The TALK
Shoulda seen this coming. Shoulda known. You’d think I’d know better. ‘Cause here.it.comes. For years I’ve said I didn’t know what I wanted to discuss with A less: 9/11, Santa, or sex. We covered 9/11 with him last September pretty …
When is good enough?
Are you familiar with this poem? It’s the horror story for perfectionists: Good Enough by Edgar Guest My son, beware of “good enough,” It isn’t made of sterling stuff; It’s something any man can do, It marks the many from …
Talk to me
I have few pet peeves. Actually, just one. Idiots who get on the expressway going less than the speed limit. Dude, you have to be going at least 5 mph over to merge with traffic safely, and don’t you even …
In the eye of the storm
And now for something completely different: AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, just needed a little primal scream therapy. I feel better now. It’s March (finally), the sun is shining, I abound in blessings, and life is good. Breathe in, breathe out. Lather, rinse, …
The House of Chaos Week in Review!
Dude, I am totally going to pat myself on the back for doing a week in review, two weeks in a row! Truly, it’s the little things around here. So let’s check in and see what’s been goin’ down. I …
The scale and the metronome don’t lie
Way back in the day, when I was studying to be a classically trained musician and not the hack I am today, I read an article about tempo. Yeah, I know, I really knew how to live, eh? Livin’ on …
The House of Chaos Week in Review
Before I begin, let me go on record that my husband just called me a “freak of nature” because I remembered our credit union’s routing and ridiculously long account numbers perfectly and without hesitation. On my third second glass of …
Perfectionism and the housing market
I am a recovering perfectionist. I may have mentioned that once or twice or eleventy billion times. I struggle against it daily, sometimes to the point of appearing to not give a damn. It’s also glaringly obvious in the 1) …
Memo from The Office of All Things Obvious and Redundant Department
It has come to our attention that some of you have forgotten the principals by which this Department runs. So, on this Tuesday that feels like a Monday, some reminders. We suggest you post these in a few prominent places, …
Twice-Exceptionalities and Peers
And so it begins. We have been very lucky that A, for all his problems and idiosyncrasies and struggles and alphabet soup of diagnoses, has been accepted by his peers. Peers who have very little in common with him, and certainly don’t …