This past Saturday night, I got together with a few friends for a long overdue girl’s night (with lots of pizza, cookies, ice cream, nail polish, and sangria). I met these girls 12 years ago (and one of them 19 years ago), and we’ve remained friends through moves across the ocean and college in differentRead the whole post >>
Archives for April 2011
Embracing the For-No-Good-Reason Wallow.
Lorelai: I think what you really need to do today is wallow. Rory: Wallow? Lorelai: Oh yeah. Get back in your pajamas, got to bed, eat nothing but gallons of ice cream and tons of pizza. Don’t take a shower or shave your legs or put on any kind of makeup at all. And justRead the whole post >>
On Working at a High School.
In the four years since graduating college, I’ve worked at an afterschool center/elementary school, a university, and two different high schools (aaand Starbucks for three months). The upside to this is that I’ve had a wide variety of work place experiences and job descriptions. Variety is the spice of life and all that. Most importantly,Read the whole post >>
Confession: I’m A Documentary-a-Holic.
That’s a thing, right? The first documentary I remember watching was Super Size Me as a sophomore in college. I absolutely loved it and watched it several more times (Partly because I found it fascinating and partly to talk myself out of McDonald’s French fry cravings). I had never seen anything like it – equalRead the whole post >>
Scenes from a Quiet Weekend.
. . . I hear Gabe stirring, but ignore him because I am so tired that I’m certain my eyelids are too heavy to open.I hear Mike talk to him, and Gabe lets out a delighted squeal. Mike gets out of bed; he comes back and he talks to Gabe as he changes his diaper.Read the whole post >>
