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  • For the second day this week I have slid into town in the early morning. I can hear my alarm going off in my bedroom as I unlock my door. We bathe and put on clean clothes. I take my son to his Dad's for the day and t…

  • I had a great afternoon and evening. This morning at 6, I slipped on shorts, tank top and sandals, peed, picked up my son and called my dog and we were back on the Interstate in just a few minutes. I got home in time t…

  • Don't you hate it when the student loan company calls you because your payment is late and they ask, "Do you need some assistance to make your payment?" I always laugh. "Yeah, I need some assistance. I need someone el…

  • I'm going to write a story about this lady next. I should finish my psycho reader story and then outline this one for NaNoWriMo. I need to figiure out what to do with her. "You look beautiful today," I said. Her tran…

  • Blogging is a scary thing for me. I am out here - my thoughts, my job, my picture, descriptions of my kids. I try to be safe and by doing that I withhold some information. I once was a member of a website where the ow…

  • Lance Armstrong rocks!!!! I am sooooooo happy for him. And I tried to imagine which would be a weirder phone call - the congratulations phone call from the President or the phone call from the Postmaster General.

  • The Twins "Your children are adorable. Are they twins?" I was at Barnes and Noble with Bill this afternoon. We had just the youngest two with us. My older kids are in New Mexico with grandparents. His older kids we…

  • I have found a new thing - crema. It's a Mexican sour cream thing. I am putting it on my grilled corn on the cob tonight. See this month's Cooking Light if you want the recipe. I have never had crema before, but I ha…

  • It never fails to amaze me when he falls asleep next to the treadmill. I got my son ready for bed and read him a story. He knew I was going to run on the treadmill in the basement and he asked to come with me. He lay …

  • It's a potluck day at my office today. Several people here are following an Atkins or no-carb diet. I can smell meatballs and kielbasa in a spciy relish. The slow cookers are lined up on the conference table and the s…

  • Woooooo!! A trial settled this afternoon. We did the amended petition, pleas, rights, warnings and possible dispositions. So here I am. And if you were here, you could hardly see me. There are about 102 files on my …

  • Between Very Modern's blogs about an old boyfriend and TooOldForThis' blog about the Tour, I have been having memories of a man I haven't thought about in awhile. My first physical crush. I always have been attracted t…

  • My sister is still in the hospital. She'll be discharged this week and we are not sure where she will be staying. Probably at my grandma's for a few weeks. And then she'll fly down to Texas after my kids are home. I …

  • "Where are the girls, Mom?" My son woke me up this morning looking for his sisters. "They left for Texas," I said. "It's just you and me for the next two weeks." "Just you and me?" he asked. I know that feeling of i…

  • Margaritas and The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. A beautiful home of a new friend. Old friends mixed with friends I am getting to know. We're reading Margaret Atwood's book next month. Book club was great. And I…

  • I am sometimes passive aggressive. I resist deadlines given to me by the management team because I don't respect them. On July 1st I got an email with a 10 page technology survey attached - "Fill this out and return it…

  • It's 103 degrees. My client had a panic attack during her hearing today. Shit and fuck. And she was embarassed after she read her medical reports. And who wouldn't be? I am taking the kids out for dinner.

  • My "Gordon", the character in my novel (see side module), is based on my musings about the mind of a man who I ride the elevator with. In true writer fashion (I flatter myself), I have studied this man for months. We u…

  • So, my sister attempted suicide again. And I have got to say that I am really sick of this shit. And I feel guilty thinking that. This is very complicated. Don't judge me on that. I love her. But I can't help but w…

  • I saw the bike outside the pawn shop I drive past every day. I've been keeping my eye on it. It looked like it would be the right size for my nearly 9 year old kid. And it would be an awesome birthday present. I don'…

  • I just got back from listening to a panel on publishing. Cortny told me about this conference. So I called Scott this morning and hassled him to move his usual routine around and meet me at the 11am panel on publishing…

  • The Plains I just finished The Bean Trees and what struck me was the character's reaction to the Plains. That's where I live. It is home. And it can be disorienting as fuck. The pioneers traveled through Nebraska an…

  • Oh, the Farmer's Market is in its peak. Bountiful vegetables. So many that the prices have come down dramatically from just a few weeks ago. My first vine ripened tomato cost me $1 a couple of weeks ago. Bill and I c…

  • 24 baseball cards divided by 3 kids = 8 cards a kid. So 24 divided by 3 is? 8! Wanna have a ton of fun? Take 6 decks of nearly-all-there cards and mix them all together - about 300 cards. Get three kids in goofy moo…

  • I'm gonna scream and shout, I'm gonna wave my arms about. I am in rant mode. Personal stuff. Just feeling sorry for myself. I realized something this week. I have never been alone in my life. Ever. I lived with m…

  • I'm feelin' all Charlie's Angels today. I am wearing flared pants ("ass pants" my ex calls them) and a clingy jersey top and my hair is long and curled. I'm even gonna put on lip gloss before I go to court. I LOVE lip…

  • I am pretty much obsessed with cherries today. I had them for dinner last night, for breakfast this morning and lunch today. Mmmm. Really good cherries. And a good price. Hence the piles of cherries. I work tonight…

  • I have been thinking about American heroes. Bravery. Freedom. Sort of a Fourth of July thing, I guess. Last week my kid/adult bookclub at the library discussed the book Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. It is the m…

  • This morning I ran hills with Bill in the quarter-miles that make my state. We stayed with his parents last night and ran this morning outside their little town - matching our pace and strides - a rhythm as we ran on gr…

  • "The Play's the Thing." - Hamlet "So, does he have another name or is his name just Shakespeare?" I smiled over at my daughter riding next to me. We were on the Interstate on the way to Omaha to see "Twelfth Night" as…

  • Last night I had watermelon martinis with NaNo and Bill. NaNo is actually Scott. We met through NaNoWriMo last November and my kids think that is his name. "Who's coming over?" asked my middle daughter. "Scott," I…

  • It's always different after he leaves. "I'll see you tomorrow." Tomorrow is more than 24 hours away. And I feel weird caring so much. Still wanting to see him so much. I kind of wander around the house on mornings a…

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