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"You should be ready..."

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 week ago: 6//23/07 Sat 407 Shit. I hate this kind of irony. Being so tired these last few days, in bed late th … more →

Tags: Alone time, Children, Communication, Family of Origin, fighting in front of kids, guilt, Kid angst, Marriage, Passive Aggression

Sharing Connor's 10th birthday with MIL

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 weeks ago: 6/18/07 Mon 801 First day off from school. At least yesterday is over. It wasn’t pretty. After Lou l … more →

Tags: anxiety, Children, Communication, guilt, In-Laws, Kid angst, Marriage, Passive Aggression, School Vacations

An uncomfortable start to summer vacation 2007

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 4 weeks ago: 6/17/07 Sun 700 I’m hiding downstairs to escape Lou. I got up thinking to write a bit before he gets … more →

Tags: Alone time, Ambivalence, Americana, anxiety, Authoritarians, Children, Communication, Current Events, Dreams

The second-guessing is the 'party' that deserves suspicion

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 6/15/07 1051 Hanging in, sometimes better spirited, sometimes not. Sometimes I feel I can be resilie … more →

Tags: Alone time, Ambivalence, anxiety, Authoritarians, Children, Communication, Dreams, Fear, guilt

Deadbeat mom

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 6/12/07 Tues 1315 Oh, bitterness. Connor home; says he has pinkeye. Worse, it means he doesn’t go to … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Communication, sick children, anxiety, Fear, schools

Discipline questions

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 6/11/07 What on earth am I going to do with my kids this summer. Yesterday was a sort of preview, th … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Children, School Vacations, Communication, Family of Origin, Ambivalence, Authoritarians

Complaining = Regression?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/26/07 I didn’t meant to switch to this font, but I like it. I’m feeling closer to the self I’d bee … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, In-Laws, fighting in front of kids, Communication

Fearing to choose what's been chosen for me

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/15/07 Dad’s 74 today 1200 Tuesday I’m feeling really depleted after a morning of errands. Getting … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Insight, Children, Inner self, anxiety, Alone time, Ambivalence, things that are true

More 'as if'

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 4 months ago: 5/11/07 Boys home from school, Connor with pink-eye, Scott with a cough. I didn’t recoil from the pr … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, Communication, sick children

Unacknowledged costs

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 4 months ago: 5/9/07 Wed 950 A little discordant this morning. I’m experiencing it in my reluctance to go meet Dar … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, Communication, sick children, Family of Origin, anxiety

Not ready to give up solitude

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 6 months ago: 4/17/07 1224 OK, I learned something. I was feeling expansive last week and felt I’d be up to social … more →

Tags: Attraction, Insight, Inner self, anxiety, Fear, Alone time, Ambivalence, things that are true, Dreams

The me-generated life vs the Me-generated life

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 6 months ago: 4/16/07 1025 Mon stoned today; stoned yesterday Last Night’s Dream: I’m visiting in a house with onl … more →

Tags: Marriage, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, happiness, Communication, Family of Origin, Fear

How does this 'New World' work?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 6 months ago: 4/13/07 1602 All quiet downstairs, but then I’m not too eager to go down and look. I’m just pleased … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Insight, Weight, Children, School Vacations, Inner self, Fear, Alone time, Ambivalence

Spring break 2007

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 7 months ago: 03/24/07 0648 Saturday Dream last night: The sequence is a little hazy, but I’m driving the van, and … more →

Tags: Marriage, Children, School Vacations, fighting in front of kids, Holidays, Communication, Family of Origin, Ambivalence, Dreams

hubris and nemesis

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 9 months ago: 3/6/07 Tues 1128 A quote from Chalmers Johnson: If an individual’s thinking is short-circuited … more →

Tags: Marriage, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, happiness, Communication, sick children, Alone time

Reflections

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 10 months ago: 01/26/07 Friday 1447 In other words, Scott will be home soon and then I have to do some things I don … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Communication, Current Events, 9/11, Alone time, Ambivalence

Them or me; weird feelings all over the place

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 10 months ago: 1/18/07 Thursday, 8:27 Shit. I’m tired already. Connor got up earlier than I’d hoped and wanted to c … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Communication, anxiety, Fear, Ambivalence

Shoulds and sub-shoulds

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 10 months ago: 01/17/01 O shit. School’s been canceled again; 3 inches of snow fell. So it’s been no peace all day … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, Family of Origin, Current Events, Ambivalence, schools

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 11 months ago: 12/31/06 Oh. Gary’s annoyed at the prospect that I may not want to go skiing tomorrow. I’m not tryin … more →

Tags: Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Holidays, Dreams, Therapy


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