December 2009
66 posts
“Aly Ren
So what do you think about your pant size?
Mama”
– (Emailed from my mom, attached to the American Apparel size chart)
Well, dear Mom, how much time do you have?
I'm tired
Office holiday party was last night with 300+ guests and I wore my Jeffrey Campbell boots for 15 hours straight. My feet are so not happy right now.
I’ve got my DIY gift project this weekend and also need to find time to write my essay application, all while balancing friend staying over tonight and a night on the town, Saturday night Ugly Sweater party (how do hipsters celebrate this kind...
Baby →
My sister didn’t have a name for the first six weeks of her life. She was just called Baby. When my parents finally decided, they went with Jennifer, which may have seemed a little unique at the beginning of 1978, but ended up being one of the most popular names of our generation.
Dreaming of my flannel sheets
Monday I stayed home sick. Tuesday I stayed home sick, then got stir-crazy and went over to my parents’ house where it was warm, clean, quiet, stocked with good food and free laundry appliances. Yesterday I was back to work but my face felt like it was going to explode from the sinus pressure. Last night, I put clean flannel sheets on my bed and we slept snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug. I...
