Expensive Flea Bags
My youngest son and I enjoy driving down to the nearest big-box pet stores each weekend and seeing the caged animals up for adoption. Particularly, we like the kittens.
Every time we go, my son asks if … Read the rest!
Told you so, two months ago.
I hate to even tell this story, in a way, because I worry that talking about this subject makes me seem like a hysterical attention whore. But I am going to tell it, because … Read the rest!
All my meters are incorrect.
I’m still doing the magical eat-less-exercise-more diet that I started at the beginning of May. I try to eat 1600 calories or less each day, and I try to exercise as much as I can … Read the rest!
This is my week to come clean, apparently.subtitled The Asperger’s Post
When stressful things occur in my life, I like to take a week or month or year to process them before discussing them with anyone else. I think … Read the rest!
Things to Which I’m Looking Forward
1. Going to the beach with my kids and my friends. This weekend, if it doesn’t rain.
2. Vicariously, the kids’ last day of school. It’s tomorrow. Although my boyfriend and I are bitterly … Read the rest!
Freedom vs Pressure
This morning I made an announcement to a couple of friends. “I have given myself permission to stop writing.” My boyfriend told me he would support me, if that’s what I really wanted. My friend Julio told … Read the rest!
Pastoral
Sunday I drove to a point north of Austin, like I do every other week. I turned on the radio when I reached the city limit, because Austin’s radio stations are more exciting than Houston’s.
In the town of … Read the rest!
How I Spent Spring Break
My kids went to their dad’s for the week. So what did I do?
My friends and I went out dancing and met someone mythical. We were disappointed by the new, new, new Rich’s… Read the rest!
Back Yard
Regular visitors to my back yard include a young squirrel, a tiny and voracious wren, and several mourning doves.
Today it’s unseasonably, beautifully warm – about 78 degrees – and I have the flu. But I went outside … Read the rest!
Beverages: Tea
The older I get, the more I enjoy beverages. I think it’s because 1) beverages are good fillers for on-the-go lifestyles and 2) old people get dehydrated all the time.
There’s this tea house that’s been in Houston’s … Read the rest!
