Category: Adulting & Motherhood
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Lost & Found
My son is phenomenal in so many ways. His imagination, empathy, his agile sporting abilities – he nonchalantly does 3 backflips finished off with a casual forward somersault dismount from a trampoline (or my bed) when he thinks no one is looking. But he’s also phenomenally talented at forgetting stuff. This week alone it took […]
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Tricked, and a treat
So Halloween came and went. Honestly it’s terrifying. Utterly terrifying. Not the decorations and the costumes. I actually don’t mind a wicked fancy dress party. I’m talking about all the kids overdosing on sweets…. at night! It’s bad enough that my kids have come to expect dessert or a treat as the third and fifth […]
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Hump Day
It used to mean the middle of the work week and that as soon as you are over the hump, it’s all downhill to the weekend baby. Until today. Today’s hump day refers to being annoyed and upset. Okay okay… pissed off is way more accurate. I knew I had a 5 hour zoom meeting […]
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Mom Octopus Tragedy Analogy
I have viewed My Octopus Teacher, Netflix’s latest documentary, twice. Note that’s double the amount of times an Octopus has sex. I watched it on my own and then again with the kids. Not only was it filmed in South Africa by South Africans and that the kelp Forest was not far from our favourite […]
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School mornings…. what can I say?
“Wakey wakey rise ‘n shine” …in the voice of Mary Poppins x 3…in the voice of Mrs Doubtfire x 3…in the voice of Fran from the Nanny x 3…in the voice of Al Pacino x 1 “Eat your breakfast”(As per above) “Get dressed”(As per above) “Kiddies, I’ve cleaned your shoes, they are in the kitchen […]
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Back to School
It had been 17 weeks. I counted, twice. 17 weeks of the kids at home with me, while doing the Pandemic Parenting Juggle that we are now all intimately familiar with. I goes a little something like this: Work between hours of 5-7am. Then back to Mom mode for wake up time, the breakfast buffet […]
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