10:46 pm, 24.Dec.07 · 1 Comment

Two days of cleaning, a day and a half of cooking, a gallon each of homemade soup and chili, dusted bookcases and I was practically stood up. Yeah. No aunts or uncles or cousins. One set called in sick, another called in apathetic, another was just MIA. My sisters (sans Sister #2 who was in [...]

10:47 pm, 21.Mar.07 · 25 Comments

Last week one of my friends told me he/she is expecting a new baby. No names, unfortunately, because he/she is not ready to divulge such information. I, of course, am so excited that I want to shout it from the rooftops.
Today my much-missed coworker Maria brought in her two-month-old twin boys, Hunter and Noah. [...]

9:58 pm, 23.Oct.06 · 7 Comments

Sometimes I worry that I’m going to be a really bad mom. The worry goes beyond just the regular will I forget to turn off the stove stuff, or will I still be able to mom and write stuff. Tonight I worry about just being able to put aside my own needs and putting those [...]

7:45 pm, 19.Nov.03 · 11 Comments

i’ve been thinking a lot about reproduction lately. today, wondergeekjohn was standing outside by cube yelling “pay attention to me, pay attention to me” while doing some sort of weird pirouette.
“you know,” i said. “you make me not want to have children. you make that biological clock just stop ticking.”
then later in the afternoon, i [...]

10:57 pm, 30.Sep.01 · 3 Comments

i told ella on friday that if i am not married by the time i am 33, i will have a child all by myself. it’s the ultimate in selfishness, i know. but i don’t care. i want to have a child much more than i want a husband. and really, why should i have [...]

9:56 am, 28.May.01 · 6 Comments

i am a pathetic today-show junkie, i thought you all should know.
also, sister #3 is pregnant. that’s the big secret i’ve been digesting all weekend. she told me, via e-mail, on friday. can we say mixed emotions?
first and foremost i am giddy with joy for sister #3 and tony. i know how very badly they [...]