My little sister and I have had our fair share of ups and downs, as sisters tend to do. She entered this world with a bang by arriving on my 8th birthday, and stealing the date for herself. From that day forward, it was never “my birthday.” It was either “our birthday” or “her birthday.” … Continue reading »
I’ve been in jail… a few times. I’ve mentioned it, I’m sure, but if you haven’t heard the story about the time I got put in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs for having an unpaid “Dog off his leash” ticket in Fort Collins, this is your opportunity to find out! I’m turning into one of … Continue reading »
When we lived in TX, I made the very grave error of buying a whole bunch of groceries at the ethnic market, and then taking them home and not making them immediately, assuming that I would get to them on a rainy day. Instead, on that rainy day, I got pregnant and was so deeply … Continue reading »
Oh, late summer. That special time of year when all of the good summer holidays are over, the novelty of swimsuit attire has faded, and the heat takes on a desperate, end-of-days feel. Honestly, the only redeeming things that happen in late summer are A) I’ve become relatively tan and B) my garden has started … Continue reading »
I went to Colorado State University. My brother, in turn, went to Colorado State University. And then my little sister went to Colorado State University. If you were to ask us what the one most memorable thing about the CSU campus was, it wouldn’t be architecture or meeting places for friends or tiny, cinderblock dormitory … Continue reading »
I can’t tell you the number of people who have walked into my house, even after I’ve cleaned it up a bit, and said things like “something about your house just makes me want to start cleaning.” I could provide you a list of what those little signals are. Banana everywhere. Dog hair. IV fluids … Continue reading »
Swimsuit season can eat my ass. I’ll be the one who says it. I don’t care how hot you think your body is, when swimsuit season comes oozing along, all of a sudden the most confident among us are reduced to a mass of writhing insecurities and self-hatred. Sure, we try to “own it,” but … Continue reading »
Let’s just say, for the sake of argument and being truthful, that all meat-eaters love bacon. Bacon is the undisputed king of meats, with its smoky sweetness, meaty chew, and salty crunch. Or maybe it’s disputed, but if it is there are plenty of us who would be willing to punch the disputer in the … Continue reading »
Sometimes I have great plans for dinner, and I go to all the trouble of making marinades and pre-slicing vegetables and thawing hunks of local beef, 0nly to get home from boot camp and find out that all of my ideas are completely fukt because I don’t have corn tortillas and it’s 7:30 pm, so … Continue reading »
I’m obviously not very good at getting older. Where some people can do it with grace and dignity, I feel like the best options are to create havoc and throw all of my cards in the air to see where they land. Turning 25 meant leaving everything– my job, my boyfriend, my house, my car–=to … Continue reading »