Not a lesbian. Thanks for the sex hair.
There is a place. A magical place, full of warmth, where the smells of citrus and jasmine waft over you. A place where naked women sink slowly into steaming pools of relaxation. A place called… Burke Williams. I went there, not too long ago, for a much needed massage (after having to cancel and reschedule twice, because my life [...]

The Smoke Detector That Broke The Camel’s Back.
There is only so much a person can take. Human beings (yes, mommies too) are fragile, as much as we don’t like to admit it.  We disregard this fact. We push it deep down and pretend to be super heroes. We call it “necessity”, because after all, someone needs to take care of the house, feed [...]

Leaving…
yearning… the door the front door the knob taunts me from afar the toddler wrestles me earth shattering cries… cries, cries, cries of socks where’s the letter Z? the letter Z will help goodnight, goodnight, a thousand times goodnight moon shoe on the foot shoe in the mouth Q in the shoe hand in the toilet the quest the never ending quest to leave on time i pant i gasp i plead i laugh clock ticks fingers [...]

The home that paper mache built. Or some other crappy material.
We have lived in our new apartment for 30 days now. When the wind blows, it rattles.  And it’s cold. It’s like the house that the second little pig built out of sticks. Or a house of cards.  The walls are made of paper mache, and it’s held together with Elmer’s glue. Oh, or to glam it up–  [...]

Longest weekend ever. aka- If the Swine Flu were a person, I would stab him in the eye.
I guess I must be Super Woman. Who knew? The longest weekend ever began on Thursday. Bam Bam had been sick all week, but I had managed to keep pretty healthy… until Thursday morning. I woke up with a splitting headache, sore throat, and some sort of strange, unproductive hack. I chose to ignore the ickiness I [...]