The Reluctant Grownup – Page 41 – Growing old gracelessly.

Holidays and Celebrations, Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!

The Freezing North

We spent a week at my parents’ place. I worked two of the days – my firm has an office there, which allows me to extend our visits. The two days…

January 13, 2015

Sometimes I Get Hepped Up and Think I Know a Thing or Two

Another Open Letter Post

So I’m sure you’ve all read that open letter that has almost certainly by this point mortified the teenaged sons of the mother who wrote it (side note – as…

September 6, 2013

Drama Queen, Sixteen Tons

Slice of My Life

Typical Weekday Schedule 6:15 am Alarm Rings. Snooze. 6:24 am Alarm Rings. Snooze. 6:33 am Alarm Rings. Snooze. 6:42 am Alarm Rings. Leap out of bed, upset with self…

January 19, 2007

Christmas Menu

RG / December 23, 2017

The last time we had Christmas at home was 5 years ago, in Alabama, and while we enjoyed it very much, it was somewhat marred by tornadoes, which is a natural disaster I…

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Christmas is Settlement Season

RG / December 9, 2017

I have never been so slammed in December. Last week I pulled an all nighter – basically worked 36 hours straight, with an hour or two break here and there to give the…

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Saturday Morning Meal Planning and Train Track Engineering

RG / December 2, 2017

My shirtless three year old son (soon to be four! FOUR!) is studiously banging a wooden hammer on some wooden train tracks, to make them “stick together.” Our Christmas tree lights are a-twinkle –…

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Sick Day

RG / November 15, 2017

It’s Wednesday, and I am siiiiiiiick. I’ve spent the day alternating between flopping on the couch, flopping on my bed, and stalking Meredith Salenger and Patton Oswalt’s wedding photos on Instagram. I intended…

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It’s Been a Minute

RG / November 12, 2017

I’ve just returned from a business trip to Manhattan. I had to wake at 3:45 am on Sunday to catch my 5 am flight, which was fairly miserable. Even worse – upon arrival,…

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