Ye Olde Blogge

I’m gearing myself up for whining today. I’m tired. I could not go to sleep last night despite having several drinks with friends which should have knocked me out completely. But the effects pretty much wore off by 9 p.m. Still, I was too tired to write, nearly too tired to blog (though I managed).…

I was writing a post about how I had time to write a post at work. Then I got involved in a deep conversation about something and forgot to post it. Can’t find the “recover post” option. Maybe I’ll find it at work. Scary. I’m exhausted, not being used to working and all. I think…

I’m about to hop in the shower and prepare myself for my first work day post vacation. Yes, vacations recharge me, but they also make me long for that kind of freedom year-round. Though I greatly enjoy my job and the people I work with, it doesn’t compare to the joy of controlling your own…

I’m back. Took an extra day to drive even further across the country to drop the kids off with the inlaws. My mother-in-law drives me batty sometimes. She is the nicest person, but . . . So Mr. Geeky called her to confirm our meeting place at a hotel outside of Pittsburgh. That was an…

Blogging from the beach is hard and not that much exciting has happened. The kids are exhausted and it’s starting to show. The extreme weather broke today so it’s not ungodly hot. We’ll make one more trip over to the beach, surf a few wave, collect a few shells. Then we’re going out for seafood.…

My kids were basically in some body of water all day. Geeky boy, especially, loves the ocean. I’m amazed at how much I worry about him while trying not to look like I’m worried. It is amazingly hot but generally there’s a nice breeze. Today we’re planning a major sandcastle and lots of body surfing.…

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Nearly halfway to the beach. Some observations. traffic sucksmen in tank tops creep me outi’ve seen more accidents in the last month than in my whole lifehotel coffee sucks Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Some conversations I have with my extended family contain an element of racism. My inlaws, too, often make racist comments. I don’t think they always mean them in a racist way. They just say things without thinking. These comments are not the blatant racist comments one thinks of from around the time of the civil…

Tomorrow I leave for vacation. We’re going to the same beach I went to my whole life. We haven’t been in 15 years. Man, I feel old. We’re meeting my father and stepmother there. When I was growing up, vacation was the one time I got to bond with my father. Especially when I was…