five months.

dear jude,
eleven days ago, you turned five months old. this means that, for eleven days, your dear old mom has been trying to get around to writing you a letter. our lives are all a bit busy right now, especially mine, and finding time to reflect thoughtfully has been really difficult. i [...]

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a post all about bosoms.

my daily life lately has been all about constant editing and improvisation. work demands have included a weird schedule with even weirder-timed pumping breaks, and my supply is suffering. my left breast seems to have all but dried up over the past few days. picture me in a tshirt, right boob [...]

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nablopomo: fail.

so i’ve been away from the computer for the past couple days, sadly. and instead of getting up super early or staying up way too late just to say “hey, real post coming soon. here have some boring, empty words” in the meantime, i gave up. sorry about that.
now, i’m going back offline [...]

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not quite a post.

but. it counts?
we just got back from the land of sugar (um sugar land, yeah) after a soul-filling early thanksgiving weekend with jude’s pop pop and gabby. many gorgeous photos were taken of little j soaking up the love, and much wonderful food and libations were consumed. my heart, it sings. we [...]

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priceless.

us. now. snuggling. after she slept in her own bed for nearly 8 hours.

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this really isn’t a good time, thanks.

blargh again. night time is most definitely not the ideal time for me to write. it’s 10 o’clock and i just climbed out of bed after realizing that i hadn’t blogged. super perfectionist me couldn’t simply skip a day in this nablopomo insanity. nope, here i am, bleary eyed, wondering just [...]

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alas

my internet time has been severely diminished over the past couple days, and should resume normally tomorrow.
for now, i must say that jude has another potential ear infection. the culprit appears to be fluid draining improperly from her tear ducts. it seems that they haven’t yet opened properly, and are wreaking havoc. [...]

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how frustrating is this?

yeah. i’ve just gotten home from a long day at work. fresh spinach and lettuce from our garden are digesting in my belly. little j is taking a naplet, and i’ve got a glass of wine and about 5 minutes to post.
oh, what wonderful questions you all have posed! [...]

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under the weather and through the woods.

so yes. i’m still fighting something icky. i think that the magical powers of vitamins, supplements, and breastfeeding are holding full sick at bay (thus far), but ugh. i’m exhausted. burning eyes. vague aches. halfhearted sniffles. and weak. i took half a day off today just to sleep. [...]

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meh.

let me preface this post by saying: i am so not in the mood to write today. and if it weren’t for my geedee perfectionism and effing nablopomo, i’d so take the day off.
because i am fighting the sick. weak, flushed, shaky and exhausted. churning belly. please don’t let this be [...]

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