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Professional computer geek and linguist living in Germany, doing infosec stuff and being the freakiest mother ever.
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Tag Archives: stress
Overwhelmed
So I’ve posted several times about being behind in just about every conceivable way of late (I do appreciate the irony there, by the way), but seriously… there’s just so much to do. We leave for a month in Europe … Continue reading
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Tagged evil husband, family, heat, Life, procrastination, stress, Torsten, travel
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Ahhhh… the CELTA is over!
(“Knowledge” picture from Scott Meyer’s Basic Instructions comic strip) So the mind-blowing month of CELTA is officially over, and it was totally worth it. It was stressful and intense, and I learned so much I think my head may yet … Continue reading
Quick update from the depths of the CELTA…
So this CELTA course rocks. Seriously. It’s really stressful, it’s a lot of work, and it rocks. I’m not sure how other CELTA courses are, but I do like the approach to teaching, and our trainers here are pretty amazing. … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, CELTA, evil husband, family, good things, Life, love, stress, teaching, TEFL, Torsten
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Happy Mother’s Day
(to me…) It’s my first Mother’s Day as a mama, and what am I doing? Yup, writing lesson plans in a café, several blocks away from my baby. We don’t celebrate many holidays/occasions as a family, but I have to … Continue reading
I be da Mommy-blogging slacker…
So right after Mr. T was born (and after I could hold my eyes open for enough blinks consecutively to actually look at a computer screen), I got this great e-card welcoming me to the world of Mommy-blogging from Sarah … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, blogging, Life, parenthood, sleep deprivation, sleep-impaired drivel, stress, Torsten
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Short updates
NaNoWriMo – Ridiculously, I won. I told Karen – who deserves big congrats for finishing her novel days ahead of time, btw – that I had a great story for why I wasn’t going to finish, and then somehow, magically … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, breastfeeding, family, friends, good things, hospital, labor and delivery, Life, NaNoWriMo, novels, sleep-impaired drivel, stress, Torsten, writing
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Week 33: Behind!
32 weeks, 4 days. No, the title does not refer to my behind, which, as always, is enormous. E-nor-mous. As Bridget Jones would put it, it is a bottom the size of Brazil (but, I should add, not as festive). … Continue reading
Week 33: Survived the weekend, and now, onward…
32 weeks, 1 day. It was one Hell of a weekend. Christian and I rented a car for a full 3-day weekend (usually we only rent one for a day) to get last minute baby and winter preparations done around … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, baby paraphernalia, baby showers, family, friends, Life, love, pregnancy, shopping, stress
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