I basically enjoyed it, but I still cried a little bit. Wait, perhaps I’m getting a smidge ahead of myself. Let’s rewind a day or six. Last Friday eve, as I was innocently watching something innocuous on the telly with Partner, my phone pinged. I glanced at such, […]
Today was rather surreal. Well, at least part of it. Two things happened, one with more eventual impact than the other. First up, Partner and I share the same primary care physician. Said physician recently changed both his office location and his medical-group affiliation. We both like him, […]
Note: This selection from the archives concerns the supreme joy of being Car #2 in a 3-car meeting of metal. My thoughts on the matter, some more relevant than others… 1. I didn’t get to finish my date with Ryan Seacrest. Mainly because he just happens to […]
This is a bit of a troubling read, but I had to let it out, and eventually we get back to the good. And this was actually written last night, so the date references are now slightly wonky… It was announced earlier this evening that Dallas County […]
At 5:30pm, a van rolled up our driveway, carrying the second wave of relatives to come a callin’ in as many weekends. (As I’m sure you can imagine, my eyes lit up with sheer joy upon noting their arrival. Swear.) At 5:31, the van parked, the doors flew […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning… We approached the ticketing agent’s little counter with two different attitudes. I was filled with trepidation, clutching as I was a passport that had been marked with a scarlet-letter sticker by the evil Delta line monitor/dream crusher. Partner […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning… We were sitting on a hotel bed in Málaga at 4 in the morning, our sleep-deprived brains trying to process the thrilling concept that we essentially did not have a way to get back home to Dallas, with […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning… Fortified by pharmaceuticals, I tried to enjoy the rest of my day. Granted, the fact that something wasn’t quite sorted with my international-travel status is a bit of trivia that one does not easily ignore, especially with a […]
Herewith, the sordid tale of our return from Spain… The darkness began while it was still dark… I was innocently slumbering in our hotel room in Málaga, most likely dreaming of something naughty although the exact narrative escapes me now, when I was awakened by my phone […]
There are moments When you simply turn a corner And you get a reminder That we spend far too much time Worrying about nothing When the best thing you can do Is let it all fall away Let everything go And just breathe…
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