Anxiety - the city that never sleeps! The job that never gives you a break - just more and more unpaid overtime... I've learned a lot of coping skills in the last few years - when I finally understood

Whether you're going to an actual party or just going about your business, anxiety is there. For a socially anxious frayed knot like me, real parties or gatherings can be the worst. Most introverts detest

Been working on a bunch of writing projects lately. Before I finish one, I have ideas for the next three, so the numbers are not adding up. I'm writing during nap time and after bed time. Expecting the

I'm sort of kidding about this, but I really do prefer being at my house and not having to interact and make small talk. I love my friends and I love getting together with them, but acquaintances make

Are you trying to be optimistic, but things just aren't going your way? I kind of fell in love with this sad cracked ceramic pen holder at the doctor's office because it just seemed like such an apt

I love possums - not only because they eat shitloads of ticks and therefore help us avoid Lyme disease, but also because I identify with them. They are by nature introverted, anxious, and skittish. They

I'm moving on from teaching and I want to create my own gig. But what? I'm 40 years old, I have a 5-year-old and a 12-week-old, and we're remodeling our kitchen - and yet, I'm trying to figure out my next

It's been three months since my last post. I had a baby! We started a kitchen renovation. Our baby is a gorgeous, sweet, great sleeper of a little girl we call Azélie Florine and everyone who meets her

I'm almost 6 days overdue. I've done all the things. No trick or tip has gone untested - except the pineapple thing, but whatever. With nothing else to occupy my mind in this very common, but nonetheless

When I decide to do something, I do not do it half way...It's more like one and a half! My son has the same obsessive tendencies...alas! But at least I usually direct my passions toward constructive things

At my final baby shower last weekend, where my neighborhood friends really went all out - I received these three feminist onesies. I love them. I probably would never have bought them myself, but this

As my son says, “We’re getting a baby soon.” A flurry of activity to prepare this much anticipated arrival has been underway for a couple of months now. One of those activities involves convincing my

Have you ever dealt with bamboo in your yard? It sucks. My husband said it should be a crime to plant bamboo willy nilly when I wondered aloud if there were any city ordinances dealing with the blasted

Spring is definitely my favorite time of year. Everything is fresh and bright green and growing. The weeds are still sort of under control. I have hope for my tomatoes this year, like every year. And I

Ever since I joined Steemit about three months ago now, I have done so many things I never thought I would or could do. For instance, I got the sudden urge to try my hand at "art" even though

My son is five and he is infatuated with Dr. Seuss right now. I don't have any major problems with Dr. Seuss aside from the fact that some of his creatures freak me out. Like the Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz - that

This isn't the exact concrete wall I drove into this morning, but it looks like it and the basic concept is the same. That's right! I drove my fucking Prius V straight into the concrete barrier in a parking

I'm on a crusade to improve the reputation of the much maligned possum, or o'possum if you prefer. Last year, the neighborhood newsletter I edit published an article trying to educate neighbors about the

After working on this beautiful, mind-boggling creation for an entire week, my family and I attended the closing ceremony, where the mandala was "dismantled" and disseminated in the river to

And then I attempted a drawing of a fox. I think that it looks like a member of the canine family or genus or whatever, but I'm not sure it makes a convincing fox. Anyway, foxes are cute so I thought I'd