I just remembered I don't have to get up tomorrow morning FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER and I am SO UTTERLY HAPPY ABOUT THIS FACT ( Read more... )

Yesterday for a couple of glorious hours I had the house ALL TO MYSELF. My husband went out with his siblings to finish cleaning out their late father's apartment, Sadie went to a friend's house for a movie date, and Dan left for a bike ride. I should of course have spent that time getting a jump on my Tuesday deadline, but the sun was shining and ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamed I was hugely pregnant with a baby that seemed to be actively trying to claw its way out of me. It was incredibly vivid. Perhaps this is why I hesitated to use the word "contraction" in its grammatical sense when Sadie was singing "How'm I gonna get home" at the dinner table. "Know why I said how'm, mommy ( Read more... )

I just saw my nephew's prom picture and was struck by how much he reminds me of his uncle -- the guy who 25 years ago was my first "serious" boyfriend. There's something weird about that ( Read more... )