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My freakout has begun.  You know, the I’m-starting-grad-school-in-10-days-while-working-full-time-and-parenting-two-young-kids-I-barely-keep-on-top-of-my-life-as-it-is-mother-of-God-what-have-I-done freakout. What, you’ve never had one of those? I ordered my textbooks online through Amazon last week and one arrived yesterday.  I skimmed through it and was immediately transported back into my very first sociology class, a place where I was introduced to the word “paradigm” and [...]

Hello from Providence, Rhode Island!  I’ve been here since Monday evening, attending a work conference.  I won’t bore you with the conference details, but I was the single person chosen from my office to attend.  (Because it was my turn.  But still – yay for me!) I’ve never been to Rhode Island before, and in [...]

Guess what?  As if I didn’t already have enough going on, I’ve booked another trip this summer!  But this one’s work-related.  In July, I will be flying to a conference in…wait for it… Providence, Rhode Island. Please, try and contain your excitement.  You’re scaring the children. I’m actually really looking forward to the trip.  I’ve [...]

Yesterday was my 31st birthday, and we celebrated in a number of ways.  Because you’re never too old to have a days-long celebration, right?  (RIGHT.) Thursday my mom came into town to watch the kids so that N and I could go out and have some time to ourselves.  So we headed out mid-afternoon and [...]

Back when I actually had time to go to the movies, I used to love the Oscars.  I’d be all excited about it for the entire week before, and would be glued to the TV from the red carpet pre-show all the way until they announced Best Picture. Today, though, I find that I simply [...]