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Solo Mother

March 11th, 2008

Career. Kids. Single mother. How does this work, again?

Over at Career and Kids, Elizabeth is having a scheduling challenge the opposite of mine: she’s got a week filled with kids’ activities, while I’m up to my eyeballs in work. I need a kid-free week, but that’s just not possible. One deadline got pushed back because of a little thing called herding cats: trying […]

By christina -- 8 comments

November 25th, 2007

How was your Thanksgiving, solo mothers?

I’m still trying to sort it all out. As far as I’m concerned, my parents already gave me my Christmas present: almost four whole days off from the Kid.
Four. Whole. Days.
I haven’t had more than a night or two off since I gave birth to that boy, and those nights are all thanks to my […]

By christina -- 5 comments

March 3rd, 2007

mother guilt episode 288732551: sick kid, business trip, what to do?

The KoE has been a trooper. Went to my aunt’s memorial service and sat through the whole thing, quiet as a mouse, coloring and listening to all the nice things folks had to say about his favorite grand aunt. But by the time we got back into the car to come home, he was flagging, […]

By christina -- 5 comments

February 13th, 2007

Snow day paranoia

I was up and out of bed before the alarm went off this morning, tearing open the blinds even before I could unstick my poor, sleepy eyes. was there snow on the ground? Please…
YES! the alley behind my house was clear. What, you ask, is SoloMother such a scrooge that she reveled in a distinct […]

By christina -- 3 comments