Ben has turned into a spontaneous dancer, and I have to say, I couldn’t be happier. He clearly pays attention to music and doesn’t hesitate to let the spirit move him – really move him. It also appears that some of it is genetic.
We were at Whole Foods tonight for dinner – it’s Ben’s favorite [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 22, 2007
got to give it up
August 20, 2007
A good hair day (in part, for blue milk)
Updating my photo
Originally uploaded by jdaly.
I decided to try out a few new (to me) social networking tools, and figured it was a good time to update my photo. My short hair responds well to the rainy saturated climate of the Pacific Northwest, and so on the first good hair day I had, [...]
August 20, 2007
critic, evaluate thyself
It’s that time of year, when a working woman’s thoughts turn to, well, anything but having to do her yearly performance evaluation.
I have no trouble evaluating anything – or anyone – else, with confidence and encouragements. I enjoyed working with my colleagues in helping them see what they were doing well, and where they could [...]
August 16, 2007
the big duh, installment 27
My son is a perfect reader of disruptions in the (home emotion) force. So, when I was facing some severe exhaustion after returning from our trip overseas, and was doing a piss-poor job of hiding it, he decided he didn’t want to go to school. He wanted to stay home with mommy. (Except for “picnic [...]
August 16, 2007
the future I thought you’d have
I have a clutch of girlfriends from my childhood whose trials and tribulations are among the few things I remember with any reliable clarity, including sisters who were a year apart. Both brilliant. One was my best friend through high school, but our closeness didn’t last through college, due to some ugly incidents I never [...]
August 7, 2007
stateside
We landed saturday afternoon, three crumpled travelers. Sleeptimes are levelling out now. Ben thinks the day begins at 4:30-5. Slowly, we’ll be able to make the morning a bit more rested.
Of unfortunate note: I was not a tech traveler this time. I brought the wrong adapter for the cellphone, and forgot the battery for my [...]
