I plucked the note from my pillow, smiling as I read the welcome message and reached for the origami crane resting on my pillow. "It wi...
Katie in Korea
Rule 1 - Never sleep through the beginnings of a migraine. I remember rolling over and wincing at the pain in my right temple but was so tir...
All Times (Approximately) Local
Sunday 3:02AM - Katie's House -- "Are you awake, Katie?" Dad asks and I sigh before responding in the affirmative. I dress in...
Ready! (Almost...)
Apart from bras and a watch, I am packed. The lawn is mowed and laundry is finishing as I write. Dad arrives today - we'll need to groce...
Well
"You have a beautiful smile," she commented when I greeted her and I blinked before offering my thanks and finding my seat. It tur...
Avocado & Shampoo
When I have bad days, I promise myself chips and guacamole on the way home. (I went to get some at lunch.) When I have terrible days, I com...
Just do what I say!
What I learned in a whole day of didactic training and break-out practice sessions, is that the trick to 'making people do what I want w...
Homework
I am attending a conference on leadership and soon get to attend a course I have decided to call "How to make people do what I want whe...
Bop
We played Kidz Bop Greatest Hits while Little and Smallest Ones jumped in the bouncy castle in the back yard and I beamed over the brillian...
Date (-e +ing?)
"Am I," Adrian asked when I answered the phone at 7PM, "um, interrupting anything?" I laughed and shook my head, telling...
Thunder
I was drifting off to sleep last night, my sliding door open at the head of my bed to enable cool breezes to slip over my skin and clean she...
Oh, no. You didn't.
"Hi," I chirped when a man appeared in my office door. I checked my calendar and followed him down the hall when he invited me (a...