"Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied." -Douglas Adams
Katie …
… is not awake.
… is annoyed by PTO fundraisers. (Anyone want frozen cookie dough, Entertainment Books, or wrapping paper?)
… needs to sew like 200 items in the next 12 days.
… doesn’t think that’s quite possible unless she gives up school, housework, kids’ activities, cooking, eating, and personal hygiene.
… wants to go to knitting group.
… [...]
Whew! I’ve survived the first two days of college! I have to admit that Monday morning I was a big ball of nerves. I seriously had to break it down into itty bitty pieces: I’m driving to the university. I’m finding a parking space. I’m walking to the first class. [...]
So the kids’ first day of school went well. The second day went alright too even though one of the twins has already ‘misplaced’ her lunchbox. That is one of my least favorite parenting tasks, finding lost things that should have been put away but weren’t and now no one knows where they [...]
So as most of you know, I’ve been dealing with a lot of “stuff”. Stuff out of my control and stuff I could really do without. It’s tough because I don’t like drama or unknowns or things that make me feel uncomfortable emotionally. (Or uncomfortable financially but that’s another day.)
I’ve been seeing [...]
It’s so nice to be writing again. (Oh wait, I already said that.)
It’s so nice not to be puking.
Um yeah, at 31 years old, I’m still occasionally an idiot when it comes to alcohol. We went to a concert Friday night with a neighbor couple and the neighbor wife and I may have [...]
I really wanted to wait until September to unveil this new site but I’m impatient. That’s kinda the story of my life though.
A little explaining…
The title is homage to one of my most favorite albums ever, “August and Everything After” by the Counting Crows. It’s named such because the lead singer was born in August. [...]