Ok, not actual frogs. Last night I was talking to a friend who has a home in a very secluded place, far from city noise and lights, with woods and animals and a creek out back. I told him I missed hearing frogs at night. I grew up on a farm, listening to frogs and crickets, whippoorwills and wind in the trees. But now I'm in the city, and I fall ( Read more... )

So here I sat all day Monday, worrying about someone on the east coast during the hurricane as I'm sure many of you did. Then late that night, I got a message from my Brooklyn boy ( Read more... )

One of my students just got married. Today before class she was telling people all about the wedding, her dress, her new wife's dress, the cake, all the details. And then she started talking about funny wedding gifts ( Read more... )

So lately I've been feeling a little sad, irritable, depressed, etc. Post-divorce stuff, not feeling bad about the divorce - fuck no, that's the best thing that ever happened. Just lots of old hurts and bad memories, realizing I'm not as unaffected as I thought, not as healed as I let on. Getting over a traumatic situation. Struggling a bit as I ( Read more... )

It's really sort of pathetic that a couple of texts late last night have had me smiling all day. Just a quick message to say he had an early meeting but didn't want to go to sleep without saying goodnight... and that's all it took. Smiling like a damn fool. Ridiculous ( Read more... )

Been having a rough day, for some reason. A few lately actually and I don't know why really, delayed divorce weepies maybe but I've been kind of a mess. Had a bit of a meltdown this evening, turned myself into a big ball of snot and tears, got in the shower to clean up and get hold of myself, and got out not really feeling much better ( Read more... )

Assortment of life stuff. Finally a date set for the final divorce hearing. That's been tricky, but it looks like as of May 9, I am officially not married. Delighted at the prospect of changing my name back (I hyphenated, and it irks me to have to see and sign that name all the time ( Read more... )

My day is complete.

( Don't take a Bible to a logic fight. )

One of my favorite people just messaged me to tell me all about the girl he picked up at a wedding as a random hookup. And the more he tells me about her, the more I realize, this is no casual one night stand, he really actually likes her! And also, he so did not pick her up. She picked HIM up. She texted him while we were talking and he kept ( Read more... )

I need to lock myself in a box far away from cute nerdy boys.  Because once again, one has attracted my attention to the point of distraction. This one is far less inappropriate, however, so I don't feel like a perv, a dirty old woman, an exploiter of the young and innocent (all exploitation with that last one was solely in my imagination; I'm not ( Read more... )