The Reluctant Grownup – Page 53 – Growing old gracelessly.

Dinners

An old college friend with three elementary-school aged children was recently widowed. Her husband was in his early forties when he died – he had been dealing with cancer a long…

May 30, 2016

Categorizing Things is Overrated

The Eighth Day of Oh Eight

Let me explain where I’ve been the last week: Excuse, excuse, blah, work, excuse, excuse, getting Patrick ready to leave for Brazil, excuse, some more work, blah. It’s…

January 8, 2008

Liam, Pregnancy Sucks, Dude, Sometimes I Get Hepped Up and Think I Know a Thing or Two

Hot

It is hot, and the AC does not work, not in our house, not with a mouse, not in our car, makes me go RAWR. (Sorry, Seuss.) Angus (not his…

May 2, 2010

Name-Dropping NOLA Eateries

RG / August 6, 2016

The boys (all four of them) have been gone this whole week. I had to stay home, of course, and I have literally worked every single day that they have been gone. It’s…

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Invaded

RG / July 29, 2016

Internet, I caught it. I don’t understand it. I am so amazing with Lysol. I am the Queen of Containment. I remember years ago when Liam caught a bug when I was 20…

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Care Work

RG / July 28, 2016

Today I am largely engaged in care work – feeding ice to a pale and sweaty six year old who can’t keep food or drink in his stomach today; following him around the…

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Monday Morning

RG / July 25, 2016

We did a lot of work/packing this weekend – both of us spent several hours working, and I packed eleventy billion boxes while the Prof spent about four hours total (I’d guess –…

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Packing

RG / July 24, 2016

You guys, I have to move again. AGAIN. Twice in one year. We’re only moving a couple of blocks down the street, which mitigates the packing somewhat – we can just stack pictures…

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