Though I am obviously procrastinating the entry I still have to write, here's an article I ran across that exactly expresses thoughts I've had lately about gender "norms" for boys and girls ( Read more... )

I'm working on a current entry, but it struck me that I haven't posted since before Kate was born, and she's a fairly significant portion of my life. Also I wrote down the events surrounding her birth but they're just kind of floating, so I might as well induct them into a semi-official life record. And now for the entry of her entry.

On November ( Read more... )

Welp, it's that time again. Got back from my fourth year scoring AP English language exams, and of course that means I have quotes to share. But first, other notes on the trip ( Read more... )

I have recently realized that there is pretty much one thing keeping me happily in Louisiana (and not eager to move): our D&D group. Well, that and my book group, but since Brett and Sam just moved (both girls . . . never realized half our book group was so masculinely named) that already just feels sadder. So back to D&D--we'll be at two years ( Read more... )

I’ve got a bit of an interesting situation with a friend right now. I tell this story with care, as my intent isn’t to make a spectacle of her, but I’m also rather baffled by the whole thing and really not sure what to do ( Read more... )

We went on our second camping trip ever with Will last weekend (the first was an overnight to the Renaissance festival in October). This was also nothing too challenging-a single overnight, a plan to camp in Arkansas (Crater of Diamonds) about 2.5 hours’ drive. We left Friday around noon and got back Saturday evening. Going diamond digging has been ( Read more... )

I think living in Louisiana in our family brings a new meaning to "the holidays." While it could mean the whole Thanksgiving/Christmas extravaganza, I think we can rival the holiday intensity with the first two weeks of February (Will's birthday, my birthday, Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day, President's Day). Admittedly, we didn't ( Read more... )

I've been effectively useless since Monday night, when I started to get the beginnings of a cough and sore throat. Tuesdays are always my busiest, with two classes to teach plus whatever else, and the symptoms built until I also had a runny nose, plus headache, plus loss of appetite, plus lethargy, plus burning head/freezing body, plus the worst ( Read more... )

Well, I did my final camp gladiator workout today. It was raining, and it was the trainer who everyone considers the hardest, so he had us sprinting in the rain and running and doing bear crawls up the hill which was covered with running water and mud and slippery leaves, so good thing no one slipped and got injured. I was thinking that was more ( Read more... )

I was going to do a cop-out Happy Halloween!! with one picture, but livejournal informs me there is "not enough disk space" to post a picture. And I can upgrade to a paid account if I want more. I assume this is referring to how many pictures I've posted lately and they won't allow anymore. Ah, well, you learn things every day. And I guess this ( Read more... )