Internet, I'm sick.Again.A-fucking-GAIN.You know I'm pissed because I never swear on my blog. Okay maybe not never but I'm really trying to cut down.I've been sick since early December, with short bouts of actual healthiness here and there. My snot-factory kids bring home colds … [Read more...]

Before I had children - no, wait, it was much further back. Before I was married, when I was responsible only for myself, I used to say things like "I have to do my laundry," or "today I am doing the laundry" or "God, I ran out of quarters again."I spoke about laundry like it … [Read more...]

I'm working late, editing a document. I'm plodding along, and the text includes the name "Georgia" and I am hit in the gut by an unmistakable longing.Georgia. That was the name I would have given to my baby last year if it was a girl.I realized that I still think about her, my … [Read more...]

I know that my friends and even my family might not agree with this, but I used to be a really nice person. I am talking about the type of nice that you are to strangers or new acquaintances, when you first meet them. Or distant relatives that you see rarely. You're polite, … [Read more...]

Dear internet readers, I have been avoiding you. It's the same old dilemma: where do I start? There are so many things going on these days that I have too many posts and not enough time to get them organized, just like the rest of my life. Therefore, I present the tired and … [Read more...]