I’m not quite halfway through a two-month visit from my toxic mom. I’ve recovered from the whole sugar competition, partly because she’s totally lost it and is now eating frosting straight out of the can. But now that we’ve sunk that ship, here’s another shame game she likes to play: I suck because I don’t [...]
So, my mean mom is here visiting from Texas. She stays at our house for two months every summer (yes, I’m a pansy). Everything is great for the first week or so. She’s playing with the kid, washing the dishes, mowing the lawn, and being generally complimentary and polite. By two weeks (which is about [...]
Hey kids, I didn’t think I’d have anything to write about today, being a nice, quiet Friday in the trailer, free of the sounds of nail clipping. BUT THEN, my old friend the cleaning lady rambled in.
Maybe it’s a Midwestern thing, but I truly work in an office full of jockstraps. Our “office” is a modular trailer located on a factory site, so it’s already got that temporary, anything-goes aura about it. I don’t know if this is what emboldens its inhabitants to behave badly, or if they’re just poorly raised. [...]
From the Files of TMI (Too Much Information): The office cleaning lady told me something truly, revoltingly personal the other day whilst we were chatting in the kitchen.