Fuck my life!

My nieces’ and nephews’ statuses on Facebook are always so dramatic! “Fuck my life!” “No matter how much I try, it still hurts,” etc. etc. Was I like that when I was in high school/college? No my life is so boring: “M- is tired,” “M- is writing,” “M- is changing her fourth poopy diaper today.”

This is Gonna Hurt

I hired a motivational coach this morning, the one I took the seminar from last year. I feel like I don’t have anyone in my life who’s pushing me to get my book done right now. The members of my goals group have been slacking—not showing up to meetings and not setting goals. Same with [...]

Too much to do in too little time

I’ve been trudging along very slowly on my book these past two weeks. Last week I wrote almost nothing at all. I spent most of my nanny time doing other things, like paying bills and doing laundry. I needed to do some things for myself – go running, do yoga and read. I’ve been doing [...]

Gunshots

I heard two gunshots on our block-long street about half an hour ago. Called the police. Someone else had just called, so they sent someone over. I went out and talked to the cop, but I don’t think there’s much he can do. A car had sped away afterward (and then another car, unless it [...]

Pictures!

It will be a while before I have time to cull through these photos for the good ones, but for now here are 1100 (gulp) photos we took during our vacation to Michigan. It’s easy to click through pages if you have the time.

Cute!

Shea is at such a cute stage right now. He has two teeth halfway in, he’s sitting up and he’s laughing more and more. I used to have to tickle him to get him to laugh, but this week he’s been laughing spontaneously for really silly reasons. I’ll have him in the Bjorn and bend [...]

Writing, etc.

I’m having a hard time getting back to work on my book. I always have a hard transitioning after vacation. I started reading a good book, though, which is motivating me. (It’s called The Good Thief and it’s not out yet.) And I did get an hour and a half of writing done today.
I’m [...]

FieldReport

The FieldReport contest took up so much of my time over the past month that I don’t feel like spending a lot of time writing about it now. I am happy to say, however, that I won my category (Travel & Nature) with a $2000 prize. Here’s a link to the site and all the [...]

Cedar Point

I don’t know why this photo uploaded on its side!
I wish I had more time to blog. I could go on and on about Cedar Point. It has the most roller coasters of any amusement park in the world (17). Every few years it beats the record for the tallest, fastest roller coaster. In 1978 [...]

Tired

I have been SO tired the last few days. I don’t know if it’s the jetlag, the exhaustion of traveling with an infant, or my lack of exercise, but I want to go to bed at 6 p.m. every night. I keep telling myself I’m going to go running or do yoga, but I rarely [...]