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Sixth Gear
Despite my last post about that one negative interaction at work, the temp job is going well. So well, in fact, that they have asked me to stay on indefinitely. I’m also suddenly getting requests to come in and interview for permanent jobs similar to what I’m doing now. Yesterday I returned a call from
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Today at work
Today at work someone screamed at me on the phone. She does this to everyone, so it’s not really a big deal. But it did not feel good and I still have not recovered completely. Today I dealt with two separate crying students at two separate times. All problems were solved eventually. Also, I had
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My thoughts after one week of being a full-time working parent
My temp job started last week. My first time working for pay in twelve years, and my very first time working and also being a parent. It was an interesting experiment. I liked going to work this week. I liked getting emails and solving problems for the teachers and staff. I even liked answering the
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WWII
“Hey, Casey!” my youngest says to me. “I’m playing a game about World War II! I know how you like World War II!” My eyebrows shoot up at this and I freeze in the kitchen, Triscuit in hand. Me? I like World War II? Not me. He must have me confused with my father. Old
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A Two-Week Adventure in Working Parenthood
I’m signed up with a temp agency and I got my first assignment: a two-week position in a nearby school office. I am looking forward to trying out this working parent thing for just the two-week stint. If it’s absolutely horrendous I can easily remove myself from the temp agency’s employment and embrace a future
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The Only Constant
Well, the children are back at school and I am able to eat again. My oldest picked up some sort of terrible stomach bug at his sixth grade orientation last Thursday, something we did not realize until we found ourselves cleaning vomit from the cabin carpet at 2 AM last Saturday. A few more of
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Twelve Days of Being Lukewarm on the State Fair
We went to the Minnesota State Fair on Monday, despite the staggering heat and humidity. “Are you a Fair person?” Minnesotans often ask each other this time of year. “Are you going to the Fair this year?” I am probably not a Fair person. I like the bucket of cookies and the SkyGlider. I like
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Always Trying and Often Failing
Lest my previous post about our allowance strategy lead anyone to think that I have my shit together, I am posting today about how I often struggle to stick with things. Earlier this year we started doing gratitude journaling at dinnertime. It was easy, it took about thirty seconds, and all I had to do
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Give/Save/Spend
A little more than a year ago, I instituted a new allowance strategy in our household. We had a problem with the previous allowance system in that it was paid out at random times and sent directly to the kids’ bank accounts. The kids had no real idea how much money they had and thus
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My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge.
It was the summer of 2000. I had had my driver’s license for less than a year, the first of my friend group to acquire both a license and a vehicle. I spent a lot of time that spring and summer navigating my 1987 Ford Ranger (AKA Trucky Poo) around my small town with a