Emotional Swirl
Of course, everyone here in Houston is talking about the Katrina survivors all the time. Everybody’s either helping out, or bitching. Or, most likely, both. Stories are circulating. Via email forward, legends get born. Now is the time … Read the rest!
Sweater Sweat
I hate it when I’m freezing to death at work, so I put on my Work Sweater (which makes me look like the White Queen in Through the Looking Glass) and then I work really hard for … Read the rest!
Reason #256 to Love Tad
For about two months, I had a new, unassembled metal shoe rack in its box, in my bedroom. On the floor. In the way.
One day a few weeks ago, I finally broke down and … Read the rest!
Mean Katrina
If you want, you can donate some money to the Houston Red Cross so that they can continue to help out Hurricane Katrina refugees.
Today my son’s class will welcome a girl from New Orleans. The teacher told … Read the rest!
Sick Again
That is the name of a Led Zeppelin song, as well as my current condition.
When my doctor handed me my prescription and said, “You may experience nausea with these,” I believed it as much as I believe … Read the rest!
One of the Reasons Not to Get Married
Because, after you get divorced, no matter how many times you take your ex-husband to court and have a judge threaten to throw him in jail, he still won’t pay his child … Read the rest!
Recent Things That Make Me Happy
1. Peeling and eating a grapefruit as if it’s an orange. I learned that from a coworker and now can’t eat them any other way. Now that I don’t have to make a big … Read the rest!
Not Sorry Parents – Just Sorry People
So, the other day, I was driving my kids to school and listening to a morning radio talk show (which is probably bad for my blood pressure but I can’t seem to break … Read the rest!
Two Short Stories to Read for Free
You should try to read both, because they’re both good.
School started.
Today is the first day of school. Everything went off without a hitch this morning. Of course, I’m sitting here with “quiet panic” as the background music in my brain, but that’s only to be expected. I’m practicing … Read the rest!
