The Reluctant Grownup

To Throw a Birthday Party

I am surfacing briefly, gulping some air before diving back down into the miserable, murky sea of finals week, in order to bring my eldest son’s adoring fans a few…

May 6, 2012

Before I Was A Grownup, Drama Queen, Everyday Adventures, Life in Australia, Nature Loving Hippy, Stratford-upon-Avon, Travel

I feel I should probably explain the title of my blog before I get too far into this. See, I have just completed my first full year of working in…

November 2, 2005

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Bored and Boring

My head aches. No reason, just pregnancy in general. The 12 days of pregnant Christmas should really be more like 50 days, if it was truly going to list all…

December 12, 2007

Yen

RG / September 10, 2010

I page through pictures from a trip we took to Missoula four years ago. Or was it five? In them, I am four/five years younger – two children lighter. I do not yet…

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Plop

RG / September 9, 2010

I keeled over. I am the Maritime Journal’s bitch. My eyes are red, my head is swimming, and I’m 81 footnotes into a 212-footnote article edit. BLARG. I’ll be glad when it’s tomorrow,…

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They Say It’s My Birthday

RG / September 1, 2010

Still sick. Still busy. Too busy to write much. Except – Happy Birthday to me! I am taking a few hours out of my day this evening to do something as yet unnamed…

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A Missive from the Diseased

RG / August 30, 2010

It’s the beginning of a very busy week, and I have just caught a terrible cold. Both boys have it, too. The only thing sadder than an exhausted toddler half-heartedly crying in the…

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The Nearness of You

RG / August 23, 2010

Today was my first day of school, and thus I spent the morning hugging and how-was-your-summering and feeling moderately smug superiority directed at the panicked 1Ls milling about. And all through the day,…

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