The Reluctant Grownup – Page 172 – Growing old gracelessly.

It's Official

Today I felt what could only be a baby movement. It was a one-two punch, a ba-dum-pum down in my lower abdomen. Like someone took a couple of tiny stuffed…

November 28, 2007

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Studious Beagle is Studious

So HOWWWW goes the start of the school year for you all? Jasper is ready to get rolling on some projects. As are these boys! Fourth grader reporting for duty.…

August 19, 2023

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Freaking Out

Exams in just a few days, but I can’t muster the energy to freak out. I’m barely studying. Check out this first semester 1L! Didn’t take long for the apathy…

December 4, 2009

Deja Vu

RG / June 6, 2010

Three nights before my son Jack was born, I clambered up to join my husband in our full bed. We had propped the laptop on top of our chest of drawers and were watching…

read more
Memorial Day 2010

RG / June 2, 2010

Memorial Day 2010 did not go as planned, but it was nevertheless a lovely weekend for all. Rain ruined the boys’ camping plans. We camp with my husband’s family every Memorial Day, and last…

read more
Don’t Get Excited

RG / May 28, 2010

I’ve been having mild, irregular contractions for about a week now. On Tuesday they told me I was one centimeter. Yesterday I was feeling them all the long day and into the dark evening, and…

read more
Getting Close at 36 Weeks

RG / May 27, 2010

It’s been a rough few weeks, son, I can’t lie to you. I’ve been having a hard time envisioning being your mother when you’re out of the womb, because I’m so tortured by…

read more
Clang Clang Clang

RG / May 27, 2010

I wake between 5:30-6:30, depending on when The Professor and his Dog step out of the bedroom door. The click of the doorknob is all it takes to wake me usually, but barring that,…

read more