Just to make sure I post
Wildman is in the hospital.  He fell off his bike, had a seizure, and has an abdominal injury.  He is stable now but they are watching for a perforated bowel.   Will tell the whole story tomorrow.  I am home to shower and eat so that I can stay with him overnight.  Poor little one…..

Old friends, growing boys
Today a dear friend called me as I was dropping Wildman off at school.  Quickly into the phone, as she has hundreds of times before, she blurted hiking to the Hermit Cave this afternoon and as I have done hundreds of times to different outings before I quickly blurted out YES. S is someone who I picked up at the park.  When I moved to my house and had Wildman I had very little time to meet other Mom’s.  I had to go back to work when he was 6 weeks old due to my husbands unemployment and I had little time to meet other Mom’s and do typical “Mom” things. When I had Littl

Transit Strike
SEPTA, which is my cities transit provider is on strike.  The strike is creating headaches for so many and I hope this is resolved soon.  Traffic is nuts and the rail lines that still run are packed to capacity. This strike is also creating headaches in my home.  My husband usually takes SEPTA to work on days that I also have to work.  I then meet him at work at 5:30 with the kids and the car.  He then drops me off at work and takes the kids home for dinner and bed.  Our new insanity is for him to motorcycle to work in the freezing cold.  He leaves work at 4pm to arrive home hopefully before 5 so that I can get the 5:03 train downtown.  If I am lucky I get to wo

Dreamland
Although I am a bartender, I know quite a few people who are sober.  It is good for me to know sober folks.  It reminds me that not everyone gets mired in the chaos of their disease and dies.  Many people fight the disease and become inspirational healthy individuals. So last night was the first time I slept like a regular person in almost a week.  It was glorious to slip between the sheets in the dark like you are supposed to.  I found myself having insane dreams about being at the bar.  The most prominent one was of an acquaintance who I have known for many years.  She has never been a good friend just someone I know through my other sober friends.  She has be

Election Day
I feel so guilty.  I didn’t vote.  I forgot till about 5 minutes ago and we are in after hiking all afternoon.  I am just going to blame it all on that cheatin Jon Gosselin. Anyway you should not follow my lead.  Go and vote.  Change the world.