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Everything makes her cry

27 Mar

Mommy used to have the emotional resolve of Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. Now she cries when she misplaces her Lip Smackers. She’s not sure if it’s hormones, sleep deprivation or Sandra Boynton books that have caused her new emotional psychosis but she’s become annoyingly sensitive. The following may have made her cry this week: Being put on hold. The zoo. Socks you’ve outgrown. An Ikea commercial. Spilt milk (breastmilk, all over Home Depot). Even the wrong tweet can send her into a tailspin of tears so she had to unfollow Khloe Kardashian. The other thing that can cause her to explode into hysterics is: absolutely nothing. She’s an emotional ticking time bomb and Daddy’s in the trenches. He needs to learn the following phrases ASAP “Cloud White and Decorator White are completely different colours”, “Let’s hire a cleaning lady” and “My Mother is being unreasonable” if he has any chance of coming out of this alive.

DRINK: J.T.’s G & T. Cry me a river of booze by bringing sexy back to an old classic. 1 oz Gin, 3 oz Tonic served on the rocks with a splash of lemonade. Garnish with lemon zest and a box of Kleenex.  It’s hormonal happy hour!

Single people

5 Mar

If you can sleep in, spend $43 on a lemon sage ravioli, fly last minute to Croatia, get your eyebrows waxed, have nothing in your fridge but Stella Artois and mustard, take yoga-muay thai fusion Wednesdays at 6pm, say things like “this season of Dexter was staid and uninspired and couldn’t live up to neoclassical themes woven into the existential tapestry of Game of Thrones” or own nice things then you are single. Single people complain about being single all the time. Mommy nods politely as they whine about mediocre service, eHarmony or the end of a Tribeca Film Festival selection, but all the while Mommy is fantasizing of wearing their skin to become them, just like in Silence of the Lambs. Single people don’t pee when they sneeze. They really don’t know how good they have it. This of course does not apply to single parents, who are heroes and should be given keys to the city’s wine cellar immediately.

DRINK:  The Cosmompolitan. The traditional Cosmo may be the single girl’s go to, but this delicious tipple is just for Mommy. Shot of Absolute Mandarin vodka, shot of Absolute Cherry vodka, half shot of Cointreau, splash of lime juice, splash of pomegranate juice. Shake over ice, strain and serve.

Celebrity Moms

23 Jan

Angelina Jolie.  Natalie Portman. Beyoncé.  It seems like all of Hollywood can pop out a baby and look effortlessly malnourished the next day. Mariah Carey shit out twins and eight minutes later was the nude spokesmodel for Weight Watchers. Mommy wishes she wasn’t still living in her Heidi Klum maternity jeggings but unfortunately she doesn’t have a personal trainer or a weight-loss inducing habit like heroin.  According to Mommy’s #1 news source, People.com, movie star matriarchs insist “The secret to losing the pregnancy weight was carrying around my baby all day!” Mommy knows this is celebrity-speak for bulimia, because no A-lister carries her own child. Though Mommy admits she loves how her new Double Ds look like they were done by Dr. 90210, she sometimes longs to look glamorously on the brink of death like Too Posh To Push Spice.

DRINK:  Red Carpet Fizz. 3 oz pink Moet, 1/2 oz Grand Marnier,
1/2 oz lime juice,
2 oz orange juice. Enjoy every caloric sip, unlike actual celebrities, who subsist only on air and the perpetual need for validation.

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