So I recently came into possession of a laptop computer, which is a giant big deal in my world. I love having it, but I keep forgetting I have it, since it’s been so long (since 2003?) since I had a working laptop of my very own. I always just used the Prof’s or my…
Category: Domestic Bliss
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Another workday home with a feverish kid. One of the toughest things about being in a two-working parent household is convincing folks that kids actually do get sick this much. Yes, truly I need to be out this often for doctor’s appointments, dentist, eyeglasses, fevers, tummy bugs, broken pinkies, and the like. I promise I am…
Late March
Forgive the unoriginal title – time is so precious, I didn’t want to waste a second thinking more deeply about a better title! It’s been a couple of weeks (and a couple of unsuccessful house offers) since I last touched base. I’ve been at my new job for three months. We’ve been back in NOLA…
NOLA Spring
The magnolias are in bloom, already. Early each morning I am woken by a cacophony of birds twittering. The windows in this temporary apartment have no insulation – even when tightly closed and locked, most still have gaps the width of a pinky finger between frame and sill – and so those birds might as…
Hope
It’s a bleak time of year, it’s a bleak news cycle, and I need a little sunshine. My newest niece is a ray of sunshine, of course – I cannot wait to meet her. Boy do I love seeing pictures and videos of her hiccups and sneezes and gas-induced smiles, though. My kids make me…