September 7, 2011
Our lives, in bullet points
Hmmm. Okay. I think at this point brief (okay, maybe not so brief) bullet points are in order to get us all caught up.
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August 15, 2011
Welcome to your new life
Yesterday, we went to a morning mass because it was Packet Sunday. This is the Sunday before school starts, and after the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. masses parents can head over to the music room in the school to pick up information for the coming school year. I was very excited, and a little nervous, as I had been warned by veteran grade school parents that the packet is rather intimidating and requires hours of work and multiple checks.
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August 9, 2011
License to thrill
This morning, after six long years, I got a new driver’s license. Normally getting a new license isn’t cause for celebration, but consider this: when I got my license renewed six years ago, I was 8.5 months pregnant. And in desperate need of a haircut. And pre-LASIK. Essentially, for about six years, I’ve carried a license that looks nothing like me. I’ve dealt with tons of skeptical TSA agents who take twice as long to scour my license and my face, trying to make the match before whistling, “Wow. This doesn’t look like you at all.” I know. I’ve dealt with overzealous Kohl’s cashiers checking to ensure my license matches my credit card. “You cut your hair!” I know. I’ve had friends laugh their asses off when entering bars, “Holy crap! Look at that!” I know, already.
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August 6, 2011
Things I think about when I can’t sleep
This has been a rough week for me. Personally, professionally…every which way. Sleepless nights and tears and questions that, at least for now, seem unanswerable.
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August 5, 2011
Crossroads
Crossroads
I grabbed the pile of invitations and Zoe’s new school calendar off my home desk this morning and brought them into the office. I need to plug everything into my work calendar, which gets boosted to my phone, as that’s the only way to keep my family on track.
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August 3, 2011
hiding
I used the excuse that I hadn’t brought a lunch to leave work and come home. “Be back later in time to pick up the rental car for my trip to KC!” I said cheerfully, as I breezed out the door.
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August 2, 2011
Silver lining
Today is a momentous day. First, it’s my best friend’s birthday. (O Happy Day, Pookie!) Second, our nation’s political leaders are narrowly averting financial ruin by passing a marginally acceptable debt package that pleases no one and is likely to hurt many. (Way to go, asshats.) Third, this morning, I spotted my first gray hair. And then my second. And then I made myself stop looking.
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August 1, 2011
Normalcy
Fantastic weekend. The sheer mediocrity…plainness…unscheduled except for those mundane tasks of housecleaning, laundry and grocery shopping. It was heaven. It was what I needed to feel like a normal person again. Getting clothes out of a drawer instead of a suitcase, and sitting at my vanity instead of standing at a generic bathroom sink wondering what funky stuff is growing everywhere.
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July 13, 2011
STL – CHI – NYC
So much going on these days, and hardly time to document it all! I’ve been shooting a ton, which makes me happy happy. I am slowly getting over my “it’s not really photography with an iPhone” hang-up, which is another one of my purely self-inflicted notions. I see all the wonderful images continually posted on Instagram, and I consider that photography, so why not my own? Still, clutching the Nikon for three days straight in Arkansas did me a world of good.
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July 6, 2011
And I’m off…
We’re off to Arkansas tomorrow. What’s in Arkansas, you ask? Well, if you’re uptight and snobby and sophisticated, you’ll think nothing but sticks and hicks and ticks. If you’re open to it, though, open to the uniqueness that every new place offers, well, then there’s a whole new world.
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