On this page the following entries were made in the “May, 2008” time-frame.
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Interviewing 101
I recently started interviewing for a new job. I still have my day job but there is a fear of layoffs at my company due to some recent acquisitions and the possibility of overlap. This is the first time I have had to interview as a Mommy. I’ve been with my current employer for almost [...]
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The Mommy Guilt Chronicles: Episode #1001
We’ve all felt it. That imminent sense of guilt when we do virtually anything that doesn’t include our kids. Want to get a pedicure? Oh wait…I should be spending that time with my baby. Have to go to work? Even as you’re cheering at the idea of dropping them off at daycare after a particularly [...]
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My 10-Month-Old is a Carb-Aholic
I always thought carb addiction was relegated to us women — not only for those all-too-tempting moments during that “special” (although there’s nothing much special about it) time of the month — but, if we had our way (and the world was perfect), for every moment of every day. I mean, [...]
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Mommy, what’s my name?
How likely is the scenario of a child not knowing his own name? Well, if it’s at all possible, it’s going to happen to my youngest son. Since he was born, we’ve been calling him every kind of a cutesy name we can think of. In addition to every [...]
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Tuberculosis, public schools, and common sense (or lack thereof)
My older son’s 1st grade class was going on a field trip to the local science museum last week and the school was begging for volunteers to chaperon and drive the kids. Whatever happened to those yellow school buses we see on the roads every day? But, never mind. [...]
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