The Reluctant Grownup – Page 161 – Growing old gracelessly.

The Perils of Returning to Work Too Soon

Sad day, much wailing and sobbing and gnashing of teeth, etc. etc. I am a pathetic sight. But – because we all need to laugh through our tears – a Friday story…

June 6, 2008

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Dreams

Some dreams I’ve had lately (I promise to keep this high level so it’s not brutally boring): First – I dream a lot about the house I lived in during…

October 15, 2023

Dear Friends, Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!

Proof? Or Consequences?

If my internetting skills are remotely up to snuff, there should be a new link over there to your right for a new blog by an old friend: Proof or…

August 19, 2011

Li Li

RG / October 10, 2010

My little Li Li, you are a treasure. You have the best little baby guffaw. Right now you’re whining at me from the exersaucer, though, so this will have to be short. You…

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Talking Quirks

RG / October 10, 2010

Tars instead of star. And everything is a starfish, even stars in the sky are “tarfish” Chockit and Swimmin’, said in a stratospherically high voice. Talking to “Weem” the way we talk to…

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Halcyon Days

RG / October 7, 2010

Having just paid approximately the value of one month’s utility bills in order to eat grease-covered vegetables at the undergraduate student center, I am now whiling away the last few seconds of my…

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Jiggity Jog

RG / October 5, 2010

Home again, after a weekend away to attend weddings which I may or may not have time to recap. The weekend, or the weddings. However, when we arrived, I did NOT have a…

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Allow Me to Indulge in a Rant, If You Would

RG / September 29, 2010

I have less than an hour before I have to leave to pick up my child, and I declare defeat. To attempt to work on my research in this small window of time…

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