Contractions. Contractions for days. Most constitute a mild cramp – just painful enough to be irritating and keep me from sleeping well (e.g. it is 4am right now) – but some are catch-your-breath painful. AND YET. I AM NOT IN LABOR. These are just “practice” – because I need more practice after going through this…
Polar Arctic Cold What-Have-You
We’re home today. A Tuesday. It’s cold down here, colder than anyone under the age of 40 has ever seen, and schools closed just in case of pipes bursting or buses breaking down. So I was home Tues and Wed of Christmas week, home Wed of the following week, and now I’m home again Tues….
2014: The Great Look Forward
I won’t be making any resolutions just now. I can see myself making some exercise goals at some point in the spring, once I have recovered from the birth. But resolutions are a form of self-improvement, right? And 2014 is not about me, it’s about Tex. The first year of an infant’s life is a…
The Great Lookback
1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? I second chaired a trial. Bench trial (meaning just judge, no jury), but still – it was pretty awesome. 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Given the gestation that occurred over the latter…
Hodie Christus Natus Est
It’s been a lovely Christmas season – I just did the camera photo dump, and so I’m going to put up the best pictures from our lovely December. Ergo, this post will be a longish, but I’m hoping a fun journey through the holiday period. Earlier in the month, we and some friends took the boys to the…