I'm struggling. In grad school, I would sort of shut down before big exams. The stress and worry would make me disengage - I'd slee...
Return to Routine
Sprout had to remind me to feed him, leaping to the bed and nudging me with gentle purrs until I glanced away from my laptop and into his gr...
Forty Facts (Actually, Twenty Things)
I have been to Paris. A gargoyle from a shop across from Notre Dame is perched on my freezer. The Ones have dolls from an adorable store o...
Sun Seine
My morning meeting ran long, but was fantastic - informative and friendly on both sides. We had a bit of trouble in translation at certain ...
Sleeplessly Sad
There is no book. I stuttered over my response to plotlines of what I'd written in the past, seated in a London restaurant, reasonably s...
Impressionist
I was in pain right around 7:30. I had awakened - on schedule - at 3 and dutifully finished packing and got ready to meet my taxi downstair...
City of London, South Bank
I'm realizing how very isolated I was on my last trip to England. Midway through my graduate studies and painfully shy (though I didn...
Friday Plans & Famous Bloggers
I nearly canceled. Having finished work far later than I planned, I seriously considered my evening plans as my host for the day tucked...
Ausfahrt
Germany was pretty much freaking me out last night. The plane landed in the last hours of Tuesday in a mostly-empty airport. I wasn't ...
Hugs & Kisses
I frankly adore London, needing only to look around to become nearly giddy with inexplicable delight. Given that today was spent playing to ...
Thirty-one
I have arrived in London. There are two wardrobe - one, apparently, for tops and the other for pants. I dutifully hung my shirt and jacket...
Practically Perfect
My lips curved as we left Manchester and headed what I’m fairly sure was west. The soot that sullenly stains the pretty red brick of so ma...
Conflicting punctuation
Ready! I depart tomorrow afternoon for my trans-Atlantic flight and have been declining meetings and reminding people at every given opportu...
Beauracratic Bullshit
"Is there anything you don't like?" I asked one of our newer scientists. My position in R&D allows me contact with the te...
No Day
"She's having a no day," Little One giggles whenever Smallest One is in a contradictory mood, responding with the short, negat...
Frankly, my dears...
"I have one," a woman said from two chairs down. I peered around my neighbors at the large table and arched my eyebrow inquisitiv...
Pink with Polka Dots
I should have known I was going to have an episode. When I pulled into the parking lot, I shuddered at the swarm of people around me. Ever...
Fun Facts
I have finished mapping out the Europe trip. It will go plane-plane-train-train-[free afternoon]-[work]-train-[work]-plane-[work]-[work]-pl...
New Year
Scattered lights were illuminated, leaving the building dim when I arrived. I moved softly, hesitant to disturb the rare, peaceful atmosphe...