The Reluctant Grownup – Page 25 – Growing old gracelessly.

Babies, Skeletons, and Beaches

I have had such fun these last four weeks, I just can’t even. First of all, my sister, her husband, and her baby came to visit. You may generally know…

October 6, 2019

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Quick Break in Vacation Recap

OK I know this vacation recap is dragging on and it has clearly been months since we returned. However I did take contemporaneous notes and I do want to recall…

October 12, 2022

Before I Was A Grownup, Life in Australia, Navel Gazing (and I Don't Mean Oranges)

An American in . . . America

Sometimes, I miss being "The American." I have lived abroad twice, a year in England and a year in Australia, both in my early twenties. Living abroad is something…

October 25, 2005

The Pivot Questionnaire

RG / September 29, 2020

Hi there, from Quaranteam North, Tennessee Annex. The little boys and I have been here five and a half weeks, with one and a half to go before we head home to join…

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Yeet

RG / September 5, 2020

Yeet is my children’s new favorite word. The word annoys me in the way that only words said 7,526,437 times a day EVERY DAY can. If you throw something, you “yeeted it!” If…

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New Look

RG / August 21, 2020

I tried a new WordPress theme for this old thing, but I only just figured out that it does not show comments or comment boxes. I liked it but, alas. So let’s try…

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Another Trip!

RG / August 15, 2020

We just came home from our last trip – this time to visit the in-laws. Like before, we all were particularly careful with quarantining before the trip, and all got tested before the…

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Cooking and Such

RG / July 25, 2020

Well I left that bleak post up quite a long while, and I’m sorry about that. Like everyone, I am experiencing the emotional “roller coaster” of quarantine – some days I’m amazing at…

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