Chris

“If you’re still mad at me, I’m going to be really mad”

(Title is a quote from Homer Simpson, from the episode “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer”) Becoming angry in response to feeling guilty is not as strange as it sounds. Your own guilt eats through your self-esteem reserves and leaves you feeling really exposed, and so when someone reacts to the situation and the messContinue reading ““If you’re still mad at me, I’m going to be really mad””

Whoops there goes a weekend.

I did mean to blog Friday, really I did. But I did the 12 hour childminding marathon that included a birthday party and bedtime, so I was pretty drained by 8PM. For the record, the wife gave me an hour or so break during the afternoon, so it wasn’t an uninterrupted shift. Still, much loveContinue reading “Whoops there goes a weekend.”

Down boy! Leggo!

2 contradictory things about me: I can’t back away from an argument, but I’m an anxious, nervous wreck while I’m in one. I’m like a twitchy terrier gnawing on a slipper. I am trying to learn how to disengage from a conflict that has no value to me, win or lose. I know, I know,Continue reading “Down boy! Leggo!”