Things that have NOT helped me sleep through the night:

1. An extra glass of wine before bed
2. Skipping the wine altogether
3. Exhausting myself at rugby practice beforehand
4. A healthy dose of Nyquil
5. Visualization
6. Really, really wanting to sleep through the night
7. Glass of milk

I am open to suggestions.

Yesterday’s lesson:

I really, really need to stop ending business meetings with, “Okay, awesome.”

My newest love:

This blog of passive-aggressive notes.

A few weeks ago, I was railing indignant on White Noise about the new line of Disney Princess dresses, when one of the other participants in the discussion asked me, “Why do you object?”

I was forced to slow down and think about it, and as a result, able to articulate something that’s been bouncing around [...]

It’s been covered elsewhere here at cupcakepajamas.com: I’m kind of an asshole.

Being an asshole, one of my favorite things to do around my house is wait for Matt to be putting on his shoes or socks, and while he’s balanced on one foot, walk up and shove him over. This morning, I was really going [...]

Our family dog turned 15 years old two days ago, and then he died last night.

I was talking on the phone to my Dad last night. He mentioned Oscar’s birthday, and that he’d had a seizure, telling me the story of how the vet diagnosed the dog with brain tumors, but since they are usually [...]

(Part 1 is here.)

me: you know something?
Kelly: what?
me: I’m really into robots these days.
Kelly: that was so not what i was expecting you to say.
but if someone gave me that quote and a list of my friends most likely to say it?
you’d win.
me: that’s the sweetest thing anyone has said to me all day.