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Finally managed to give up the evening bong hit after DD turned 7. We used to joke that all parents of young children should receive valium or joints in the mail from the government so they could wind down.
And Tea in the morning (and the afternoon). No matter how much caffeine I need, I can't stand coffee. I am proud to say I've cut down to 4 teas a day now.
It does get better when the kids get older... although I don't have teens yet, so no comment on that period!
the uppers & downers of parenting (or, coffee & wine)
I am a drug addict. I use uppers and downers. But only to make me a better parent. I never drank coffee before I had kids. At least not in a "Fresh Pots!" sort of way. We didn't even own a coffee maker. Back in those days, I looked down upon anyone who needed coffee in the morning. The more th...
I invented 'automagically'
As in, when the toast is ready, it automagically pops up! Or, the computer will shut down automagically when the download is finished.
made up words (or, portmanteau)
I'm going to geek out on you for a moment here over language stuff again. Specifically over hybrid words or portmanteau words. Which is when you take two words and combine them into a new word. More linguistics geekery here on Wikipedia. (and the word "wikipedia" is itself a combo of wiki and e...
The good news is you can't be diagnosed as a sociopath or psychopath (both now known as Antisocial Personality Disorder) unless you are at least 18 and have been having this kind of behaviour since 15 and older...
Kids are weird. But entertaining!
fine line between love and scary
We have two cats. One of them is super friendly and eats up attention of any kind. So we have to keep an eye on him because he doesn't think to do obvious things like run away. Along with this, my toddler has hit that age where he occassionally says and does things that make me raise my eyebrow...
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