avi went to his very first concert today!

of course, it was a small show by our favorite, ben folds, and i happened to learn about it by chance this very day. most unfortunately i was not able to attend, and if you heard a wail of agony around two o'clock that was me simultaneously hearing about the show and realizing that i had already committed ( Read more... )

i bit the side of my cheek today. as in, blood was tasted, chunk is missing. i was eating a maple walnut cookie from the grocery store that so distinctly reminded me of going to the same store as a child and getting a free cookie from the bakery. it's such a pleasant viceral memory that i have eaten the cookies faster than my body likes to ( Read more... )

but it was fantastic to be back in the studio last night. emily and kerri are back again, and it's pretty much a ridiculous gab fast the whole time. i can't quite decide if i've turned into one of those people that everyone in the room envies, or is annoyed by...but honestly for real i think it is the former. crazy, eh? it was too primarily to ( Read more... )

i am out of books to read since my students are still on spring break. goodness knows what i'll do when i'm finished teaching over there. luckily, i was able to make an emergency stop at babelbabe's for five new-to-me books. i think i will tackle fever first ( Read more... )

i feel a little like everything in my life is done to excess at the moment.

first, avi isn't just crawling, he's pulling up on things. now he isn't just pulling up on things, he is walking when he has something to push in front of him!then the whole job thing really ended up rather in my favor, what with not one but three job offers - and one ( Read more... )

avi is eight months old today, which - as a separate notion independant of the baby as an individual - is pretty amazing. and when i think about who he is as a living, breathing personality, it's even more remarkable.


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here it is, my official job announcement ( Read more... )

my congestion is back again. and no, it has nothing to do with going out two nights in a row. (i figure i gotta get it in now since i'll be starting a real job soon - with a real bedtime ( Read more... )

i think we have chosen an apartment. it is a duplex in forest hills - not the house in regent square of my dreams, but a sufficiently nice place with most of the amenities on the ( list )

there is ALOT going on re: jobs for andrea right now, and the most exciting news can't really be announced yet. suffice to say that i am now in a position to not only negotiate but also obliged to TURN DOWN not one, but TWO positions i've been offered. quite a crazy turnaround from a couple weeks ago when i was pretty sure i'd be freelancing ( Read more... )