We ended up not going to OMSI today, since Ryan got off work later than originally thought, so I spent most of the day with my mother instead. Mothers are good at cheering people up. We had ice cream and went exploring, and found a beautiful house with a wraparound porch and a [...]
Oh, and did I mention that my father got laid off? Today was his last day. Apparently my parents have known that this was coming for a month, but they didn’t bother to tell me because I have ‘other things to think about.’ I don’t think my mother would have told me [...]
So. I’ve been trying to come up with a clever way to break this story, but the more I think about it, the harder it gets to say anything, so I think I’ll just skip the preamble and get straight to the heart of the matter: I’m pregnant. There is a bun [...]
We went out to Indian food for my mother’s birthday last night. All six of us. I don’t know what’s stranger, my family all being adults now, with the wealth of new conversation topics and honesties that implies, or the mere fact of how we’ve expanded. It isn’t just me and my [...]
The last will and testament of my great-great-great..(I think there’s about 13 or so of these)..great-great grandmother:
In ye Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll in ye Collony of Plymouth in New Engld being Seventy nine yeares of Age but of good & perfect memory thanks be to [...]
Squee!!! Prose just had a baby! His name is Pyrrian Drakus Cassells and he is apparently 21 inches long and weighs 7 lbs and 1 oz, and from the little cell phone picture I’d say he has the cutest little monkey face I’ve ever seen, and such dark hair! He’s got a [...]
I think I could just about handle everything that’s happening to Martin-cat if my mother wasn’t going all psycho-pants over it. I know that it’s emotional for her, because it’s only been just over a year since her mother died of a stroke, and now her cat has had a stroke, which is bringing [...]
My mama’s cat, the kitten we got when I was thirteen, had a stroke this morning. I’m…coping, and my mama is a basketcase. I’d called her to find out what time we were going to meet for drinks (to celebrate the election) and instead found her sobbing, and on her way to pick [...]
I know I shouldn’t have been surprised by wedding presents, since they are kind of traditional and all, but honestly, I wasn’t expecting anything, and I was shocked that anyone would think to have gotten us anything. My father is an especially interesting case. In the month leading up to the ceremony, he [...]
Changing your name is ridiculously complicated. I went back and forth on the idea before finally deciding to just go ahead with it. My sister is probably right when she said that if Redshirt hadn’t had such a cool Celtic last name I wouldn’t have been tempted to take it in the first [...]