I scoffed at the idea of “pregnancy brain”. Sunning myself in the glow of the second trimester, I could not imagine a stupider thing. How could the baby eat my brain cells? A few months later, as I prepped to head out for maternity leave, my boss called me into his office for a download […]
Archives for March 2014
My Man, the MILF and Other Marital Challenges
“Al and I will take the kids to the pool tomorrow. You and T can have the morning off,” he says nonchalantly. It isn’t until I am halfway through my peaceful mug of cappuccino that I realize that I’ve quite obviously missed something. Why has my husband suddenly turned into Mr. Nice Guy? The answer […]
Finding the Funny in Cancer
A good friend of mine was recently diagnosed with cancer. When someone you love says to you, “I have brain tumors,” your own brain either immediately shuts down or else it starts to run around like a squirrel hunting nuts. The one thing it does not do is function properly and as a result, you […]
The Cleanse
“You need to try this cleanse.” If the above statement is the first thing your friend says when you meet up for drinks, you have a problem. Either you’ve somehow accidentally friended one of those crazy granola types who will soon have you using washable toilet paper. (Yes, that is a real thing. I know. […]
37 Women Walk into a Bar
37 women walk into a bar. 37 women who are as funny as the leading stand-up comedians and spend the entire night tossing jokes back and forth as quickly as they can toss down their wine. This is what my life is like now that I am “in” with the coolest lady writers. We have […]
How to Blog for the Huffington Post
So you want to blog for the Huffington Post? I completely understand. I too wanted to be a HuffPo blogger for a LONG time before finally getting noticed. I watched, seething with jealousy, as my blogger friends got picked up, one after another. I waited and waited for it to happen to me. And then […]
Calling Nurse Wife
I’d never, ever expose my husband’s bad behavior….so let’s just say that this story is “from a friend”, ok? I walk into our bedroom to find my husband with one hand down his pants with a slightly panicked look on his face. “What the hell are you doing?” I ask. “I can only find one […]
Coming Sometime Soon…
I set two goals for myself this year. Two goals that felt impossibly difficult. Two things that would only happen if I worked my butt off, pushed myself beyond my limits and, on top of all of that, got incredibly lucky. Two months into the year and I have somehow accomplished both of them. Talk […]