I’m writing this from a giant fluffy nest of pillows and futon in my room on the eleventh floor of a hotel in downtown Los Angeles. I’m here for a couple of days, celebrating the marriage of one of my favorite people, a law school bestie. I flew out yesterday morning, billing time on the…
Category: Everyday Adventures
Monday Morning
We did a lot of work/packing this weekend – both of us spent several hours working, and I packed eleventy billion boxes while the Prof spent about four hours total (I’d guess – a conservative estimate) washing dishes. We also both worked out – we’ve been working out regularly for the past month and of…
Summer Weekend
A summer weekend: I wake at 6, lace up the shoes and go for a run. The summer heat and humidity is already so intense, my peppy run quickly devolves to a walk/jog. I shuffle over to Audubon park, do lunges around half the circle, wilt some more. I stagger home, and Craig flings open…
Summer “Break”
Summer ‘vacation’ is so different as a working parent! Ugh, 3 months to find something for the kids to do each week, 3 months of slight guilt that they aren’t getting any lazy time at home, 3 months of wondering why the heck summer day camps run from 9am to 3pm . . . When…
Memorial Day Weekend
We had a MDW that was action packed and also leisurely. Since the kids have short attention spans, all of our “action” was relatively short, punctuated with long spans of lounging. On Saturday, we woke up and went swimming at the gym we just joined. Before getting there, we ducked into Walgreens and purchased a…