not dead, dormant

Reports of my death have been slightly exaggerated. In fact, I’m back and ready to blog regularly again. I didn’t realize how much Blog365 took out of me. I don’t think of myself as a “real” writer. I just open up the Blogger window and spew. I don’t agonize or even edit very much. (Yes, [...]

bac(k)on the wagon

I went back to Weight Watchers yesterday. It was a rude awakening. No, not the fact that I have 32 pounds to lose. I expected that part. It was the “you get to eat 21 points a day!” part that hit me like a ton of mac and cheese. The last time I got serious [...]

it’s in the bag, but which one?

In about 10 days I will start schlepping a kid on the bus with me in the morning. It will be Oliver for a week, then Eleanor for the foreseeable future. (Long, complicated logistical story. Very, very boring.) It’s not a long ride, and I’ll get a seat most days, but it’s still the bus, [...]

winning and losing

I won the child care lottery! Okay, not really. If I really won the lottery the childcare would be free and this is decidedly.not.free. But it is cool nonetheless. I got the phone call this morning that a spot is available for Eleanor at my employer’s childcare center, where Oliver spent two years. 

Since the fabulous [...]