Best friends

My best friend and I had a ‘date’ of dinner and a movie on Saturday night. We were ready for a fun evening together and a chick flick was icing on the cake. After eating at Hacienda, we saw the movie Sex and the City, which we thought was pretty good. Neither of us has HBO [...]

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Is the week over yet?

I hope I can make it one more day to the weekend. This week was busier than I imagined it would be. Being sleep deprived hasn’t helped any, either. It makes it harder to cope with stressful stuff, like when my son’s middle school called me on Monday asking if I could help them track down the [...]

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Too busy to write

Sorry I haven’t written for a few days. I took a vacation day on Friday to prepare for a trip out of town and darn near wore myself out! I don’t know why, but every time I’m about to leave on a business trip, I feel like I have to do everything before I leave. I guess [...]

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Eric Schlosser visits Evansville, Indiana

I arranged a ride home from gymnastics for my daughter and dragged my son to a talk by author Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. I read the book several years ago and it really changed how I view fast food. In the book, the author examines [...]

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Spring sports schedules

I have a feeling this spring is going to be hectic (not that I haven’t lived through a hectic spring schedule before). My daughter is doing track, cheer tryouts, and gymnastics practice. My son is running track and playing baseball. Most nights, their complex schedules overlap, so that between the two of them, they can have [...]

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A hectic night

My long days at work are usually rewarded with hectic nights. Last night was one of them.
Since I worked until 5:40 pm, it was useless to go home (on the east side) and try to scrounge dinner, then race across town to the west side to pick up Laura from gymnastics practice by 6:45. The thought of [...]

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