Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

Best Idea EVER. On the rare occasions that I'm out and about on a Friday or Saturday night in Boston, I usually see these tricked out buses carting around a load of singing, dancing, drunk people from bar to bar. And I'm usually pretty jealous. :) So I decided that an excuse was in order to organize one of these mobile mob scenes. Enter the year 2009, which happens to be 10 years after I met my family of friends at WPI, and the stage was set. Only we decided to do it with a twist... Last Saturday 25 people piled onto a gaudy neon school bus decked out in 80s paraphanalia. I mean the bus, the music, AND the people. Instead of going bar to bar, we started at 1 pm and did a roving scavenger hunt through Boston. Well, until we decided after the second stop that it was more fun to just party on the bus as it drove through the city. It was so much fun to watch peoples' reactions :) I've posted pics on my site, just in case you don't ...

Last night I had an epiphany. No no, that implies it was instantaneous. Really it's been building. I know that many people, every day, everywhere, raise children with no help. Sometimes as single parents. And they struggle, and they stress, and they make it work. WE are making it work. But I've decided to make it work with a little bit less stress :) I'm going to do what all educated, employed people do when things get uncomfortable... I'm going to throw some money at the problem! Here's the problem, exactly: I feel like I work until 5 or 6, then come home and work some more trying to be a good parent until Brynna goes to bed, then work some more cleaning up the house in time to do it all again the next day. Then I feel like it's work trying to fit in fun things between the other 3 things, so that I don't categorize myself as a "married, boring mommy". But the whole reason I continue to work full time is a) mental challenge/stimulation (...

My sister had a little baby girl on Friday (9/11/09). She's a tiny little peanut of a girl, 6 lbs 15 oz - almost 2 lbs lighter than Brynna when she was born! She eats and sleeps like a champ (so far). Check her out!

did you ever have one of those days where you are completely overwhelmed by work (and feeling a little underqualified), and all you want to do is just leave. just walk away. pack up the bags and stroll out the door, who cares if it's only 3! but if you want to keep your job, you can't really do that... which is why i find myself frequently dreaming about winning the lottery. it's a bit of a cop-out, actually. i'm a capable employee, and i'm simply being challenged to go beyond my comfort zone and learn new things, take more responsibility, work longer hours... this period will make me a better, smarter person. i am just having a little mental temper tantrum. :)