I have just a few moments before I have to go relieve the babysitter, but I wanted it noted that today I noticed that I’ve been consistently happier this term than I have been in a long time. The years when I was unhappy at my old job were followed by coming here. Though my…
Mystery Unveiled
There’s a neat article on Atlantic Monthly’s website (and presumably, then, also in the print magazine) all about the reason why certain ingredients in baking recipes have to be certain temperatures. I used to work in a bakery, and I always told the baker who owned it that she should give a class on baking…
Wonder About that Wonder Woman Tag?
Thought I should note that I was once part of a collective blog called the I Wonder Women – four sorority sisters who live all over the four corners of this country, trying to find a way to stay connected. We each wrote on the same topic all week, with a Free For All Friday…
Thoughts After Two Weeks of Looking Respectable
I have worn makeup and accessories – bracelet and necklace and watch, oh my! – for going on three weeks now, excluding just ONE day in honor of my near death-by-gastrointestinal-distress experience. At this very moment, I am sitting at school finishing up my reading whilst wearing (in addition to my ball and cha– I…
The Lost Week
So, this week was a wash. I came down with the bug Wednesday night, and The Professor followed suit about two hours after me. We were up all that night ill, and spent most of Thursday trying to do as little parenting as possible while keeping our children alive. I spent a lovely hour with…