I know I haven't posted in a long time, because life has been crazy, and this isn't a real post; but KNOW THIS--

I went to a poetry reading by the Pulitzer prize-winning poet CK Williams today, and I am in love.

I can't express how awesome it was. But you should all be jealous.

I still feel like I'm on a damn boat.

I slept like crap last night and am exhausted.

Ethan's orientation went well.

Classes are also going well, though I'm already stressed out.

We're hitting ren fair on Saturday, though, so I'm totally happy about that.

I wish I had time to nap before class tonight...

We're going to spend the weekend on a houseboat at Smith Mountain Lake. I'm excited; I like boats and water. Also, we only planned this yesterday.

What are you doing for Labor Day?

Ethan has been very zen about things lately.

I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up (last year's answer was an army tank guy or a fireman) and he responded with an air of focused tranquility and an inscrutable half-smile:  "I will be what I am."

Then yesterday, when he was taking a shower, I was poking with dissatisfaction  at my no- ( Read more... )

Unlike most semesters, I'm still fiddling with my courses.

I really want to take a class on Austen and the Gothic that's being offered but sadly it's at 130 pm which makes it rather difficult, considering I have no daycare during that time. I'm hoping Brad will be amenable to the suggestion that he can watch Ethan on M/W so I can take it, and I'm ( Read more... )

I'm looking for a spa in or around the DC area that has not only decent massages/facials/wraps, but also has full facilities-- steamroom, sauna, whirlpool. (Especially whirlpool. How I love the whirlpool.)

I'm searching the internets, but for some reason a lot of places dont include facility information with their packaging and services menu, ( Read more... )

It's Ethan's 5th birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY.

 in our lovely(?) corner of the world today can't seem to figure out wtf it wants to do. It keeps alternating between brilliant sunshine and looking like the sky is made of very heavy granite ( Read more... )

Is anyone else addicted to that Secret Lives of Women show on Oxygen? I started DVRing it after I caught the end of the polygamy episode and hot damn, they do some interesting stuff.

I've been doing the Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons book with Ethan for the last month or so.  Because of going to VT, we took about a week's break on doing any of the lessons, so we're only on lesson 15 or so.

Today he read the first Bob book without any help! He sounded out all the sounds and named all the words without my help!

I'm ( Read more... )