Last night, my boyfriend sat slumped over my laptop. He was showing me his commitment, his desire to be with me. And I was showing him my openness to change, my desire to be with him.
In the wake of our trip to Seattle and Alaska, a decision was reached: no more retreating to our separate [...]
My mom came to visit over the weekend, which is typically a delightful girly time wherein we do fancy things like get mango margaritas down the street, go for long walks, and make a fun dinner or two that enables me to bust out my cheese platter and cheese knives, colander, and spice rack. BUT, [...]
Maybe nothing lasts- my twenties, my vacation, maybe even my relationship. Maybe one-by-one each will melt away like the glaciers we saw. But, for a moment at least, I shared a place and created memories that will never go away. No matter what comes, I’ll always be able to look back and say “remember when,” [...]
Taking significant time away last week from work, blogging, Twitter, and all things Blackberry resulted in a lot of self-reflection. I don’t really know what becoming “30″ means or how that’s supposed to change me…poof! You’re a grown up? But what I do know, trite as it may be, is that I’ve learned a lot along the way.
Friendship [...]
Last time, I went to the midnight showing. Sleep be damned, I just had to know what happened with Carrie and Big. I had to be among the first, and I couldn’t risk finding out through some spoiler online or from overhearing. Admittedly, watching a 3 hour + movie at midnight made for a VERY [...]
Over the weekend, I was out running errands around the city and found myself in the Loop on State Street. If you’ve never been to State Street, then imagine a place where wandering homeless persons and panhandlers gather alongside packs of high school children loitering aimlessly. Now, add in hapless strollers being driven into unsuspecting [...]
A while ago I decided to point out some things I thought were pretty kickass. As you know, I’m obviously an expert in the field of acknowledging all that is kicksass- it’s true- so this made perfect sense.
But I haven’t done a very good job of pointing out the kickassness of the world of late. See, [...]
