This is your brain on adolescent hormones: Maya just got some salt with which to eat her hard-boiled eggs. Our salt shaker keeps disappearing and we solve this problem by just going straight for the box of salt and pouring out a little bit. It’s a bad method. I give you that. Just now, Maya [...]
Archive for February, 2009
This is your brain
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Memory
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coma, hospital, ICU, illness, memory on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m in the hospital. The air is dry and I’m thirsty. On the small, rolling table beside my bed is a plastic cup filled with ice water. The table is within arm’s reach, but I cannot reach it. My arms are not strong enough to lift that far up and out. I cannot pull the [...]
Bits and pieces
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bat mitvah, parenting, teeth on February 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been very busy with the kids home the last week, plus the monster head cold (almost gone!). I keep starting stuff. These are my bits:
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Earlier today, I headed down to the kitchen, and as I walked down the hall, I heard a heavy thump-thump sound I could not identify until I could actually see [...]
Unicycles and stuff
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 10, birthdays, colds, Kids, unicycle on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Maya and I were just out getting some craft stuff for a project of hers and she found a gold metallic pen, which she has wanted for writing thank-you notes for bat mitzvah gifts. When we got home, she tried it out – it was cool – and then handed it to me and said, [...]
Walking
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthdays, cottage, illness, normal, walking on February 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A year ago from the first day of my coma, I had the runs all day. Several people commented on the irony of that. I feel weird, knowing that a year ago I was Napping. It makes me acutely aware of how far I’ve come. I’ve commented before on how I wonder when [...]
One Year
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coma, ER, illness, life, remembering, septic shock on February 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday, I was doing some work from home and at one point called and my boss (the principal of the school). I asked her a question she couldn’t answer and told me she’d get the right person and have them call me right back. What’s your home phone number? she asked me. Here’s what I said, [...]
Conversation with a 12-year-old
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Kids, parenting, teenagers on February 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
who is almost 13, at bedtime:
Me: Goodnight, honey. Sleep well.
Her: Goodnight. I love you.
Me: I love you too.
Her: And, stop being weird.
Me: Me?
Her: Yes.
Me: When was I weird?
Her: Like, all the time.
Alrighty then. I just added it to Monday’s to-do list: Finish video for open house at school, buy missing knitting needles, send pamphlet to [...]
