The Reluctant Grownup – Page 167 – Growing old gracelessly.

Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!, Travel

Peace Out Yo

We are leaving town next week. It will be a weeklong trip to the West, to visit friends and family. Last year we headed west to visit the absolutely fabulous…

June 28, 2007

Before I Was A Grownup, Holidays and Celebrations, Travel

Approximately Forty Minutes of Awesome

This is my band. My old band. We are for sale. Or rather, our album is. Though we are, too, if you live in the Triangle area and would like…

December 3, 2010

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Carnival Part Two – The Day Parades

Saturday came early for us three parents, as we stumbled into the family room blinking sleep from our eyes and trying to keep up with our riled children. Saturday is…

February 20, 2010

Snap

RG / July 6, 2010

And just like that, as of about halfway through the day on the Fourth, I’ve snapped out of it. Still a little bored, still a little listless, but the depression has lifted. Weird,…

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The Fourth of July

RG / July 4, 2010

Right now, Jack is sleeping soundly in his room. Liam is hiccuping and flailing in my mother’s arms, as she rocks him in the glider in the corner. The cat is hovering over…

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Joy Comes in the Morning

RG / June 29, 2010

There is a Bible verse I used to love back in the days when I was an evangelical, and though my ardor for daily Bible reading (i.e. self-flagellation and guilt over my not…

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Bundle of Blues

RG / June 26, 2010

We have a lovely apartment, and I’ll be happy to get the hell out of it for more than 20 minutes. Which will happen at some point in the future. I know it…

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Moot Court and Potties and Journals, Oh My

RG / June 24, 2010

I can officially make the following comments: The newborn stuff is SOOOO much easier the second time around. I have almost no anxiety this time, I am managing his feeding better, and I…

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