My mom was released from the hospital last week, although not without a couple final scares. The neurologist had come by again to say the MRI actually showed two strokes, the one from New Years and another that looked to be at least two weeks old. Although my mom was fully aware while she was [...]

My New Year’s celebrations went fairly well. I started drinking around nine Monday night and at about ten The Partner and I talked with The Canadian-Down-Under for an hour. It was good to hear he is doing well, and to hear the stories he can’t blog about. (It was not good to hear he had [...]

Between our two families, The Partner and I experience three days of Christ(less)mas: an evening with just my parents, the eve with (nearly) the rest of my family, and the morning/afternoon/evening with his family. The Partner and I decided at the last minute to eschew buying our loved ones more shit they don’t need, so [...]

My family, like many families, has a history of going crazy during Christmas. I think it stems from my grandparents, who lived through the Depression only to find that being able to buy stuff—of any sort—is a really great feeling. I remember one Christmas, back when I was really young, my grandparents bought one of [...]

This past weekend The Partner and I went to my friend Anna’s house to celebrate her not-according-to-the-State so-not-really-step-step-son’s* third birthday. This child got not one but three (or was it four?) baseball sets, among other things. Let me tell you, a three-year-old with a bat (nevermind the ball) is a dangerous thing indeed. (I took [...]