Mollywogger - me.

Grrrr . . .

noreply@blogspirit.com (Mollywogger) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:29:52 -0600

I'm getting a bit fed up with Blogspirit -- it's not allowing me to post pictures in my mammoth Oscars post. So, at least for the time being, I'm headed back to Blogger.

Go to http://mollywogger.blogspot.com/ to check out my 2007 Oscar fashion report -- and make sure to change my address in Bloglines!

Mea Culpa

noreply@blogspirit.com (Mollywogger) — Tue, 9 Jan 2007 12:05:00 -0600

Sorry ladies. This whole not-updating-my-blog thing has gotten out of hand. The way it has looked for two months (christ!), I’ve been wallowing in a cauldron with equal parts grief, depression, and self-pity. Please let me assure you that that is far from the truth – I am still in one piece and still kicking – I just didn’t feel like I had much to say.

But I should really find something to say, because the Golden Globes are coming up on Monday (Monday!) and lord knows that I’ll have to post then. I had better get a warm-up post in to verify that the snark is fully engaged.

We just got back on Thursday from our annual trip out to see the in-laws in Montana. It’s hard to complain when this is what you see from your back porch:

We sledded in Glacier National Park:

And enjoyed a wonderful family Christmas:

All in all, a great success.

Hal and I are kind of taking a break on the reproduction right now. I’m trying to figure out what the hell my uterus is up to – my last two cycles have been 18 and 21 days long, so something’s going on. I’m just sick of thinking about it at this point.

Classes start again in two weeks. I’ve been packing in as much novel-reading as I can during winter break. I finished A.S. Byatt’s fabulous Possession in Montana, and now I’m halfway through Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. I’m still deciding how I feel about it. The next two on my list are The Living by Annie Dillard (her first novel) and March by Geraldine Brooks.

Anyway, thanks for your concern over my whereabouts. I’ll do my best not to disappear for so long again. How is everyone else keeping busy?

Thanks, Wisconsin. And: bad news.

noreply@blogspirit.com (Mollywogger) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:50:00 -0600

You know how sometimes when a week ends and even though you’re an atheist, you think, “Thank Christ that is over.”

Yeah. That was pretty much this week.

Monday started off bright and early with a negative pregnancy test (I know – my own damn fault). Went to work and immediately was confronted with the knowledge that I had seriously fucked something up the week before, leading to berating from a bitchy patron. Then came the news that my grandma (my only living grandparent) was in congestive heart failure and needed to have a pacemaker put in. At 85 years old, without any real health problems besides arthritis, this was a surprise.

Tuesday was remarkably better. Grandma had her pacemaker put in and everything went really well. I may or may not have told you that I’m currently doing an internship in document conservation through a local museum. I found it deliciously coincidental that I was working on mending and encapsulating (creating an envelope out of Mylar plastic for protection) this campaign poster on election day:

Tuesday night after voting, I was pleased to curl up in bed and watch the election returns. Things certainly did seem to be going well for the Dems. But I had a headache by then, so I didn’t stay up too late.

Wednesday I woke up to that headache squeezing my head in a vise and demanding that I stay home, which I did. I missed class that night as well. I also got my period, which was fun. Though I was proud to see that the Democrats had taken the House and Senate, I was beyond disgusted with the State of Wisconsin for two reasons:

1. Voting to advise the state leadership to instate the death penalty in Wisconsin.

2. Voting to outlaw recognition of gay marriage or any type of gay civil union in the state.

Really. I couldn’t believe how absolutely backwards we were.

There are ways in which I’m very proud of my adopted home state – or at least the district I’m in, which includes liberal Madison. My district put Russ Feingold in the U.S. Senate – one of the most vocal opponents to the Bush administration, and the only U.S. Senator who voted against Bush’s Patriot Act. My district also elected Tammy Baldwin to the House of Representatives – the first non-incumbent openly gay person elected to Congress. Too bad her partner can’t receive benefits in the State of Wisconsin.

The rest of Wisconsin, however, made decisions that all of us will have to live with.

On Wednesday I also found out that my grandma was in terrible pain from a blood clot in her leg, and they had to do surgery. The surgery did not go well – it took twice as long as it should have taken – and the doctors informed my family that grandma didn’t have long left.

Thursday my headache seemed to be even worse, so I stayed in bed and took a Vicodin, which gave me some seriously fucked up dreams but finally made me feel better. I dragged myself to work that afternoon only to receive a call from my sister at 6:15 telling me that Grandma had just died. The funeral’s on Sunday. And my grandma never had great-grandchildren, and my children will never know her.

Thank Christ this week is over.

Follow-up

noreply@blogspirit.com (Mollywogger) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:10:00 -0500

Remember when I introduced you all to the subversive sidewalk art of Madison? I found this one today, and all I can say is, "Sound advice."

And also, just for the cuteness of it, my cats:

A different meme

noreply@blogspirit.com (Mollywogger) — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:00:00 -0500

Number of days since my last post: 27

Number of times I’ve felt guilty for not posting in 27 days: 4,672,532

Clomid Cycle Number: 3

Cycle Day: 14

Follicles on Day 12: 3 – 20, 20.5, and 21

Lining on Day 12: 5.0 in one horn, 5.8 in the other

Number of times I freaked out over my shit lining:4

Number of acupuncture appointments I’ve had: 1

What my acupuncturist said when I described my symptoms: “Everything you’re presenting indicates poor circulation.”

Number of days until next acupuncture appointment: 5

Household cleaning product I’m thinking of divorcing my husband to marry: Mr. Clean Magic Erasers (do you ladies have those in Europe? If not, shit, I’ll send you some)

Amount of stress caused by working full-time and going to school full-time: gobs

Number of days since I shaved my legs: 11

Currently reading: Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts by Frank Boles

Hours of homework I have to do today: 8-10

What I’m doing instead: blogging