Sonnet 87

Everyone who reads this blog knows I have strange dreams. From talking five-month-old baby boys to Voldemort bringing about Armageddon, I’ve posted it all. Last night’s was horrifying and funny.
I dreamed my husband and I were having a great time (ahem) and that I had to leave for some sort of work; the passage of [...]

Admitting that your first thought when you woke up this morning was how the weather was going to affect someone else’s wedding (someone who you might have met once before, but who you don’t really know, and of course you’re not invited to that wedding).  And no, it’s not me. This is why I don’t [...]

Acquaintance: *sigh*  You know how you can tell when someone’s jealous of you?
Me: *No, but I have a feeling I’m about to find out* What do you mean?
A: Well, I was at this business meeting.  I’m talking to this guy and his fiancée is supposed to meet us to discuss some things about their wedding.  [...]

This long weekend has been relaxing and beautiful, just what I needed before I tackle two back-to-back work projects. There’s one down, though, and it was supposed to be the most stressful (knock on wood): we survived it just fine. During the entire project, I would look at the snooty academics I’m forced [...]

After a day of rain, wind, power outages and wedding reception discussions, IP and I took a quick jaunt downstairs to pick up our mail.  As we walked up to the mailboxes, I noticed a rectangular package, wrapped in brown, grocery bag paper, waiting on the ledge to be picked up by its rightful owners.
Which [...]

I have mentioned in the past few days that work has been a little slow. Rather than grumble about it, IP reminded me to embrace it – he and I both know that work is going to get crazy soon enough, so I might as well attempt to use this time to explore some [...]

I woke up in something of a brooding mood today. I started the day by reminding myself that I needed to order a gift for my co-worker’s baby shower. As I did so, I started to get into a rather foul state of mind, similar to the one that I experienced when buying [...]

Ah, CNN. You’re always so timely in your lifestyle news.
So an article on ending friendships appeared today and I couldn’t resist reading it. Given recent adventures with a woman who, up until the beginning of the year, I had considered a good friend, the article was more or less timely. I have [...]

Yesterday was my 30th birthday. It was a low-key day, luckily in the middle of a glorious three-day weekend. Family and friends sent their birthday greetings with good cheer, IP made the day all about me, and I mused to myself that 30 actually felt no different than 25. Except that I’m [...]

Friend: What do you mean she never liked you? She told me she did! I clearly remember that — “I like WordNerd.”
WordNerd: Beats me. I got along with her just fine the first time I worked with her. Subsequent times, I found it difficult to get her to return my phone [...]