Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

Live Blogging My Sick Day Pt. 2

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9:00 Master of Motherhood, I quickly figure out that if I let my daughter watch television, I may buy myself a few minutes to close my eyes and gather enough strength to meet an impending deadline. Thaaaank yooooou, Dora!

9:05 Screeeeeew yoooooou, Dora! Your unabashed enthusiasm and oddly placed syllabic emphasis is like tiny drill bees in my ear holes. Changing the channel makes daughter fuss. Stuck stuck stuck.

10:00 Stare at work. Maybe coffee will help.

10:45 Realize coffee doesn’t help.

11:00 Toddler asks for pasta for lunch. Ask toddler if the rotini with the broccoli in it is ok. Toddler is excited for said pasta.

11:01 Warm up pasta.

11:03 Begin process of picking every last broccoli bud out of the rotini curves because toddler suddenly hates broccoli and I don’t want to stand up and make a different lunch.

11:05 Give up and gets toddler yogurt.

11:05:30 Get toddler her favorite spoon and not the evil spoon she’s currently holding.

11:05:45 Get toddler the other favorite spoon.

11:30 Just as writing inspiration hits, toddler wants me to wave arms along with the Little Einsteins. I try to type with my toes and end up accidentally tweeting my most successful tweet to date. (And I was on iTunes at the time…go figure.)

 

TBC