My So Called Life

All the random ass shit that happens. Read at your own risk.

  • My So Called Life

    Walking snooze buttons

    I love my children. They are bright exuberant bundles of happiness.  They also have this crazy habit of coming into my bedroom on the weekends at five minute intervals to wake me up. Ask me for cereal (which they know they can get themselves), ask me if they can play their educational Toy Story computer game (if its educational, unless they are grounded, its a green light) and can I tell their older brother to leave them alone and stop bothering them while they play said computer game. They are walking snooze buttons. Is it too much to ask that I not wake up before 8AM on a Sunday? Pretty…

  • My So Called Life,  The Mother Hood

    Mistaken Identity

    As a new stay at home mother, late in the game, with kids that are of school age, it is not something that I have eased into. If anything, I am resisting the title due to the two types of SAHMs that seem to live in my area. The first faction are the pampered, college educated, apparently useless wives of men who make more than enough money to support their family. Their affluent lifestyle affords them big homes in a closed community, BMW SUV’s to shuttle their 2.5 children from soccer to dance, from dance to karate, then lastly to the tutoring service. They take yoga classes during the day,…