Smidgen updates

[jethrien]

We took yesterday off to look at All The Daycares. Oof. Yes, yes, we should have done this two months ago. I've got a clear favorite; they've got a year waitlist. Sorry, Smidge--just put it in the inevitably long line of ways we'll screw things up for you. Anyway, we'll apply to a couple, and probably try to start him at one (which is ok, he'll be fine, just not as nice) and transfer him over if we ever get de-wait-listed.

Other fun things--I'm apparently putting on weight too fast. I'm supposed to be eating more protein but fewer calories overall. Which is not easy when half the time, I'm famished. Also, ordering lunch out has become almost impossible. With all the food restrictions (lunch meats, sushi, sprouts, soft cheese including goat and feta, restrictions on the type and serving size of fish, salad bars) and then calorie restrictions on top of that, I usually can't eat 90-95% of what's on any given lunch menu. And I'd thought I was doing so well there.

Oh, and I forget if I mentioned--Smidgen learned a new game about two weeks back. It's called "Kick Mommy in the Bladder". It's his new favorite game. (To be fair, kid doesn't have a lot of entertainment options at the moment.) He plays it a lot.

Comments

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

They get trapped in a crushing cycle of poverty. This is deliberate.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

I think "deliberate" is overstating it--I don't think there's a vast conspiracy devoted to specifically keeping people poor on purpose because reasons. I think it's more a combination of callousness/victim blaming/Calvinist belief that people who are poor did something to deserve it. Richer people think "she chose to not go to college/take a low paying job/have sex/keep a baby, why should my taxes/business pay for her convenience". I don't think it's deliberate evil so much as self-absorption and short-sightedness that's set up the system we have.