HeyJaredConfessions of a Middle-Aged, Married Couple
In 2007, I started a popular blog called "Confessions of a Young, Married Couple," chronicling my life as a working mom and wife through my 20's and into my early 30's. This is the sequel. Welcome to Confessions of a Middle-Aged Married Couple.
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fuck your scans (opens the original)
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I am so angry. Just so angry. I’m so angry that no one can tell me what’s wrong. I’m so angry that when I got a new doctor she immediately sent me to a neurologist who immediately sent me to a cardiologist who immediately sent me to a imaging center. I’m so angry that I was in an epilepsy unit for five full days and had no incidents at all and then had a seizure on my deck within four hours of coming home. Read more
There's Back to School Shopping, and then there's BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING (opens the original)
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I took the kids back to school shopping last week. So, now I’m poor. I have taken my kids back to school shopping every year they’ve ever been in school. I know we can order online, but there’s so… Read more
The Gift of Letting Your Kids Lead (opens the original)
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Michael finished band camp last week. Two weeks full of new music, new sections, and old friends. I was pretty amazed by him. He was up and at the football stadium by 8am every day, all on his own. And he didn’t get home until 5:00 or so every afternoon. Given that the average high last week was 94, not factoring in any humidity, that was pretty impressive. On Friday night, there was the annual Band Parent meeting at 6:00, followed by the band marching show sneak peak at 7:00. Chris and I skippe
I Guess It's Not Always Hormones (opens the original)
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In early May, I was driving home from the beach late in the afternoon. I had a car full of Gracie and her girlfriends and we were coming home from a birthday beach day. All the girls had spent the night the night before, so I had been up late. After a long day at the beach on top of that, I was exhausted. So exhausted that as I was coming off the interstate ramp about 5 minutes from my house, I fell asleep while I was driving. I went through a stop light and rear-ended a car that was stopped at
Not Everything Needs a Countdown (opens the original)
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I’m supposed to be on vacation in New Orleans right now, but we had to cancel our trip because of some health issues going on. So instead, we’ve been home this week trying desperately to cling to the last days of summer before the kids jump back into school and real life. Clinging to summer for me looks like this… <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Biv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.
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