Annabel, age 4: What's that say? (pointing to words on my ring)
me: It says "faith."
Annabel: Oh. What's faith?
me: (thinking how to explain this to a 4 year old) Faith is when you believe something even if you can't really see it or touch it.
Annbael: Oh. I think that's a great idea!
me: Me too, honey.

And this is why I keep taking babysitting

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I assumed that when I was no longer employed, I'd be sleeping in a little bit later than this. My little feline friends have been rendering sleep impossible ever since I came home. I got home on Sunday, in time for a little mother's day fete, which was wonderful - can't remember the last time I was actually home to celebrate with my mommy. ( Read more... )

Totally anticlimatic last day of work. I didn't show up til 10 (dentist appt, not totally slacking) and I left at 3. I did nothing but clear off my computer, put my feet up on my windowsill and chat on the phone, and took a long walk around Lafayette Park. Productive, eh? My boss asked me to stay on as a temporary, part-time consultant; I guess ( Read more... )

I just went to go put my sneaks on for a run and realized that it's raining out. Rats. So in lieu of exercise, I instead ate half a bag of chocolate chips. Woops. Good work, self. Does dancing around to Shakira count as cardio? It's going to have to today - I'm only at 9,031 steps ( Read more... )

I knew it would hit me - just didn't know when. When turned out to be about 4:00 pm on the middle of my last week of work, as I sat indian style on the floor, flanked on either side by file folders chronicling my successes, my failures, my learning curves and my newly acquired expertise. Some in the recycle bin, some made into pdf's to go with me ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a very long day in the midst of a very short week. Lots to do at work in the next few days - baking all the lasagnas and putting them in the freezer with directions on how to preheat the oven so my boss doesn't starve once I'm gone. He keeps looking sadly at me and shaking his head and going "I don't know what I'm going to do ( Read more... )

Do not mix [Ambien] with Phenergan or else little green men may try to kidnap you, your dog may tell you to kill your wife, and you may hallucinate that your clothes are on fire causing immediate disrobing. Basically, it can get embarrassing. Especially if you are a Congressman. Even more so if you are a Kennedy.Someone needs to look at the ( Read more... )

The downward evolution of sizes illustrates the extent to which retailers, apparel manufacturers, and designers are conforming to American women's obsession with wanting to be thin -- even if it's only in their minds.I noticed that this was happening on my last shopping trip. I went into Banana with my friend Katie who was trying to sell me on a ( Read more... )

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