Words, side effects, and world music

I cannot believe so many people are interested in my snot. I don’t know whether to be flattered or horrified. Actually, I’ll pick flattered, because my mother is horrified enough for most of the world. Apparently–much like my use of...

My children suck, but you shouldn’t

My advisor in grad school would visibly cringe every time I declared “that sucks,” which is (I confess) something that I seem to say quite often. One day he turned to me in exasperation and said, “Do you KNOW what the derivation of that expression...

I’ve been violated

Hey, know what we haven’t talked about for a while? That’s RIGHT! My BOOBS! [Don’t you just wish you were me, or at least a fly on the wall for the “Hey, I have to tell you about this website I have…” conversation I had last night?...

Blind but gifted

I don’t know if I ever mentioned this, but Chickadee’s therapist had the AUDACITY to go have a baby, leaving us therapist-less for a couple of months. I mean, there are back-up staff available in the event of an emergency. I’m not sure what would...

Enjoying falling

I’m trying this new thing. It’s very revolutionary; I don’t know if you’ve heard of it. It’s called living in the present. Have you tried it? It’s WILD! But lord, it is WORK. Hard work. Good hard work, but still. When I’m not...

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