A quick pause to say two things. After being up literally ALL NIGHT with a cranky, gassy baby, and then laughing out loud (while still wide awake, of course) at the sound of the alarm at 6:45 am, I was in no mood for work, Friday or not. And then I got here and my…
Three Days – A Look Back Part II
TWENTY TWO: I celebrated my 22nd birthday on the continent of Australia. I cannot remember a THING about it, but I know we were in the Sydney area. We must have gone out somewhere. I’m sure it was fun. I celebrated Christmas of this year on the continent of Europe – in England, specifically,…
Four Days – A Look Back Part I
I have four days left of my 20s. Let’s take a look back at the last decade of my life (wavery dream sequence begins): TWENTY: I got drunk for the first time at 20. This is something I can admit even to my parents without shame, because it was the most rational, thought-out,…
I Wonder What the Goofiest Piece of Clothing I’ve Ever Worn Was?
My last two years of college were fun years. After my initial two years of being a complete and total dork-sans-social-life, I relaxed. I decided that reading only 20 pages of my 22 page homework assignment would not result in immediate death by lightning. I tried out drinking, just a little bit (I was 20…
One Sentence Story – The Whale That Died
The problem with being a mother is that I don’t have enough milk to feed every hungry baby, and every hungry baby is mine just as he is mine, no matter what the species.