Monthly Archives: July 2007

Decisions, decisions

Well I’m being offered that job. (Yay! Go me!) No formal letter of offer yet; we’re having a meeting on Thursday to negotiate. Avril asks in a timely way: Is there a trade-off, so no-one gets marginalised, depending on how … Continue reading

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Encouraging the other parent

Avril made some comments a while back that were really smart and insightful and I want to haphazardly address them sort of here. It is true that Carl and I have fallen into sex-stereotyped roles around Noah’s care.  If we … Continue reading

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Grand update / men down

Phew, last week was rough, due to the overcommitted work thing. I have rediscovered that I am not a great and natural copy editor – I can copy edit, but it is not my forte and although I may take … Continue reading

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Round three! more work more angst more more more!

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddd. The copy editing went well enough that I was sent more of it, which is good, except augh, I do not actually have any more nanny-time this week unless I can twist my nanny’s arm, which I may have … Continue reading

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I am swamped!

… in work. Between the stuff for the job interview last week and the copy editing job and a holiday weekend with in-house guest (the easiest and most helpful of ones, but still me wanting to spend time hanging with) and … Continue reading

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