Home again, home again, jiggity jig
I’m back at home. It was a lovely weekend. I hope to write more about it soon. In the meantime, here are some photos from the Petrified Forest, which is a State...
Category: Connection
DIY Overnight Camp
My daughter was supposed to attend her very first overnight camp last summer – one week at a Girl Scout facility about two hours from here. She was nervou...
Together
I know I previously said I wasn’t going to mention some of our summer plans, but you know what? F*ck it. If people want to judge me, and tell me how horri...
Auntie Me
Tomorrow I get to meet my nephew for the first time. He is my only nephew, and will be my only nephew. My sister will not have kids, and my sister-in-law doesn&...
Lonely and Isolated
As I mentioned before, I’ve been feeling really lonely and isolated lately. I’m not sure quite why. Starting about a year ago, maybe more, I finally...
Content with less connection
I am changing. It’s subtle, so subtle that sometimes I don’t realize it, but it’s happening all the same. I’m getting older. More mature...
Babies
My sister-in-law had her baby this morning. The friend I had to sever ties with did too (our mutual friend let me know). My best friend is being induced tomorro...
Go see Coco
We saw Coco on Wednesday. It was f*cking fantastic. I can’t tell you how excited I am that a huge studio like Disney/Pixar spent years, and hundreds of mi...
Recommendations Wanted
One of the reasons I’m so overwhelmed right now (and writing posts like yesterday’s) is because the whole president of the PTA thing is totally kick...
Together
I’m on a text chain with three friends from college. We can go a couple of days without messaging, but usually somebody throws something out there eventua...