Kid,
You’re cute and all, but here’s the thing. We have got to talk about this waking up three times a night thing. C’mon now. Remember those days when I would have to wake you up to shove a boob in your mouth?
Remember? REMEMBER? Of course not!
It is now a nightly ritual for you to wake up at 12:00. And then, two hours later. A mere two hours! You wake up again. Gurgling and screeching in your crib. I shove a pacifier in your mouth, desperate to stave off your hunger for another hour or so. But to no avail. Screech, Screech, Screech. I grumpily roll out of bed, grab you by the pj’s and nurse you with my eyes closed. 10 minutes later, you are peacefully mumbling to yourself and I lay you back down. Then? Two! more! hours! later! you insist on even more sustenance. Incidentally, once I nurse you for the last time before going to work, you decide to let Daddy sleep in and do not wake up for another four hours or so. How lucky for Daddy. Oh, and by the way, that’s not funny.
By this time, the sun is rising and Mama needs to throw herself in the shower, headfirst. If I’m really tired, I wash my hair sitting down in the tub. That’s more than a little pathetic, isn’t it? I know. Cannot be helped. I’m tired. My eyes look like they’re about to go on vacation, because the bags? They are packed. My clothes all have that familiar wrinkle to them and my hair is wack. Wiggity wiggity wack. See? I’m quoting bad rap. Something must be done.
Ok, I am off to go appear busy and work and drain yet another fruitless cup of coffee. I’ll wait for the day you decide to do me a huge favor and sleep.For at least 3 or 4 hours. Maybe. MAYBE. Even through the night? Please? But until then, I suppose you can use your dashing good looks and toothless grin to charm me in the middle of the night.
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Here’s an excellent post by my friend AB. She shares some very poignant thoughts on what’s going on in the media and the world regarding the Virginia Tech tragedy.
Are you serious, Debbie Schlussel? The Virginia Tech tragedy has been splashed across websites and newspapers across the world. It is now confirmed that the gunman was a Korean born male student. The information that he is a foreigner! An international student! An immigrant! is headline news. Are we forgetting to focus on the issue at hand, that 31 people are confirmed dead? Innocent lives taken at the hand of a very unstable young man? Reports all over the field are referring to this man as a South Korean naturalized citizen. His race and ethnicity is being thrown around, used as ammunition* as to the reasoning and justification behind his actions. Being Korean did not cause this man to commit this egregious crime. Obviously he suffered from other mental and emotional issues stemming from who knows what – family, relationships, school. Race does not dictate whether or not someone is prone to violence. Are all black people good at basketball? No. Are all Asians math geniuses? The answer to that is a big no. Pass the calculator, please.
Ms Schlussel’s comments are preposterous verbal diarrhea. Did she so boldly and foolishly state that this is “yet another reason to stop letting in so many foreign students?” Oh. no. she. didn’t. She assumes by keeping the “foreign students” out of this country, the crime rate will drop and people will live happily ever after? Don’t get me wrong. It is ok to be angry, even hate the man, for what he did, who he is/was. But don’t hate the Korean race because of who he, one man, was and what he did. Get real, lady. This isn’t about race. Stop using the internet and this situation as an excuse and platform to spew your hate and racism.
So Ms Schussel? You wanna bring it, do ya? BRING. IT
*sorry. No pun intended at all.
