Category Archives: More About Me
The Death of Cecil the Cat
We’ve finally moved! Yay! I thought we would never close escrow. But we finally did last week, and have been moving little by little since then. One more round trip and we’ll be done! Now I have to unpack and … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me
Random bits of memory
Our house has a spider web in every corner. We live alongside a nature reserve and there are LOTS of bugs, so the spiders help. Everytime I clean the house, I clean around them and think about my Girl Scout troop leader, … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me
Completely unreasonable
For some reason I feel a twinge of jealousy whenever a friend tells me that she is pregnant. Even though I myself was once pregnant and carried the baby (my younger son) to term. Even though I do not want … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me
About II
I don’t know my own mind anymore. That list you see in the About page, it’s not even scratching the surface of who I am, it’s just sorta rubbing against it and not even making a dent. After getting married, … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me
lessons in friendship
When I was in junior high, I met the girl who would be my best friend for most of my formative years. I was extremely shy, but I would see her around campus surrounded by friends, always smiling and happy, … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me, Relationships
heritage
My younger son, Didi, is very demanding. When he is upset about something, and you fix it, he continues to cry/whine waaaay longer than necessary, just to let everyone know how terrible we are to him. The other day, he … Continue reading
Filed under Kids, More About Me
anger management, part deux
I get my anger from my mother. Much like my mother focuses her anger on my dad, I focus most of my anger on AJ. My kids can do no wrong, my friends are fine, but if AJ makes one … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me, My Family
opportunities
Growing up, I was kind of shy and self-conscious, and thus held myself back a lot from doing things. It could be anything from making a new friend to playing a team sport. I preferred to do solitary things to … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me
the age of experimentation
So one of my friends read my love and friendship post and said that when she read the part where I first noticed E, she thought I was trying to say I was gay (not that there’s anything wrong with … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me, Relationships
all for one and one for all
In any story I hear where there is some sort of conflict between a man and a woman, I will almost always side with the woman. The woman has to be completely devoid of humanity before I will side with … Continue reading
Filed under More About Me
