I just read Lawyerish’s latest book recommendation post, and my reaction is equal parts “I want to read them all” and “how on earth does she find time to read all of those?” (And read that in a supportive tone, not a passive aggressive “well some people must be letting things slide of they have so…
Hannah
My third niece was recently born to my sister – her first child, my first blood-related niece (the others, precious to me, are my husband’s sister’s children). I am spoiled for sons, spoiled for nieces – nary a daughter nor nephew in sight! We are far flung, my nuclear family of 7, and so we…
November
As my decade blog-a-versary sails by, I feel like I should do some kind of thinkpiece about blogging (now somewhat passé, apparently), and what this means to me, and why I continue to do it for ten years (and counting) while others have dropped off, and this sort of thing. But . . . that’s…
Love
Ooooooh, that baby of ours. Last night was the second night this week that he has woken up crying and been discovered (once by me, once by the Prof) in a puddle of vomit and poop, thoroughly coated in it from head to toe. In both instances it was a one-time-puking, though I spent both nights…
Half Marathon
I’m running a half marathon this Saturday. You may ask – how much have you trained? And I shall answer – not a whit. *nervous chuckle A half is a distance that I can get through on grit alone, especially on a completely flat course. I’ve done a few dozen halfs, always at a relatively…