Category Archives: Naming Days

(Why am I naming days?) 1/2/15, Day 14,522 (Mercena Day 140): Mapping Planets This day is so named because I spent both day and night creating maps. During the day, I returned to the office at TCG, where much of my energies were spent completing a rough draft page of a map of theatres ofContinue reading “Mapping Planets”

(Why am I naming days?) 1/1/15, Day 14,521 (Mercena Day 139): Hello, 2015 It’s hard to imagine 2015 getting off to a better start. After pulling Mercena into the bed after her early morning wake-up, we (safely) co-slept until the unheard-of hour known as 9am. She didn’t nap well in her bassinet, but slept through a two-hourContinue reading “Hello, 2015”

(Why am I naming days?) 12/29/14, Day 14,518 (Mercena Day 136): The Night is Long Unless You Sing This Song This day is so named for the evolving lullaby epic that I sing to Mercena to help her sleep. Early on, she developed a real love for the “Go to sleep, little baby” song from OContinue reading “The Night is Long Unless You Sing This Song”

(Why am I naming days?) 12/28/14, Day 14,517 (Mercena Day 135): Mercena’s First Sea It would have been a big enough day already if she had only seen the ocean for the first time. We’re staying with my parents on Cape Cod for the holiday, and Mercena had slept through our previous jaunts to theContinue reading “Mercena’s First Sea”