tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32772225974031118932024-03-13T08:23:41.939-07:00Having It All...But Not All At The Same TimeThe commentary (rantings) of a professional (stressed out) working mother (dog tired) who has become the suburb dwelling, chardonnay drinking, minivan driving, OBX vacationing, soccer mom cliche that she used to pity....and she LOVES it!Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-38528036827293657962010-09-06T06:11:00.000-07:002010-09-06T06:18:03.292-07:00ARROGANCEOne thing about me is that I have to have things figured out. I can't let go of a conundrum. And so when presented with the question "Why and How a person can act the way they do?" my little ole pea brain just kept working on it until the AHA moment came...ARROGANCEIt's kind of like "the devil made me do it" (fellow old-timers, that was Flip Wilson wasn't it? I loved Flip Wilson)Yes, sometimesCynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-29987574664301502102010-09-04T17:58:00.000-07:002010-09-04T18:04:41.917-07:00Gorgeous Weather SaturdayOne of those days when everyone is wishing the whole summer could be like this - maybe until the first snowfall-or at least a full week?Kate's first soccer practices were this week and she's pumped about playing again. Fierce is the word that comes to mind when I see her running on the field. She can't wait to put the uniform on for the first game - and what a cool uniform - shirts more like Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-48046370054914739112010-09-01T15:13:00.000-07:002010-09-01T15:38:23.075-07:00I'm Still StandingHeeeEEEEYYYY!Great weekend - did you check me out on FB? Took the train to NYC with babygirl on Saturday and hit American Girl Place, bought her the doll, and a basketball outfit for "the doll", and toured around NY on a gorgeous day on a siteseeing bus, and saw my Spanish/Chinese son Eduardo briefly, and Sunday I rocked the academic garb as a Georgetown faculty member welcoming the freshman Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-60277873340237998092010-08-17T19:11:00.000-07:002010-08-17T19:25:23.757-07:00Workin' for a LivingPeople often ask me how I do it and I just laugh a little. Because I just do. It's a big juggling act. It's having it all but not all at the same time. It's you're teaching this semester and big new prof on campus but the laundry isn't getting done so much and that's irritating. It's having the weekend off from your full time job but having papers or exams to grade. It's finally feeling Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-12668524335066980642010-08-15T17:52:00.000-07:002010-08-15T18:05:47.095-07:00Is it really mid-August? School Supplies BluesSummer has been a blur....no surprise there....this has been quite the weekend - this is what's gone on....I was uninvited to a reunion that I'd previously been invited to (it was just teasing, good thing I'm not sensitive?)...I drove 40 minutes to a friends to work on layouts for my kids' school scrapbook and forgot most of the pictures I'd planned to use...The track ball on my NEW blackberry Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-42546246355329951372010-08-14T08:09:00.000-07:002010-08-14T08:47:01.489-07:00Mid-Summer Touchpoint.....The kids are having a pretty good summer and playing with neighborhood friends, just like in the old days when no one had yet coined the term "play date". I've been busy with work during this middle part of the summer but not teaching. It's the good kind of busy - interesting work, interesting client, great team, clear expectations, good communication, flexibility about where I work. Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-42482739420779532392010-05-06T07:16:00.001-07:002010-05-06T07:18:40.250-07:00Where On Earth Have I Been?I've been working, I've been teaching, I've been taking care of home and hearth....I've been moping and wasting time in between like I always do!Admitting the problem is the first step toward recovery though, right?Sad, headache-y, feeling like I want to run away somewhere or at least hide here locally. I'm getting my wish. Going away on business travel for most of the next three weeks. ComingCynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-38561833716504270962009-12-09T12:07:00.000-08:002009-12-09T12:08:32.100-08:00If I Told YouThat I worked from the time I got downstairs, maybe got up once but I don’t so,I think my a$$ was in the chair the whole time until 2:00So 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.When I learned that everything I’d done lacked one change So I have to go back and put the change in to every piece I worked onTook me 7 hrsHas to be done over –wiould you believe me?Believe itSo I Took a showerAte somethingCame upstairs and Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-54422905940578517072009-11-29T12:11:00.001-08:002009-11-29T12:11:36.172-08:00from the heartSomeone who recently lost her soul mate posted on FB "is it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all?" My response was that it is better to have loved and lost. Ideally, we don't suffer a great deal of loss in our lives but on the other hand the suffering makes us who we are.But this loving thing. To truly love someone for who they are, just as they are and have them return Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-64348089252124607422009-11-26T07:49:00.001-08:002009-11-26T10:20:34.819-08:00Anam CharaANam Chara: ‘Soul Friend’. In early Irish monasticism, the anam chara was a fellow monk, nun, or priest who formed a personal relationship with another individual, listened to their private confessions, provided them with spiritual advice, and finally performed last rites upon their death. The concept spread quickly through the Celtic world, and later even secular people might have a particular Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-40860270196910192392009-11-22T06:46:00.000-08:002009-11-22T06:58:48.642-08:00Staying Connected, Keeping It RealThis week was a busy one but I took time to meet with a couple of colleagues I've started up a networking group with to "Sit 'n Stitch". Attracted to the thought of knitting little caps for newborns in Rwanda and then finishing up the 3 or so projects lying around in varying stages of completion, I signed on. After postponing twice we finally met last week and I started on a hat. Sounds simpleCynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-90987682776199829092009-11-18T21:10:00.001-08:002009-11-18T21:28:44.693-08:00Sometimes it's ok to cry a little right?Tonight it feels good to cry a little.It's been a long time since I've let a few warm, salty drops seep out of the corners of my eye,The house is quiet and I'm just thinking and just crying a little.Why I'm crying? I'm not 100% sure.But I think it's a little bit of so many different things, a mosaic of bits and pieces of my life, things I've done,things I didn't get to do,things I've said,thingsCynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-43272195627231176732009-11-12T13:01:00.000-08:002009-11-12T13:24:46.746-08:00An Aha Moment Was All I NeededAs my 6 faithful followers know I have not blogged regularly and have not blogged at all for 7 months. There has been plenty going on; plenty on my mind to write about but it's settling down to write that has been a challenge. You may interpret that as I have been too lazy to just do it. It's ok, I know the deal.So I thought I would break out of the dry spell by sharing the note I wrote to my Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-8606898419721813332009-04-27T13:05:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:09:33.203-07:00Once I had all that off my chest about feeling blocked and frustrated I went about my business and today I realize in retrospect that the kids had a very full weekend - TKD camp, soccer, baseball, playing outside AND I got quite a bit accomplished despite my bitching. Bed linens all changed, bathrooms all scrubbed, progress with laundry, and a kick-ass manicure on Sunday evening. Moving right Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-66195073075115486702009-04-26T09:42:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:02:00.471-07:00Vicious CycleOk - before I start into that, my groceries are here and the delivery guy just carded Jeff because there is wine with our order - we're old enough that we don't find it annoying any more!So the vicious cycle is this - I have a plan to clean up the house and get things done. I go out for a bit and come back and there's more mess than when I left. I talk to the kids about not leaving their stuff Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-62318458334614282052009-04-21T10:24:00.000-07:002009-04-21T10:35:54.678-07:00I'm Drinking the DeCafI've reached the turning point, the point of change, the moment of realization - I really need to start drinking decaf....I finally saw an internist about my blood pressure (and I found one that I love thanks Dr. Rosen, thanks Dr. Kanierya!) and along with watching my salt intake - reducing cheese, chip, cold cuts, etc. consumption, and trying to exercise more, I am giving in and trying once moreCynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-70036543961896586982009-04-16T12:12:00.000-07:002009-04-16T12:19:09.343-07:00Batman! Da na Na na Na na Na na Batman!Everything is just about in place for Katherine's 5th birthday bash on Saturday at Tiger Den. The theme is Batman and we have the decorations and the pinata and the goody bags already stuff with cool Batman junk. Oh, and the cake - the sheetcake with the batman logo is ordered and I have the candles plus a sparkler in the shape of a "5". I even put the forks and the matches in the bag (the Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-38890034372753965402009-04-14T11:38:00.000-07:002009-04-14T12:41:14.142-07:00When the Going Gets ToughThe tough go shopping....I was pondering recently how long it's been since I've used retail therapy to relieve stress - previously spending hours away from the house on weekends in search of bargains and other fun stuff for all of us to wear and use to decorate the house. I can honestly say I don't miss it and every now and then I do sneak out for a little spree. Today in fact, although I'm notCynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-4843405681702738812009-03-24T09:34:00.000-07:002009-03-24T10:16:56.113-07:00Hurry Up and WaitI've given up being hard on myself because I'm a procrastinator. What I have done is forced myself to start things up a little in advance and be prepared - but for the most part my "Jerry Maguire" approach still serves me rather well and now it's more out of necessity because it's not just me - it's the whole family and especially the little ones, who I have to worry about now - all of their Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-77533857317279144712009-02-18T03:41:00.000-08:002009-02-18T03:47:15.358-08:00Wise Words for Tough TimesFirst, I must apologize if you came here to read a quote from the man on the mountain - it's just me. I just wrote an email to someone I know who is having a tough time and it turned into such the pep talk that I felt I needed to scrub it and post it - it falls under the rant category of Cynde rants and raves for sure, for sure....Here goes:I know it’s really hard but try not to fall apart – Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-9001273142920723642009-02-17T05:00:00.000-08:002009-02-17T05:11:26.026-08:00Random ThingsLately there have been a ton of notes going around on Facebook asking for 25 random facts or asking specific questions - all in the name of putting your stuff out there for your friends to get to know you better. I don't know why but I love that stuff. I guess I do really love people deep down or maybe I just like to find out more about their individual foibles because then I don't feel like Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-67632824349682729742009-02-15T05:19:00.000-08:002009-02-15T05:28:40.724-08:00An Idle Mind...So yesterday when I was hibernating/vegging out, the kids were under minimal supervision and just playing all day, hanging out, no fighting - thank goodness, but mainly doing what they wanted. Well when I finally surfaced I noticed that in addition to eating all of the Valentine candy Jax had brought home from school and watching Spongebob all day Jackson had taken the scissors to the pants of Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-7806632886109562602009-02-14T17:31:00.000-08:002009-02-14T17:32:11.512-08:00Tune in tomorrow for "An Idle Mind is the Devil's Workshop"will write tomorrow because right now I'm busy trying to figure out the best punishment for my kid....Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-25387914169540319652009-02-14T16:01:00.000-08:002009-02-14T16:45:25.638-08:00Oh Scrap!Last night was a scrapbooking night at the neighbor's house. People slay me when they ask how it is that I have time to scrapbook. I MAKE time because it is a hobby that satisfies a number of needs in my life: "me" time, creative outlet, a place for the photos of my kids that I love to take, an occasional night out with the girls that doesn't involve spending a lot on a dinner and drinks out..Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277222597403111893.post-90738646431502126972008-12-13T13:55:00.000-08:002008-12-13T13:59:54.206-08:00Got Tagged - Wanted to ShareI've been tagged, so here we go! Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 16 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.1. My husband and I met online in an AOL chatroom in 1995 and we've been on the local news as part of a Cynde Jackson Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318598723768259983noreply@blogger.com0