Ripples.
I had a tough day yesterday. My endometriosis is making my life miserable as it is prone to do monthly; and I had a long day that ended with the realization that I had forgotten to send an important and time-sensitive email to a group of about 60 people. I finally got home, put the kids to bed and played around on the interwebs, mentally complaining about the stupid crap going... Read More
You Look Really Nice Today.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about words and the power they have. I finished The Fault In Our Stars less than 48 hours after I started it and many of those words have haunted me in the days since. I mean, you know from the get-go it’s going to be the kind of book that makes you cry. It’s about two teenagers with cancer, one terminal. And if I were going to spoil... Read More
Down.
I’ve had a rough time of it since my brother and his wife left town. I’ve had excessive somber moments, contemplative escapes, and just a general sense of gray in my life. Partly because I’ve been eating like crap which always brings me down, partly because I miss my brother, but mostly because we’ve been going back and forth between bitter cold and gray... Read More
The Lenten Goal Of A Non-Christian: I’m Going To Prove I’m A Liar
This is a weird day for a former-Catholic. I know non-Catholics recognize Lent in some way, but for someone like me who grew up in Catholic schools, Ash Wednesday is like the first day of a new class whose grade is distributed on Easter. This is the day we grew up taking something out of our lives, or putting something in our lives (I said a decade of the rosary before bed every... Read More
1/1/11 – Live from Tucson!
Wow. This has been a whirlwind few days. It hasn’t been lack of technology keeping me from posting…it has been a lack of TIME. I did want to take one second to pop in and do my I’m Going To Be Way More Awesome in This New Year post that I tend to do every year. Actually…I’m very big on self-improvement so I tend to do the I’m Going To Be More... Read More
