The Reluctant Grownup – Page 274 – Growing old gracelessly.

Holiday Recap, Part Two

The next day, we all piled in the car for another day of travel for me – to Colonial Williamsburg, which was our Christmas 2016 destination. The car ride was…

January 1, 2017

I Drink Your Milkshake

Mmmmmm in Tennessee

Things aren’t looking good for the I Drink Your Milkshakers over here in NC. The recession means that a lot of schools have frozen hiring, which does not bode well…

November 12, 2008

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Dreams

I dreamed of my middle school house again. In this dream, as usual, it was the house and not quite the house. We were assessing it for some DIY repairs,…

August 24, 2024

Evolution, with Tires

RG / November 15, 2007

In high school and early college, I was a VW bug (new model). Small. Unassuming. Kind of cute, kind of perky, but not really overbearing, or particularly sexy. Nothing superlative, in a good…

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Technically, This Counts

RG / November 15, 2007

This is technically a blog entry. I’ve still written one every day of November, though November 1st my blog entry was on my other blog (Wonder Women, look at it by the way,…

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Ask and You Shall Receive

RG / November 14, 2007

Back on August 25th of this year (just three days before I discovered that LIFE AS I KNOW IT WAS OVER), I made a couple of lists of things I want to do…

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Adventures Down Under

RG / November 13, 2007

When I was 21, I went to Australia to live for a while. I look at my 20 year old brother now and snort at the thought of him being mature enough…

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A Disconcerting Conversation with a Frenchman

RG / November 12, 2007

Richard is a former contractor who worked with my company for six months a couple of years ago. He’s a handsome young Frenchman, very charming, very nice, very much a Casanova. While he…

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