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(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”

(Why am I naming days?) 9/3/14, Day 14,001 (Mercena Day 20): Singing her to Sleep Last night was already special for how well our criatura slept through the night: for two 2 and a 1/2-hour stretches, and then a big 3-hour power sleep. That alone would be call for rejoicing, especially as she barely fussed during any ofContinue reading “Singing Her to Sleep”