we welcomed a new baby into our home last night ( Read more... )

we had to put my baby to sleep yesterday morning. it was the hardest day of my life and i don't know how much harder today will be ( Read more... )

my sister just called to say she's engaged. he proposed on a hot air balloon ( Read more... )

so, this is where i was a little less than 4 years ago ( Read more... )

the email below is from the "stroud" family from ... i think... NY/NC/MD. please take in mind that i am not related to these people... and i'm not sure how they got my email address... except there seems to be a melissa stroud in their family and it looks like they tried both "melissastroud@gmail.com" as well as "melissa.stroud@gmail.com" just to ( Read more... )

i'm spending tonight catching up on recorded tv shows. and feeling a little lonely?

everything has come to a close. i accepted the new job and everything is set up to start on the 13th. new job, new office, old boss.

i'm happy.

...finished reading alessandro baricco's "silk" tonight - it only took a little over an hour. big story in such a little book ( Read more... )

saw mary antoinette tonight and i LOVED it. i usually hate period-piece movies, but this one was way different. i knew it would be beautiful. steven didn't like it but OH WELL ( Read more... )

i'm forever being totally ridiculous. it's absurd to sit back and just watch yourself doing it ( Read more... )

took a necessary step back today into becoming "unengaged ( Read more... )