The Reluctant Grownup – Page 52 – Growing old gracelessly.

Categorizing Things is Overrated, Holidays and Celebrations

Holiday Recap, Part One

I’ve taken a bajillion days off. It’s been largely wonderful – with a little stomach flu thrown in – and I’ve still got tomorrow’s holiday off. I’m going to use…

January 1, 2017

Jack, Liam

Pneumonia Strikes

I have been flat on my back with pneumonia since Saturday evening. This is my third month of work and I’m missing an entire week – not the best scenario.…

November 8, 2012

Liam

A Quick Note to My Son

Angus (not your real name) – Throughout this pregnancy, you have been more of an abstraction than even your brother was, which seems counterintuitive – I know what I’m getting,…

April 17, 2010

Saturday Morning Meal Planning!

RG / September 17, 2016

So! Meal planning is back. Allowing us to rely on a less elevated fare for a short while helped get us through the home purchase (very stressful) and move. Now that we’re here…

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Live from the City of Angels

RG / September 3, 2016

I’m writing this from a giant fluffy nest of pillows and futon in my room on the eleventh floor of a hotel in downtown Los Angeles. I’m here for a couple of days,…

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A Beautiful Mess – Part Two

RG / August 14, 2016

I woke up Tuesday and went to work. (I worked Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday, with some major, major briefing going on – thank heavens I’d done that 13 days working in a row and gotten most…

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A Beautiful Mess – Part One

RG / August 14, 2016

We. Are. In! And boy was it a Herculean effort to get here. It involved a bat bite and ill-timed rabies vaccinations, an ER trip after a household accident plus an urgent care…

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Around the Town

RG / August 7, 2016

I worked essentially a full day yesterday – I had a late start, around lunchtime, but worked straight through the day, packing it in at 8pm. The timing was right to wander a…

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