Yesterday, we arrived home from a week-long trip to Provincetown. If, like me two months ago, you'd never heard of Provincetown, it's the city on the very tip of Cape Cod. Other notable P'town facts: It was the first place the pilgrims landed and where they spent their first few weeks before moving on to Plymouth; it's bordered by a gorgeous ( Read more... )

This entry is me avoiding my article, grading, and course planning.

One of the things I don't like about our new schedule is how late we get home. This especially poses a problem for dinner. I eat lunch early in the day, so by the time 5:00 rolls around and I have an hour of driving before me, I'm fairly hangry. Sometimes we go out, but that's so ( Read more... )

On the previous episode of idiolecto, Chris had just suffered from what doctors believed was a stroke but responded favorably to drugs administered in the ER. To make a long story short, he ended up staying in the ICU for a few days and a regular hospital room for a few days more ( Read more... )

As some of you know, on Friday, May 17, my young and seemingly healthy (heroic, handsome, brilliant, and sweet) husband had a stroke as he and Kyu were driving home from Lexington to Brookline. To not bury the lede: he is now out of the hospital and will not have any permanent physical or mental effects. However, I can safely say that, emotionally ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?
Oh, you know: Got a PhD. Lived on the east coast. Went to Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
My goals were as follows: graduate (yes); keep applying to jobs and hopefully get an AWESOME one (yes) move ( Read more... )

Recently, I was watching the show Revenge and marveling at how young Madeline Stowe looks. I thought the same thing when I saw a picture of Winona Ryder. Looking at my own beginning-to-age skin in the mirror, I thought, "Maybe I should doing something about this situation." Then, I remembered that I'm not a real housewife of Boston, and regular ( Read more... )

Dear "Live" Journal,

October in New England is living up to ALL my expectations.

1. Chris and I had last Monday off, so we took a road trip down to NYC to visit our friends the Newtons. It was perfection. We (slumber) partied in their cool Brooklyn apartment, had lunch and enjoyed the views of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty in Brooklyn Bridge ( Read more... )

My parents were here from Wednesday to Sunday, and we had sooo much fun ( Read more... )

Even though I've worked for Northeastern for nearly two months, today was my first day of teaching. It went great! I feel so, so lucky with how this job is working out ( Read more... )

Today, Kyu turns four, but the whole weekend was spent celebrating ( Read more... )