One of the awesome little side problems I've experienced during my whole fibromyalgia/atypical facial pain mess has been menstrual migraines. For those who don't know, a menstrual migraine -- at least for me -- is a series of days-long headaches that occur like clockwork before your period. In my case, they lay me out for a [...]
I started a Tumblr page today. I basically know NOTHING about Tumblr except that as a result of being on it, I follow a guy who's making a different balloon animal every day and woman who draws funny penguins and writes wry comments about them. Otherwise, as a social media platform, I find it generally [...]
On December 17th, 51-year-old Alan Oliver Frazier walked into his urologist's office and shot three people. And I understand why he did it. Read this carefully -- I don't condone what he did. But I understand. I understand it all too well. And when I heard the details of this story -- when we heard the [...]
Confession time: Not only do I not want school to start and summer to end, I'm actually scared about it. Okay, maybe scared isn't the right word. "Scared" conjures up how I feel on those nights when I'm checking closets, armed with a baseball bat. And I can't say I'm that keyed up. But I [...]
by Tammy Soong
June 30, 2013
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Chronic Pain,
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Family,
First World Problems,
Jasper,
Personal Insanity,
Road Trip,
The Great Outdoors,
Things To Do with Kids,
This Is Supposed to be Fun,
Travel,
Vacation,
Worst Mom Randomness
So I'm home from camping. Yesterday, when my friend hadn't heard from me, she emailed to make sure I hadn't crawled into a hole or gotten trapped under a porta potty. Sadly, she wasn't too far off (from the hole part). I've been in full-on meltdown mode: exhausted, killer headaches, vertigo. Stuff that makes you [...]
Yesterday, I found out a friend of mine from college died. She was on a 5-mile run, collapsed right before the finish, and never woke up. I feel terrible for her family. For her husband and three sons. For her parents. For her friends who are "her people" and will feel this the most. I [...]
Last night, Elfie and I went camping at Lake Tahoe with her 3rd grade class. It's an end-of-the-year tradition, and even though I wasn't that jazzed about the idea of going up without my husband, I did because she really wanted to take me, not Dad. I don't mean to be a wimp, but honestly, [...]
Just to be clear from the get-go, I like flowers. Nothing against flowers. I've received, grown, and bought many a flower that's made my life a happier place. That said, I probably won't be getting flowers on Valentine's Day. There's the slightest chance my husband and kids will stop off at the store on the [...]
Once upon a time, I was a really good housekeeper. You could pretty much eat off of my floors. I did things like clean the refrigerator even if something hadn't spilled in it. I'd wonder to myself how people lived with dirty baseboards. Then I had kids. That was about ten years ago. Coincidentally, also [...]
by Tammy Soong
January 23, 2013
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Chronic Pain,
Crazy Tammy,
Family,
Kid Friends,
Life is Dangerous,
Logan's Story,
Mom dying,
Mouths of Babes,
Parenting,
Personal Insanity,
Sappy Tammy,
School,
Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin',
Thank God Your Father's Home,
Worrying
We're a family of three, not four this week (or four, not five, if you count the dog). Newt, our 10-year-old, is away for two nights with his classmates at a wilderness camp. At Lake Tahoe. In the snow. Fortunately he's not snow camping (because that's only for crazy people). They're in cabins with heat [...]
Tammy Soong is a writer, wife, and mom from Reno, Nevada. She takes an absurd amount of pain medication, but not enough to have actually named her children "Newt" and "Elfie." She spends most days stressing out over clutter, writing stuff for this place, and working on podcasts with her gal pals, the Blogging Betties.