The Reluctant Grownup – Page 212 – Growing old gracelessly.

Springy

My favorite things about spring, in a list: 1. Blossoms.2. Tulips.3. Green.4. Opening the doors to air out the house.5. Switching my winter and summer clothes out. It’s like a…

March 25, 2009

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

January 8

January 6 was Twelfth Night – and that means we now have King Cake on the counter! Carnival season has begun. I am in a walking krewe this year called…

January 8, 2024

PS

RG / January 30, 2009

PS I knew it was only a matter of time before Sirius/XM radio started nickel and diming us to death. That time . . . is now. No more free internet listening! Your monthly rate…

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Just . . . Blah.

RG / January 29, 2009

Oh January. January, January, what are you doing to me? I think January 2009 will go down as one of the most stressful of my adult life. It’s winter, too, which doesn’t…

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Life Seems Rough . . . And Then Somebody Gets Arrested

RG / January 28, 2009

An employee of mine has been sentenced to 7 years. It’s all a matter of public record, but I won’t share his name or crime. Just that I liked him, he was a…

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Acrobatics

RG / January 28, 2009

Yesterday we were chillin’ in the cramped confines of our “office” – which is really a tiny bedroom that has the tv, computer, a bookshelf, and a couch squeezed into it, leaving almost…

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Taking a Sec from a V. Busy Day to Say . . .

RG / January 27, 2009

. . . I just caught a look at myself in the bathroom mirror at work, and my biceps are ridiculous. Seriously. Anybody want to challenge me to an arm wrestle? Who knew…

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