Menopausal Mal

A few nights ago, before heading off to camp, my son invited a friend to spend the night. At 6am the following morning, when my husband arose to start his day, Jacob came into our room to say his goodbyes. I asked if he'd slept at all. He gave me that sideways glance/rolling eye thing that 16 year... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday afternoon, I thought I'd been banished to Siberia. The woman at the Westin Boston Harborfront reception desk took a look at her computer, bit her lip and handed me my room key. "All the King Rooms are full, but we do have this Harborview Double", she said, which sparked my interest,... Sign in to see full entry.

Well, scoop out my brain cells and put them in a jar. I just saw Mama Mia and actually had a good time, though I wasn't quite sure whether I was laughing WITH Pierce Brosnan or AT him. Regardless, there's nothing wrong with an Academy Award Winning dramatic actress - one of the best of our time, I... Sign in to see full entry.

Beads of sweat form on my father’s forehead like condensation. He removes a cloth handkerchief from his breast pocket to blot the moisture - taking extreme care to keep his eyes focused straight ahead. It’s 45 degrees outside, but inside this car, it’s a pressure cooker. My Dad has decided to teach... Sign in to see full entry.

After returning from one week on the road, I rushed into NYC to watch my son's New York Film Academy Video along with about 50 others at a final screening in a hot room on a fourth floor walkup in Union Square. Suffice it to say that those short flicks were dense with teenage agnst; lots of deep... Sign in to see full entry.

It's late for me; 9:45pm - way past my bedtime - but I see that the last time I posted was 6 days ago, and so I feel compelled, through my mental fog, to write this. I have a good excuse - I haven't been home - not that that's much of an excuse since I could take this laptop to any number of donut... Sign in to see full entry.

Technology fits me like a bikini on a fat woman (or man for that matter). I know too little, the landscape is too vast, and when it goes wrong, it goes wrong in the most unflattering way. That's how I'll explain and excuse my inability to post pictures on this site. I copy them off my emails, paste... Sign in to see full entry.

I was drawn in to the 75% off sign at the Michael Kors store; what a great deal it must be on the lavender-colored handbag that caught my attention as soon as I walked in. "How much?" I asked. "It is such a pretty thing, and it WAS $1800, so now, it's such a steal at $450." Hmmm - only in Greenwich... Sign in to see full entry.

I've been in bed all day, feeling like Tracey Ullman's take on Ariana Huffington in her State of the Union half hour comedy show. Ullman's Ariana coddles her laptop like a lover, taking it to bed, blogging continuously every time a thought pops into her head. She has no real life, which is currently... Sign in to see full entry.

I woke up last night, flashing, flashing - trickles of perspiration coursing over various parts of my body. I've been doing this every night now, for several months; usually at 2am, but sometimes, like last night, at 1:21. I tossed and turned till at least 2:56 (the last number I saw before, I... Sign in to see full entry.