Okay, that's it. I'm officially spent. Last weekend, some friends and I walked a few neighborhoods in Reno to Get Out the Vote for Obama (in honor of my cousin, Logan -- it was really nice). We, of course, encountered a number of "I'm not sure who I'm voting for" people. And then this week, [...]
There are so many things I could write about today. My friend's niece who died suddenly from a brain tumor. My run-in with yet another pharmacist. And, of course, there's always the puppy. But instead, I'm going to go with something really hard-hitting: The microwave. A hole in our kitchen. And our hearts. . . [...]
I had a nice, semi-sentimental post brewing about how I'm feeling much better after getting over the kick-my-ass virus and how I'm agonizing over the Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown situation. But instead, I'm just going to bitch.Despite several very bright spots in my day, I've decided I'm just irritated. I realize my house hasn't been swept [...]
by Tammy Soong
March 7, 2011
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Depression,
Elfie,
Family,
Illness,
Mouths of Babes,
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Personal Insanity,
Sappy Tammy
So I've been sick for about ten days with some killer, government-created, genetically-modified supervirus that strolled over to my microbiology beach and kicked protoplasm in the face of my flu shot. To say this is getting me down would be an understatement. Those scenes from Beaches with Barbara Hershey lying around the house, barely able [...]
by Tammy Soong
February 28, 2011
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Cleaning,
Complaining,
Dogs,
Family,
Getting Older,
Grown-up Friends,
Illness,
Momless,
Personal Insanity
So today's my birthday. I'm 42. And I've been sick as a dog for four days.I'm trying to teeter toward falling off the happy side of this cliff. As I always tell my kids when they point out an alarmingly old person, "It's better than the alternative." So today I just keep telling myself, as [...]
So, I'm sick. Not dying with the flu or even puking sick, but up at 3 a.m. because I can't really swallow or sleep sick. Which is great for writing. Not so good for anything else.I'm not a very good sick person. I sort of feel like I deal with enough physical irritation on a [...]
by Tammy Soong
December 19, 2010
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Crazy Tammy,
First World Problems,
Forgetting,
Holidays,
Lying,
Mouths of Babes,
Personal Insanity,
School,
Shopping Hell,
Time
Before I start this, let me just say that I know I'm a big, lucky whiner. I don't have to worry about going to the market and not coming home because someone blew me up with a car bomb. I know the water I'm drinking won't give me cholera. Hell, I don't even have to [...]
All things considered, I think I'm holding it together remarkably well.I have a lot on my plate this week. I actually feel funny complaining because everyone has a lot on their plate this week. And every week. I was at yet another kid's birthday party the other day (although this one was quite pleasant due [...]
We're going camping this weekend for the first time since, I don't know, 1996 (?), and I'm having more than a few problems. First of all, I seem to have lost my packing mojo. This isn't a big deal if your partner is an anal-retentive, organizational genius (like myself). It's a very big deal if [...]
I've lost one of my best friends.She didn't die. She didn't move away. She didn't stop speaking to me because I stepped over the line about her kids, husband, mother, dog, weight, hair, housekeeping, or political opinions. No.She went back to work.Technically speaking, I'm a stay-at-home mom. I worked liked a dog volunteering for the [...]
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.