The Solo Roadtrip. The roadtrip you take after you’ve procrastinated as long as possible because you’re not actually sure that you want to spend 5 hours in a small car with, well, yourself. After three Frappuccinos and hastily packing clothes, I’m on my way — hair pragmatically yet attractively clipped away from my face. (It’s […]

I missed Thankful Tuesdays this week because my dog ate my brain. If I had a dog. Anyway, I’m celebrating a birthday (um, mine) and I thought I’d trot out everything I’m thankful for that happened in the past year of my life.  I apologize in advance if this kind of thing makes you sick […]

Last night I woke up to feed G and couldn’t go back to sleep for a little while. Why? Because I had a brilliant idea. Or perhaps a crazy idea. Or even a really bad idea. Probably an idea that someone else has had already, but I only just thought of it, so it’s my […]

Useless! Jane’s head whipped around to stare incredulously at Tom. “What did you just say?!” Tom’s face grew hot under Jane’s focused stare. He hadn’t meant to say that out loud. Damn! “Oh, I’m sorry,” he said, flint coming into his eyes, “was that my outside voice?” This was how they always started, their arguments. […]

Dear G, I’d like to take a moment to thank you.  Last night when you woke up at 12:45 AM, you were very considerate. Thank-you for allowing me to hold you down so that you wouldn’t climb on the headboard.  And especially, thank-you for not screaming bloody murder when I did so. Thank-you for not […]

8PM, newborn: Hungry, hungry, hungry, wait.  Ewwww.  Wet, wet, wet, WEEEEET! 8PM, 5-year-old: Daddy’s coming to get me soon, Daddy’s coming to get me soon, YAY!!!!! 8PM, 10-year-old: Man, I never get to stay up to watch Moonlighting! 8PM, 15-year-old: Crap… OK, Don’t panic.  J you’ve got to help me get the car out of […]

Yes.  I’ve taken the plunge, I’m participating in November’s NaBloPoMo. For those of you not in the know, this means I’ve committed to writing a blog post EVERY DAY for the month of November. This will be a bit challenging as I generally write posts on breaks from work on weekdays.  It’s not at all […]

This is so late… but it was worth the exercise anyway! 🙂  Enjoy. 1. I have seen Mao and Lenin, they don’t look like dead bodies. But they don’t look like wax figures, either. Creepy. 2. I’ve been lost on the Moscow subway. A kind gentleman from Nairobi (studying in Moscow at the time) took […]

Other costumes called to me from the pages of glossy made-for-moms-who-always-wear-makeup magazines. You came to me from the gently-worn store on my local strip. I adopted you with trepidation, worried you wouldn’t find a good home with us. Worried you’d be rejected and end up tear- and spit-up-stained, discarded and lonely on the floor. I […]

She stood in front of the mirror in the locker room. “My mother says they’re water blemishes, not real pimples,” She said to the gaggle of girls gathered around her. Water blemishes?  I looked doubtfully at her reflection.  They looked like normal pimples to me. I hadn’t changed yet.  I didn’t like changing clothes.  Partially […]