The Reluctant Grownup – Page 131 – Growing old gracelessly.

Midnight

It is midnight and I am not sleepy. On this border between, this winding down of our Life In North Carolina, I am out of sorts. I wonder if we’ll…

July 6, 2009

Pregnancy Sucks, Dude, Tex

ALL CAPS

Contractions. Contractions for days. Most constitute a mild cramp – just painful enough to be irritating and keep me from sleeping well (e.g. it is 4am right now) – but…

January 11, 2014

Categorizing Things is Overrated

So Much For That

Perhaps I could’ve gotten away with skipping November 1, because I posted on another blog. Could’ve maybe gotten away with November 18, because I wrote it on what was…

November 25, 2007

Distracted

RG / February 9, 2012

I just read an article about being a distracted parent. It was a bit overwrought in my opinion – MAN, do twenty first century parents really know how to beat ourselves up –…

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MILP Roundup!

RG / February 7, 2012

The Mothers in the Legal Profession blogroll – a list of awesome women, many (all?) of whom went to law school with children (or had one while in law school) – does a…

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Babies!

RG / January 31, 2012

I was talking to a professor today. She’s my age, and pregnant with her first baby. It’s a girl – she’s so thrilled. She knows my kids are both boys, and after saying…

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True as it Can Beeeeeeeee

RG / January 28, 2012

It’s a tale as old as time. The woman decides she wants a change. She begins cutting things. Soda. Cream. Sugar from her coffee, and eventually half and half. Meat. Then salad dressing,…

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Funnily Enough, This Was Already in My Drafts Folder

RG / January 26, 2012

There’s a mini meme sweeping through the MILPs (Mothers In the Legal Profession). The meme is to talk about why we went to law school, and whether we recommend it for others. I’m…

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