One Ring to Bind Them …

July 27, 2011 Love (Dating, Long-term or Other)

Boy, when you compose a post in your head about your vacation, life has a funny way of changing it before you even land. First off, the trip to Iceland to visit Frank, see where he’s been working and living and visit this gorgeous country was absolutely wonderful.  We got to spend a lot of [...]

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An Atheist in Mourning

July 13, 2011 Family

Today is kinda eh. It’s not only the two-month anniversary of my dad’s death, it would have been his 55th birthday. I’m meeting my mom, sister, his girlfriend and one of his old friend’s for dinner to celebrate his life, share stories, etc. But today just sucks. Sometimes it feels like he’s been gone for [...]

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Music Melancholia

July 11, 2011 Personal

On Saturday night I went to a much-anticipated concert with a bunch of friends, and my sister. Soundgarden at Jones Beach! The opening act was Coheed and Cambria.  C&C is one of those bands where I’ll be listening to music, hear a song I like, tell Frank I like a song, and then he exasperatedly [...]

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The Lady Prefers A Separate Wing

July 4, 2011 Friends and Frenemies

My dog Eva is probably one of the greater loves of my life. There’s pretty much nothing I wouldn’t do for her. She eats expensive food, toys designed to cure boredom, exercise her jaws and just to play. She receives carefully selected treats,  food off of my plate, 2-3 solid walks a day, all sorts [...]

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Finding a Women’s Laptop Bag

June 28, 2011 Personal

I started a new job sometime in early April, and one of the perks of the new place is the flexibility to work from home. Which works out perfect, because my lame, post-surgery dog apparently required three days of some sort of laser physical therapy at the vet this week, and two more appointments next [...]

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Counterpoint Weekend

June 26, 2011 Family

Last weekend was filled with sadness and woe, but this weekend turned out remarkably better. Eva had surgery to repair her knee on Wednesday, and is making an awesome, albeit expensive recovery. She’s been at my mom’s house all week (because mom has no stairs) and despite the shame of having to wear a post-surgery [...]

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I really can’t win

June 20, 2011 Family

All this happened before 10am My friend Sara was slept over Friday night, because we were going to go to the Mermaid Parade on Saturday. Cool. We had a lazy evening of going to Trader Joe’s, watching TV and playing Scrabble against each other, on our phones, on the couch. I woke up at about [...]

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Oh, I didn’t tell you about Grandpa?

June 12, 2011 Family

So, grandma ended up needing the pacemaker. I just got off the phone with her, she’s in good spirits. I haven’t spoken to her, because I’ve been super-super sick.  Of course, after recovering from heart surgery, all she wants to know is about how I’m feeling. because she’s a grandma. And she asks about Frank, [...]

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Okay drama, I’ve had enough.

June 8, 2011 Family

My dad’s mom, my beloved Grandma Mamasheina, can never seem to catch a break. In the past decade she’s buried her husband of 53 years, and her two children. My father, less than a month ago. She’s the toughest lady I’ve ever met, but I have no idea how she is handling this. I mean, [...]

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The more things change …

June 6, 2011 Friends and Frenemies

I can’t help but feel like I’m in a strange summer version of Groundhog’s Day. Every day feels a little different, but … I feel like I’m replaying certain scenes, over and over again. The timelines is screwy, but last summer (or the summer before that?), soon after Frank left for Iceland, an old friend [...]

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