Author Archives: CorinnaSchulenburg

(Why am I naming days?) 9/7/14, Day 14,005 (Mercena Day 23): Those Slippery Baby Hours There are various versions of the saying, “When it comes to raising kids, the days go slow, but the years go fast.”  I’d say that after “It’s the hardest but the best thing I’ve done,” that it’s the most popularContinue reading “Those Slippery Baby Hours”

(Why am I naming days?) 9/6/14, Day 14,004 (Mercena Day 22): Baby Brain Conversations I look forward to creating a new reality TV series that will feature parents of newborns attempting to make simple decisions on too little sleep. Yesterday’s episode of Baby Brain  Conversations was called “What Kind of Pizza?”, and featured two reasonablyContinue reading “Baby Brain Conversations”

(Why am I naming days?) 9/5/14, Day 14,003 (Mercena Day 21): Mercena Week Three How we count life: First in days, Then in weeks, Then months, Then years, Decades and anniversaries; Then, near the end, months again, Weeks, days, hours, A moment; Then, at last, a life. Of course, that’s if you’e not a weirdoContinue reading “Mercena Week Three”

(Why am I naming days?) 9/4/14, Day 14,002 (Mercena Day 21): Speed the Mercena This day is so named because our beautiful criatura now resembles the classic Sandra Bullock film Speed, where if, as I’m walking and singing to soothe her, my walking-speed drops below fifty miles per hour, she will explode in a meltdown of tears. Now,Continue reading “Speed the Mercena”