Mama(e) in Translation

2 sons, 2 languages, 2 countries, 2 "worlds" (work/home), 2 PhDs. Where translation and "in-between-ness" have become a way of life. Now with 2 cats & 2 Universities!

Friday, June 28, 2013

One Year Ago: New Eyes

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June is almost over, but before it's gone, I want to commemorate the fact that last year in June I had LASIK surgery and experienced a ...
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Thanks to My Wonderful Husband

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K doesn't read this blog (which is perfectly fine with me), but I would still like to thank him publicly for making yesterday's park...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Parking Lot Mishap

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Wow... Today is shaping up to be a pretty bad day! Look what I did! It's the first time that I hit car that doesn't belong to us...
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Guess What? (weather woes) & Fruit Salad! ;-)

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The very second I stepped outside with a heavy basket of washed clothes, it began to sprinkle! Isn't that frustrating? (especially consi...
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What the All-Nighter Taught Me or... I think I've really "converted" ;-)

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My son is thrilled. He was the one who got me/us into Apple products to begin with. I'm still upset that what ruined what could have ...

Did the Death of Google Reader Just Kill My Blogroll?

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This is too much for one night, seriously... Edited to add: I guess it was a glitch, blogroll is back up as of 5:42 am. You can disregard ...

Shutterfly is Awesome, but it SUCKS Big Time Too :(

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I stayed up all night & now can't even go to sleep because I'm SOOOOO upset at Shutterfly. I had a $20 coupon that my friend g...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Poolside Blogging

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A very boring kind of poolside blogging... At my son's first ever swim meet. I couldn't be happier that we're going to miss th...
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Monday, June 17, 2013

Pajamas

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"Mom, I'm getting tired of my pajamas," says my 9 year-old while getting ready for bed. "But why, sweetie? Why is that?...
Friday, June 14, 2013

A Day to Myself & Why I Prefer to Mother on the Go

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Today is a very rare day. My boys are at camp with my in-laws (I drove back yesterday) and I'm home alone while my husband is at work....
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Ooops, I Did it Again!

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This post was supposed to be titled "My One Day Vacation" but... no, it was not to be... :( This will be instead the "drivi...
Friday, June 07, 2013

Back to Flikr & Concerns about Blog Anonymity

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I was thrilled to find out that Flikr is now offering 1 terabyte of storage space! I stopped using Flikr long ago, back in 2006, because I...
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Thursday, June 06, 2013

iPad-Less

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I'm happy with my iphone, but, contrary to my sons, I never had any interest whatsoever in the ipad, so two weeks ago I became the only ...
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Afraid of Summer: Too Much of a Good Thing...

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I began this post two weeks and three days ago (on Monday May 24)... so it's hopelessly updated. I wrote a lot, so I'll keep most of...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Got Offer. Pity Party (hopefully) Over

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I spent the day stressed out about my job and all the driving and working with the NH (new hire) and wondering if they would still honor the...
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Monday, June 03, 2013

Request DENIED to the Weakest Link, or, I need the "Serenity Prayer" right now, or...

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...I don't want to be a replaceable cog in the machine anymore... ... but I need the income. Desperately so. My proposal to teach fo...
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Friday, May 31, 2013

Underground Blogging

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I'm literally blogging from under the ground in the DC subway! Some patches don't have service, but others, even underground, have e...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Remembering Blues

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This post is a reaction to Becca's beautiful post about her dog Cooper. My situation was completely different, though, and I almost envy...

Nine

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The photo of the "nine" cake(s) will have to come later... Yellow, with green stripes, made "as best as I could" as my ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Won't you be my neighbor?

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Yesterday I came out the front door and was stunned to find a "For Sale" sign at the house of our neighbors across the street. And...
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I'm a Brazilian immigrant (used to say expatriate, have problems with this word now), living in the U.S. since 1996 with my husband and two sons (born in March 2002 and May 2004). I'm a mother, first and foremost, -- mamãe in my mother-tongue, hence the (e) of the blog title -- but after "ten years and two sons" I finally finished my Ph.D. in literature in 2008. After six years away from teaching (including a year home/cyber schooling my sons - 2009-10), I'm finally back in higher-education. I've been blogging here for eleven years, so welcome to my site and feel free to stay for a while and look around. Our lives are a roller coaster, never lacking in ups and downs! ;-)
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