The Reluctant Grownup – Page 159 – Growing old gracelessly.

First Birthday

I have never planned a kid birthday before. Hmmmm. It’s going to be no big deal and he won’t remember a thing, but I will remember my first kid’s first…

April 4, 2009

Categorizing Things is Overrated

In the Year 2009 . . .

Nobody told Jack that last night was New Year’s Eve, so he got up on time today (on time = 6:30 am) and thus am I spending the first day…

January 1, 2009

MILP Roundups

MILP Roundup 252 – Late Mother’s Day Edition

I should have put this up on Mother’s Day, but alas, I did not. FAIL. Well, at least now you get to read about all of our MILPs’ Mother’s Days!…

May 15, 2012

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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