Woo! Word play! I’m in Plano for the week, at a conference. I’m staying in a depressing extended stay hotel, which reminds me of my 2011 summer at my firm, when I also stayed in a depressing extended stay hotel. The difference then was that I had a CAR. Here, I have no car –…
Category: Everyday Adventures
Color
Struck by its whimsy and silliness, and eager to diversify my exercise routine with as many distractions as possible, I decided to sign up last minute for the Color Run. The Color Run is a touring affair, much like the Rock and Roll marathons I think, that takes its buckets of watery “paint” and tinted…
sweet * bitter
This morning we took a hike at a nearby state park. It was a perfect day for it – the light was autumnal, but there was only the barest chill in the air. The dog strained on the end of a leash, Jack and Liam ran ahead of us, fleece sweaters unzipped, racing each…
Octoberish
The Gulf Coast is not particularly Octoberly, come October. Leaves don’t change, temps don’t dip, it’s pretty much August but with shorter days. Nevertheless, it is decorative gourd season, mothers, and my children and I went and sweated our tushes off in a corn maze because that’s how October is done. Before diving in, we…
the end is the beginning
My husband’s grandmother passed away. My husband is very private, he reads this blog, and I am not sure how much he’d want put here about this experience. But it feels disingenuous to write about our summer without acknowledging this sorrowful life event. She lived a long life, suffered a long illness, and is now…