Edward Hugh - My opinion on everything

Get Happy, Damn it

November 27, 2022

So you woke up way too late in a piss-poor mood and you wanna know how to get happy? Chill. I got this. Just do what I say and you’ll be whistling the Andy Griffith Show theme song in no time. 1. Turn on those groovy new lamps with the iridescent-colored lamp shades and the […]

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Tomorrow.

November 20, 2022

What does a woman do when faced with a possible threat to her perfect, meticulously-crafted life? Evidently, she stops posting on her blog. She turns inward in the worst possible way while outwardly joking about the worst possible outcome. She cries a little, but her body doesn’t really make many tears. So, she frets. Her […]

Friday Brain Sludge

November 15, 2022

My mom’s dobermans are absolutely convinced my house is surrounded by bad guys and we must be protected at all costs. When teenage boys ask to go to the grocery store with you, please don’t labor under the false ideal that they just want to spend time with you. In reality, all they want is […]

Crazy Sweet

November 11, 2022

My best buddy Bobby called me up today and asked if he could come over to use my internet. He just got home from Afghanistan and hasn’t gotten his internet hooked back up yet. No problem. I love this guy. He’s a 12-year-old in a 33-year-old body. He adores my kids. He and Chris are […]

Two-Week Notice Syndrome

November 6, 2022

Yep, I’ve got it. I have absolutely NO motivation to work. Chris has the day off tomorrow and he and a friend are out in the garage working on cars. The boys have spend-the-night company, so they’re playing games and watching movies. And I played hooky. I lied like a big fat liar and took […]

Things

November 2, 2022

I have a new job. I do. I am excited. I put in my 2-weeks’ notice and start on the 28th. Very excited. Better pay, crappier hours, and NO OFF-SHORING TO INDIA OR SPEECH REC! Sorta conveniently jives with my principles, ya? I have all sorts of ideas swirling around in me noggin about things […]

Starting Over?

October 27, 2022

Well, I’ve put in 2 job applications, tested for one and am filling out an interview form as we speak. After 6 years with “the Q,” I think I’ve finally had it. I can and have put up with A LOT but no work just isn’t something I can put up with. I am a […]

Big Meanie

October 23, 2022

I don’t think kids truly understand how much parents HATE being mean. Well, okay, most parents….I hope. Either way I hate being mean. I hate yelling, putting my foot down, meting out punishments and everything that goes along with it. I would much prefer it if such negativity didn’t even exist in the parental job […]

Love, hearts & teddy bears

October 19, 2022

I officially have my first Ipod. I came home this afternoon from picking Andrew up from camp and there was a box on my front porch. I brought it in the house, opened it up and inside was a tiny box, gift wrapped with a note attached. Chris, across the ocean, hundreds of miles away, […]

Mother Me Darkly- A Story Of Postpartum Depression

October 15, 2022

I pitched this to a magazine not long ago, and it was accepted. Just found that out today. But. I declined. Far too personal to pimp my life story out to a chick mag. I wrote it a while back, maybe even a couple years ago, so I’ve updated it a little bit. It isn’t […]

The Part Where I Bitch About Moving Again

October 10, 2022

It’s weird that we would be this close to moving yet decided to take our house off the market. Yeah, we did. Before, I guess we knew the market sucked, so the prospect of having a gaggle of people parading through our house as we tried to live in it didn’t seem real. Now that […]

Not Quite Ready Yet

October 6, 2022

My mom once told me that “nobody teaches you how to grieve.” I’d like to add to that. Nobody teaches you how to be pissed off, either. I’ve certainly been taught how not to be pissed off. Or learned by secondary intent and life experience. I know that losing self-control is not okay. I’ve learned […]