perfectly mad

author judith warner has hit the nail on the head with her book that is soon to be released - perfect madness. read an exerpt here. she may have actually written and published my "mommy manifesto" for me, which is a good thing since i am so busy working and taking care of my kid and keeping the house semi-neat and playing 'school' and feeding the animals and kissing boo-boos and explaining the mechanics of sex in language a 5-year-old can understand, and trying to feel sexy enough to have sex with my husband, that i didn't get around to writing the darn thing!

i will admit, i did start getting all wrapped up in the kid kompetition - my kid is a better speller than your kid. my kid's valentine mailbox looked prettier than your kid's. your kid got an A+? well, you must be some kind of study freak, never letting him have any fun and chaining him to a desk to practice math! yyeeaaahhhh...

the truth is, i do want my kid to excel. so sue me. but it doesn't need to be at the expense of other children, my own kid's self-esteem or my own. if punkin brings home a D in science...well, that tells us what to work on, doesn't it? ugh - speaking of science, the annual coveted science fair is happening next month. i have graciously bowed out this year. i think punkin and captain crotch are going to make a circuit or something. i would have her making a global thermonuclear reactor. back away from the display board...