This day didn’t start well. When my alarm went off at six, Paco informed me that there had been a thunderstorm going on and I should make sure it wasn’t raining before I got all dressed for my run. So I went downstairs and opened the front door. We don’t have a storm door right now because have I mentioned we’re remodeling? Kevin was very interested in going outside and was galloping toward me, so [...]
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April 11th, 2012Sorry for the lack of updates. Last weekend was Birthday Extravaganza, with activities out the ass and also this remodel is a pain. We are almost done – the hardwood installers have been in the house since Monday (and will be there tomorrow, Friday and Saturday, break for Teh Sabbath, and then back Monday and Tuesday next week). So far it just smells like barf. Paco warned me that oak smells like barf and I [...]
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April 6th, 2012Plain Jane letter (the show appears to be on again in eastern Europe and Spain): Hi, My name is Monika. I live in Budapest, Hungary. I want to ask you a favor. Is a boy who I likes me. We’ve known each other for four yers. I was his lover… then I became his freind. But I would liket to be his girfriend. But I don’t know what to do… He now lives to Montpellier, [...]
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April 5th, 2012Since I’m a narcissist, I am interested in the observation from the comments that my fear of my children’s disappointment doesn’t jive with how I come across here, being all no-nonsense and such. HA! Michelle, who comments sometimes knows me from way back when Elliot was a little boy and she can testify! I used to whine to her about him and how my house was a wreck because he made so many messes and [...]
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April 4th, 2012Listen, I have been afraid of my kids from the moment the first one was born. I had a traumatic birth experience with Elliot – 27 hours of labor, failure to progress, an epidural that wore off while the anesthesiologist was at the MOVIES, a hippie doctor who didn’t want to do a c-section, until I told him to fuck off and DO IT and then he had the nerve to scold me for cussing. While [...]
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