Category Archives: Random Crap

22 years ago today I was hooked up to a million monitors and thanking God for epidurals. I was so worried that they’d mix up our baby with someone else’s so as soon as I gave birth I told Victor, “FOLLOW THAT BABY” and he ran out of the room after them. And my heartContinue reading “Happy birthday, sweet Hailey.”

Autocorrect on my text messages is making me look even more unhinged than normal lately, so if you ever feel bad about your texting issues, please enjoy these two examples from just the last week: What I thought I wrote: “I need to start being more kind to myself. I’ve been really getting down onContinue reading “Mortifying myself without even leaving the house”

If you follow me on instagram you may have already seen this, but just in case you don’t…Rolly has been having a really hard time with the new kitten (who is now larger than the dog and has no clue how strong he is, as he seems to be teething on everything and everyone). ThisContinue reading “Retirement home living but for cats”

This isn’t a real post…just a collection of stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else. Purrsy Bysshe Shelley was not pleased with the lack of attention. Clearly. 2. YOU ARE HERE was out of print for a tiny bit because there was a bit of a run on it because people were giving it as aContinue reading “Housekeeping!”

I owe you an apology because I am very behind on writing my wrap-ups of what I’ve read lately but I’m coming out of a depression and my energy is slowly coming back. (If you’re a book club member you’re still getting all the emails and books and stuff on time thank goodness, but ifContinue reading “Have you read these?”

A week ago I was in Washington DC for the National Book Festival and I somehow got asked to be one of the five speakers at the opening ceremony in the actual Library of Congress. I suspected this was a mistake and this seemed even more obvious when I found out that the four otherContinue reading “I spoke at the Library of Congress and I’m pretty sure they asked me as a mistake but I’m so glad they did.”