Posted in self on Apr 1st, 2011
April Fool’s was always more exciting when I was little. Most of my jokes were pretty innocent, except maybe that one time… My mom worked double shifts and often overnights at the local factory, my dad worked a lot of late nights and some early shifts as a security guard, which meant that most mornings [...]
Posted in back to work, self on Mar 28th, 2011
Last Wednesday I got a job offer and then Elizabeth Taylor died. I hope it’s not related. I accepted a job offer and will be starting next Monday. It happened a bit sooner than I thought it would but the time and most importantly the job itself is perfect. I’ve been at home with kids [...]
It wasn’t happiness. It was better. I started to feel OK. Not happy, not unhappy… just even, content and zen about everything. I was a believer! Go magic pills! Everybody should take them! Just sprinkle them on your cereal in the morning and off you go to make the world a better place! Just kidding. [...]
I bet my grandmother and my grandfather didn’t have to sit down at the kitchen table and have a family planning discussion. For all I know he just hit his woman over the head and dragged her into the house. How else would you explain twelve children? Whenever we ask our grandmother why she had [...]
