Only So Much You Can Do
It seems I have no timeif I wake up latebut when I wake up earlyI can’t stay up past eight.I’d like to need less sleep.My baby’d like that too.But we’re getting ready for bed.There’s only so much you can do!
Holding Pattern
We’re in a holding pattern,not sure where to land,and we’re not just going to settlefor just any patch of sand.We’re not planning how to crash;we’re not running out of fuel.We are looking how to ground ourselvesto work towards earth’s renewal.
Morning Coffee
I hope you made good tips last night, because I sure missed you. And if you’d come home early, to be sure I would have kissed you. But here you are, my favorite sight, next to me by morning light. … Continued
Two-Thousand and Twelve
Well, so much for finishing all the things I was going to finish this year.There are about two-thousand and twelve lines left on this list here.But tomorrow will feel about the sameand we’ll keep doing what we need each dayand … Continued
Just a Day Behind
It often seems that I’mjust a day behind.(Or sometimes two or three–but who’s counting? Nope, not me.)If I put “get behind”on a list of mineand didn’t get it donecould I catch up for once?
Jail
Some people try to go to jail just so they can freeload.I’ve heard of that, and I’m sure it’s rarely true.Rare because, although we all hate to be busy,in jail we’d make escape plans just for something to do.
Comes to a Head
It’s three thirty in the morning.She’s stillrefusing to sleep like a baby.She usually gets tired at midnightbut she’s beenfighting it lately.Genius borders disasteras the endof the term draws near.She feels like she’s missing somethingbut everythingcomes to a head here.
Can’t this be my day of rest?
Can’t this be my day of rest?I can see your way is bestif I just want to live ’til deathbut I want more from life.Can’t I even stop and think?Can’t you see I’m on the brinkbut if I never rest … Continued
If Saving is Earning
If it’s trueas I have learned“a penny savedis a penny earned”then I guessI earn a lot.It’s not what I dobut what I do not:I do not buydesigner cribs,Swarovski crystal-covered bibs,formula,Coach diaper bags,or designerspit-up rags.I do not goto shopping mallsor salonsor … Continued