The Reluctant Grownup – Page 159 – Growing old gracelessly.

Laughing!

Dad called me at work today. He put his cell phone on speaker, and said LISTEN TO THIS! I heard: You’re bouncing on the bed.You’re bouncing on the bed.You’re bouncing…

July 31, 2008

New Orleans

Friday Evening WTF

We glanced at our bare cupboards last night, and decided to drive to a nearby Pizza Hut to pick up some greasy dinner and bring it home. Pizza Hut is…

March 26, 2011

Jack, Liam

Parents of Multiples – I Salute You

We’ve finally begun to venture forth, now that Li-Li (the goopy name I seem to like calling him) is approaching a month old. Each outing requires a pack of competent…

July 9, 2010

Peeping

RG / November 9, 2010

I am a peeping Thomasina. I look in people’s windows. Do you do this? I’m not interested in the people – I’d rather they not be there, so I can look more openly.…

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Red Rubber Ball Addendum – Breakup Songs

RG / November 8, 2010

The past post got me thinking about breakup songs. The song I listened to during the breakup memorialized by that post was awesome. It powered me through some workouts. It was not the…

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To Quote Paul Simon – The Morning Sun is Shining Like a Red Rubber Ball

RG / November 3, 2010

In the middle of the night on a day in late June, 2003 – the very same day my now-sister-in-law got married – a relationship ended that I desperately did not want to…

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THREE

RG / November 1, 2010

ONE In the pre-dawn hours of a glorious October day, I got in my car and drove five minutes to the start of my first organized race. And then drove forty minutes looking…

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Listless

RG / October 26, 2010

It’s just one of those days, those days where I have a million things to do but can’t settle on which so I wander around the house wondering if I should train for…

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