I think much of my anxiety of late comes from a lack of sleep.  This morning, I woke at 5:30 and thought, crap, it feels like I haven’t slept at all.  Despite having two cups of coffee, I can feel myself dragging already.  Maybe I can just blame the rainy weather.  I didn’t sleep well [...]

Image by lorda via Flickr I had a thoroughly enjoyable Thanksgiving. Used to be at any family gathering, I got anxious about my appearance, what I was doing for a living, etc. I was keenly aware of being judged at these things, of people considering what I looked like, what my job was, what my [...]

Puberty has hit our household with a vengeance. I went bra shopping, got a request for deodorant and for shaving lessons. Now everyone in the house shaves. Lots and lots of laundry and general house cleaning and the house still seems messy. Sigh. No walking this weekend due to both the above bullets. Seriously, I [...]

Yesterday, I started a long post about race that I just couldn’t finish. Suffice it to say, my relationship to race is complex, influenced by being raised in the South, by my own desire to figure out how the South got to where it is, and by people I’ve known and other places I’ve lived. [...]

I am inspired by Laura’s post on attics and basements. While I’ve managed to clear out a considerable amount of clutter in the living spaces of our house, the storage areas are another story altogether. We have three: the basement, a tiny attic, and a shed (we have no garage). I’m not going to tackle [...]

Routine, what routine? This week has been filled with disruption. The first two days were half-days, doctor’s appointment on Wednesday, and today, thanks to a forgotten permission slip, I’m retrieving my oldest from school at 9:00 while the rest of his team goes on a field trip. Sigh. Not to mention, Mr. Geeky was away [...]

Email was definitely on the rise, but not dramatically so. Why, why do people wait until the very. last. minute. to ask for something. I’m here all summer. Why don’t people talk to each other. So many problems caused by lack of communication. Many fewer basic questions this year. They’re either getting stopped at the [...]

Who’s idea was it to take the most heavily trafficked and congested stretch of highway and put points along the way where the whole mob has to come to a halt to take tickets and pay tolls? Seriously, are people just trying to be cruel? Speaking of tolls, I have no idea where that money’s [...]

Had to file extension for taxes. First time in probably 10 years. We lost our W2′s, had to get them reprinted. Yesterday was the day of losing documents. Lost two docs–one completely and one I was able to recover. Haven’t done that for 10 years either. I also worked 11 hours yesterday. I have no [...]

Post trip and in the throes of a new school year, I have thoughts, but no time to put them down, so here’s some stuff of interest: Another one of those teacher bans some basic web technology stories. “The Wife Factor.” Not sure whether to be offended. Leaning toward being offended. A blog post about [...]