In light of my upcoming 31st birthday, I've been thinking a lot about people and how we become the way we are. Some people know they're born for certain things and/or are certain about who they are early. I am not one of those people. Sure, I've always had quirky...
I recently stumbled across one of those "write-about-yourself" memes that were going around during the years of MySpace and the first few years of Facebook. This one was from January of 2009, just four months after Oscar and I were married. Newlyweds, pre-kids, one...
My littlest baby will be one two weeks from today. When did this happen? I ask myself. While I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world, I guess the sleepless nights with him have kind of hazed my life into a series of moments and "Did-I-remember-to-do-thats?"...
When you feel you are wronged, how long is an appropriate time to grieve/stay angry? I have a tendency to stay angry long and hard, and hold grudges. (Hey, it's one of my less-attractive qualities.) But the silver lining, I believe, about that trait is that it...
If you were to take a peek inside my brain for ten minutes, I think the word "discombobulated" doesn't quite cover the thoughts swimming around in there. "Unhinged" comes close, but it's still not wholly accurate. Being a mom is hard. Being a working mom who's still...
Oscar and I have almost made it through one month with two kidlets (Alex will officially be a month old on Friday). The weird thing is that two children is not necessarily harder all the time. It's harder at times, but not exponentially harder. I remember reading this...
Two and a half weeks in after bringing Alex, aka the Kid Who Couldn't Wait, home. Monday night (March 10th) Oscar and I went to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner. (Grayson stayed with my in-laws since we had to be at the hospital so early the next morning.) I wanted my...
Conferencin' for the very first tiiiiiime. (Sorry, I've been re-watching the first season of Glee on Netflix and I'm feeling very sing-songy lately.) But if that's any indication of my excitement for my very first conference EVAR, then you'll know I'm very excited....
Some days, I wish I could spend the entire day just getting lost in the Internet. Specifically, looking for a favorite song by a favorite artist and falling down the musical rabbit hole, so to speak. Let me explain. I was listening to A Perfect Circle this morning on...
And a beer. For the love of God, someone please give me a delicious lager. Pregnancy the second time around is certainly proving to have its challenges. For one, I didn't work when I was pregnant with Grayson. If I felt like poop, I had the luxury of going to lay down...