The Reluctant Grownup – Page 156 – Growing old gracelessly.

Tex’s Birth Story, Part Two

Back to our story. Our driveway inclines a bit up into the garage. It’s not an elevation change you would even normally register. When the entire thing is a sheet…

January 31, 2014

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Jan 4

I took the boys out around lunchtime yesterday to shop for their dad. We do this for each other and it’s cute and getting more touching. When they were little…

January 4, 2024

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Dreams

I dreamed of my middle school house again. In this dream, as usual, it was the house and not quite the house. We were assessing it for some DIY repairs,…

August 24, 2024

2010 in (Slightly Shorter) Review

RG / January 1, 2011

I ditched some of my least favorite questions, and answered the rest! 1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Mardi Gras! Who knew that it would be so…

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Christmas Wrapped Up

RG / December 30, 2010

Our front door is wide open, letting in the sixty degree air. Liam is rolling around on a pile of blankets I put on our cold tile floor. Jack is still sound asleep,…

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The Lover and the Joker

RG / December 16, 2010

I am home after completing my last final. I’m a little grumpy that most of my friends are out celebrating, enjoying a beer at an outdoor table of a French Quarter bar on…

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The Things We Do to Avoid Admiralty Law

RG / December 9, 2010

I should be studying right now. The husband is watching the children for the express purpose of me getting some study time. Admiralty law is way complex, I have a test in two…

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Digging in my Heels

RG / December 6, 2010

The Professor and I are largely laid back people, and we rarely fight. But today, we’re fighting (in a still largely friendly but-the-undertone-is-mothertrucking-serious kind of way). Over THE MOST ridiculous thing. So I…

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