I went to sleep really, really late last night. Part of it was my own fault. (I got caught up in the Spring issue of Bitch Magazine. Yes, the articles are long. Yes, the font is small. Yes, the contributors are angry. But who wouldn't want to read about a 21st century gal who ...
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I love the concrete jungle.
Back in June, when we moved from the foresty, farmy suburbs of Boston to the anti-christ of New York City, I felt this incredible sense of freedom. I was no longer tethered to my car. I could get a really good, freshly baked bagel 24/7. And, I could buy beer ...
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Him: Mommy, why do people smoke?
(Damn you, too-cool-for-school hipster Williamsburg transplants. Must you move to Park Slope? Must you walk our way? I'm just trying to get my kids to school here...)
Me: Because they are addicted to a chemical called nicotine. You know how sometimes you feel like you really need ice cream?
(Ice cream has ...
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Last year, I worked 24 hours a week. I dropped my kids at school at 7, picked them up at 3, hung out with them every afternoon, gave them dinner and baths and then put them to bed at 7:30. Wednesdays, I was with them all day.
This year, I work 45 hours a week. I ...
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This morning, at 8:20 a.m. this really enthusiastic, and angry, Nation of Islam preachy dude informed me that we are living in the times of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Well, that is depressing.
He didn't just mean that the divorce rate is rising. For those of you who are biblically challenged, Sodom and Gomorrah were not a hawt ...
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