Possibly boring baby stuff, so feel free to skip if you like ( Read more... )

A few days ago, I came to the realization that, in allowing and welcoming this pregnancy, that I have made the highest commitment I can envision. Relationships break up, marriages end in divorce. But with a child, the other person--your partner--is a part of you for the rest of your life, even should you split up. I will always, no matter what, ( Read more... )

Thanks for all the good wishes. I am generally pretty happy about the new state of affairs. To answer some comments ( Read more... )

Well, I had this whole idea about how I was going to structure and create this post to communicate this latest bit o' news, but I just haven't found the time to write what I want to write in the poetic way I want to write it. So let's try the direct route ( Read more... )

Spring arrived, technically, a few days ago. Not that you'd know it here in Saratoga ( Read more... )

I have been in a horrid mood over the past month or so. I have been feeling very sour on life, very brittle, very dead and cold inside---much effected by the brutal upstate the winter itself, a tree without leaves, stoically but not happily facing the cold ( Read more... )

and no one is around to hear it, does it still make noise ( Read more... )

Note: I've been composing a journal entry to detail my house purchase, since it's such a *huge* event in my life, I wanted to share it. However, the composition is getting so huge, that I've decided to cut it up into more digestible pieces. Ergo, here's part 1 ( Read more... )

...the last thing you remember to do before toddling off to bed is pay your property tax bill.

Gah! How did I get old enough for this??

Regarding the dream I wrote about in the last post ( Read more... )