• Catching Up n Stuff

    Last time I did a substantive update, I had nearly completed the recap of my fortieth birthday trip. I had just had a truly glorious massage at the La Cantera spa. We immediately…

  • Boy Vignettes

    Liam was in a foul mood the other day, because he misbehaved at piano lessons and thus was grounded from screen time. I think self soothing is a good skill to learn, so…

  • RESOLVED

    WHEREAS, Reluctant Grownup (hereinafter, “RG”) has recently turned 40 years old; and WHEREAS, the resulting infirmity in the body as RG enters her fifth decade is causing some deterioration in quality of life…

  • Texas

    Finally, I am able to start posting my recaps of my fortieth birthday week in West Texas!  I wrote most of this as it happened, saving it to a Word doc on my…