2003 - Fell madly in love with a poisonous guy. When I finally got it together and broke up with him, I was left with no friends and no job and more scars (emotional and not) than I care to divulge. The only friend who happened to stick by my side through that relationship also happened to be very deep into drugs and thus, my only friend after the ( Read more... )

 It seems like today was such a long day. I was running errands with both kids all morning, at the mall with friends all afternoon, cooking all evening and then having my feelings seriously hurt by Phoenix not eating dinner ( Read more... )

Aleece and I were looking for old college drama friends on Facebook. We found someone we were fairly close to and realized that his Facebook page was not a proper page, but a memorial. He had shot himself last April.

Of course we were both shocked and fairly devastated. I lost contact with him a few years back after he deleted his MySpace page. I ( Read more... )

Zoë joined me today to see a cheesy cheap movie (The Back Up Plan). It was entertaining but crappy, cute but predictable. It was fun to spend just me and Zoë time though. After the movie, we all (plus Jeff) went to a restaurant in Bellevue. It was Asian cuisine and the moment I stepped in I could smell coconut and peanut sauce. Zoë on the other ( Read more... )

Aleece came for a bit today. She mostly played with the kids though. She is so fantastic with them and they get so excited when she comes over. She had to go to Mercer Island right at the same time we left to go to my parents for dinner so it worked out nicely and it was a good little visit ( Read more... )

Earlier I had lunch with Aleece and an old (new) friend Becca (plus her son Henry). I drove down to Tacoma and met up with them at Ruby Tuesdays. I felt like I did more talking than eating though ( Read more... )

I had a full day today. Aleece came over and we went out to lunch and to the mall to poke around and get Ethan’s dad a gift. Then we came home and Aleece played with Phoenix while I took a shower. Then we got to watch the first half of Princess and the Frog before we had to go down to Auburn and Aleece had to go to rehearsal in Seattle ( Read more... )

Ugh. Homework, how I hate the. I know you all are probably sick of hearing about my homework too. I’m sick of talking about it ( Read more... )

A while ago, I wrote to a local writer, J.A. Jance, who used to live next door to my parents when I was a baby. She wrote back and said she remembered us and told me her writing story. She also gave me some great advice:

Write every day. Listen to your heart. And distance yourself from anyone who steps on your dream.
These are words I try and ( Read more... )

Let's see, today I had physical therapy. I woke up and my lower back was killing me. My knees were better (I slept with a pillow under them) and my right hip was a little wonky. But I figured, perfect day for physical therapy. My mom came over to watch the kids because Ethan had to work (Zoë starts with Hooked In Motion tomorrow). Nothing too ( Read more... )