As I walked out the door the morning we broke up, I deleted his numbers from my cell phone. A day later, I adjusted my blog so there was no mention of a relationship on my about page and the category devoted to the dog was gone. Last night, I erased my entire text message [...]
I’m sitting here in my very own apartment, posting from my very own internet connection. After three weeks of my computer connecting to nothing but the power outlet, which is a blessed invention but entirely lacking in photos of ferrets wearing purple top hats, I can’t even begin to tell you how good this feels. [...]
Because I’m a glutton for punishment, I’ve decided to leverage my break-up into a new apartment and a new job. I’m all about life renovation over here. I might even start eating broccoli. With job interviews come probing questions. Like “Are you in the habit of roasting your coworkers with olive oil and fresh rosemary if [...]
Despite my best intentions, I’m generally too lazy to explore a neighborhood until I move into it and realize I need groceries. I never found any food, because I was too distracted by this house, cleverly disguised as an atomic banana. Here is the household cat. I think she resents me. Or merely wants to [...]
I don’t particularly believe in love at first sight. But just because I don’t believe in it doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened. Several times. I’m not sure what this means for the rest of my belief systems, but that is a pondering for another day. A day when my neurons are firing briskly and my blood [...]
I planned to spend my weekend lovingly polishing my new kitchen cupboards with an environmentally-friendly mixture of olive oil and warm water before toddling off to Bed Bath and Beyond with the stack of coupons my mother left for me, many dating from 2005. So naturally I spent most of the weekend calling people up and [...]
Please forgive me for collapsing in an exhausted heap on your computer monitor. Events in the week since the Great Relationship Dissolution of 2008 have left me analyzing the pile of the industrial-grade carpet in my cube for napping comfort. Verdict: thin, scratchy cloth over cement is quite satisfactory when one’s eyelids need to be peeled back and held with [...]
Thank you all so much for your kind words. They mean a lot to me, especially now. I’m going to reply to everyone personally (especially those of you offering to send baked goods) (Moose: always ready to accept baked goods), but first I want to point you to one of my favorite blogs, Not That You Asked. Some of [...]
