This, That, and the Mother Thing

We are on the final leg of our one week family vacation. I've learned a lot on this trip. Beforehand, I thought that the fastest way f...

Apparently, tenure isn't completely over. After what I thought is the Provost's "final" approval for me to officially get ...

I love youtube. I can start singing some song from my youth \, and WHAM! I can watch the video. (WHAM! Ha ha! Get it?!) So why on earth woul...

I have been very upset by the news of the Chinese earthquake , particularly the stories of the parents who, due to the one-child policy, hav...

Apparently, Saturday when we got the news, was the numb stage of grief. Yesterday started the anger stage (which remains) and today is defi...

Nothing made it through the night. We'll be setting up a meeting at the end of the week with the RE. I'm sad, but I'm ok. I may...

We only have 4 eggs to work with. We won't even know until tomorrow if any of them fertilize. I know I'm supposed to be all "t...

Yesterday, a colleague approached me and said, "You look really good. Your skin looks beautiful. I can tell you are feeling much bett...

I'm just back from voting here in the 15 th precinct in Charlotte. We're expecting this to be a record turn out if the 45,000 earl...

Yesterday was the annual M!dwood Maynia neighborhood festival. On the one hand, this is one of my favorite times to live where I live, what...

Two scenes from daycare. Scene #1 Conor is running around the room. He goes up to the one child in the room who I can safely guess his pare...

Yesterday was the last day of classes for this school year. HOOORAY!!! YIPPEE!!! OH JOY! OH JOY! OH JOY!! OMYGOD(DESS) YESYESYESYESYESYES...

Conor can now reconize and read two words effortlessly: Conor and Obama.

It's really clear that we haven't had a lot of rain around here when I sit in my home office watching this steady rain and am happy....

Oh my word. Why didn't anyone tell me about the full set of baggage I've been carrying under my eyes? I had my official headshot m...

It's been an eventful week already. (Did I mention spending last Thursday in two doctor's offices because they thought I had a hole...

What is up with Betabase.info? It's the best site to obsess over beta numbers and it's been down since Friday. The only thing I...

You know, considering the name of the blog, I do think it's ok to sometimes have a collection of topics in one post. So, the lupron. I a...

Besides my fat a$$, it's possible that emails sent to me in the last 2 days will bounce. We upgraded our cable and like the phone compa...

I'm just back from my trial transfer for the IVF. The point of this visit was to make sure there were no surprises when the doctor moves...