I’ve been away from the boys for seven weeks, excluding a couple of weekend visits. One week remains of my summer job here in Mo-town, and then we’ll be reunited. At which point, my husband will be leaving for the bulk of July, off to defend his dissertation. It’s only fair that he get his…
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Summer Associate Fashion
I am now a veteran of seven long weeks of being a summer associate. I feel that Corporette was absolutely no effing help in my quest for appropriate wear for my summer job at a regional firm in the southeast, and in fact merely undermined my confidence at a time when confidence most needed to…
Two
Had two beers and two cupcakes for dinner. I am so bachin’ it. ************************************ In other, related news, I am once again putting together a New Life Plan that involves being thinner and more energetic, eating better and exercising more. This is my pattern, the ups and the downs in weight, the commitment to diet…
An Echo of Boy
There is a half empty juice box in my hotel room fridge. As I pour a glass of wine for myself in a plastic tumbler, I’m standing eye to “eye” with a Tupperware container full of old, soggy peanut butter crackers. Two little baby washcloths are hung to dry over my shower curtain rod. Earlier…
This Post is Three Days Late
He turned one. It was terribly sad. Until it wasn’t. We had a few gifts, a few party hats, a few cupcakes. I had bought Liam three small gifts from a trip to the Aquarium earlier in the summer – no big deal, bought as afterthoughts, but as it turned out the only stuff I…