift guide I’ll go over the best Spiderman toys for the superhero fan in your life. Spiderman ranks as one of the all-time classics. Kids today are just as into Spiderman as they were decades ago, so it’s no surprise that…
This weekend it struck me: My daughter, who is just a year old, will never know a world where there hasn’t been a woman in the White House. And until the age of 41, I’ve never known a world where there has. My kids will never live in a country where there hasn’t been a…
This week I wrote a post for Mommy Shorts about the increasing challenges and stress I’m feeling now that Brian is back working in an actual office, versus working from home.
It’s understandable that he finally had to go back in to work. Eventually, it seems, employers want to see their employees in person again. At least in places where the number of COVID cases are relatively stable (here in Massachusetts we’ve been doing reasonably well, which I attribute to a competent Governor and the fact that it’s not the Massachusetts way to get really angry and brandish a pistol if you’re told you need to wear a face mask at Walmart).
Just kidding. Sort of.
So, yes, it makes sense that Brian has to be back in the office now, but oh man is this a hit for me. I thought we were hanging on by a thread before. But now my thread is like a tiny little fraying thread and not even the hearty kind that you find in the knitting section of Michael’s.
Unrelated, but it makes me laugh how literally kids take expressions. “Hanging on by a thread” just made me think of this. For example, earlier today I told Thomas to run “quick like a bunny” because he had to pee, and instead of rushing to pee in a timely manner, he started hunting all over the yard for a rabbit.
But back to the pandemic and how we’re all screwed.
I’m absolutely hitting a wall of exhaustion, even though at the start of things I had a “Can Do!” attitude that comes with not fully understanding quite how long pandemics last.
It seems that pandemics kind of just hang out and make themselves at home. Ahem.
Anyway I’m super tired, and worried about the fall and how in the hell school is going to work. I also need to order some cuter face masks and learn how to be more expressive using just my eyes, so that I look less like a bandit and more like a friendly civilian at the grocery store.
If, like me, you’re running low on stamina and not sure how you’re going to manage this endless debacle, head on over to read my post on Mommy Shorts.
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