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Weary, weary, weary

Posted 22nd January 2008 by MaryP, tagged time off, illness, flu, sick days, cough, sick toddlers

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I have the flu.Not the colloquial "flu", which is only a stomach bug, but the Real Deal. Cough (that *hurts*), headache, sore eyes -- it hurts to move them -- achy joints, sensitive skin. And the mucous. Good lord. I've produced my body weight in the stuff these past five days, I'm sure...And yet I…

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Why work?

Posted 18th January 2008 by MaryP

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...we need the money. If we didn't need the money, I'd still work, but with much more discrimination. I make my income solely through writing, and I'd be choosing only such projects as I really loved, and which I felt valued me. Because my children are older, and because I work from home, I don't…

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Merry Christmas!

Posted 24th December 2007 by MaryP

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The gifts are long since purchased and wrapped, the music is on the iPod, the wine is stocked, the cards decorate the entry to the dining room, the cookies are baked (and partly eaten) ...and my eldest arrived in town last night on the train.My Christmas has begun! As soon as, that is, my silly son…

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Quotations

Posted 29th November 2007 by MaryP

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"You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think." - Dorothy Parker She was one wicked woman, our Dot. And there's a serious one, but of course it keeps evading my memory. Flickers in--almost got it--and then, pfft!, it's gone. I'll remember it at three this morning, I'm sure...

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Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

Posted 21st November 2007 by MaryP

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1. I got up a full hour later than usual, so my normal highly productive and blissfully private morning was crowded and stressed and minimally productive. 2. One of the daycare kids is full into Power Struggle, and she does it in underhanded and deviously manipulative ways. I far prefer the in-yer-face…

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