In just over three hours, I'm going to be forty-five. Halfway to ninety. Not that I'm planning to make it to ninety, but still. How depressing. "You'll always be my jail bait," J, who is five years older than me, declared. It's some small comfort that I can probably still call myself "mid-forties" for one … Continue reading Forty-Five →

I am a naturally smiley person. Not everyone is, but I think I've always been. I am a naturally giggle-y person, also, so they kind of go hand in hand. You never know what's going to happen when you smile at someone. A smile is worth a thousand words. One time, long ago, when I … Continue reading What’s in a Smile →

Well, here I am back on a plane again. There's no cute baby to entertain me this time, which is probably good because I have a crap load of work to get done. During this three hour flight I need to somehow transform myself into a working machine. Ahead of me lays the biggest accomplishment … Continue reading Here I Go Again →

Today is an at home day. Well, not right now because I'm in an airplane, but I'm on my way. I am sitting next the The Rudest Lady in the Whole World. I offered her the empty seat next to me because I felt so bad for the poor mom with the tiny baby that … Continue reading Flight Stories →

On the day my daughter was born I was good and ready for her. I was good and ready eleven days before, on her actual due date and I was even ready six days before that, when my best friend and pregnancy buddy Alison had her baby. We were two weeks apart for due dates, … Continue reading Birth Day →

Well, tomorrow I hit the road, or rather the air. We are now entering the May of My Discontent. In the next twenty days I will spend two nights in my bed at home. I currently have three suitcase plans and three of everything to accommodate three back to back trips, the last one being … Continue reading May of My Discontent →

I was going to start the story at the day I went into labor, but then I went to Bunny’s 21st birthday party. When the improv show ended and she was getting all the happy birthday wishes, she announced to anyone within earshot, “I was conceived in the back seat of a car when my … Continue reading Prequel →

Alright, new rule. I shall now set out to write for twenty minutes every day. I know, you’re like “How is this different from what you usually do?” but hold on a second and I will tell you. What I usually do is write and write and write and write and then edit and reread … Continue reading Mom in 20 →

We finally made it to the lake! I was looking forward to it so much, knowing that May is going to be a rough month for work but especially ever since we’d had to cancel our original April trip because of snow. I couldn’t wait to run away from home! I packed my violin, and … Continue reading When a Tree Falls in the Forest →

When I left here earlier today, I was going to practice my violin. But then I decided I should try out my new tuner, because I had a feeling the G string was off, it wasn’t sounding quite like it had when I first picked up my violin. The problem was that when I went … Continue reading Practice →