Queen of Rambles

The next time I get a call from my sister I think I’m just going to stick my head in the sand like an ostrich. Erik likes sand. He likes chocolate. Ergo, sand must be as good as chocolate.
I love it when a plan comes together.
There’s more drama from the […]

While in Oregon, my diet and exercise habits went to hell. I did manage to get in my fruit servings every day and eat lots of legumes (two of my newish goals), but there was still lots of cake, ice cream and cookies. Every day with the cake! Or the ice cream! […]

For the most part living in a large town isn’t totally awful. If you’re an introvert, you have a certain anonymity that frees you from useless small talk and making nicey-nicey with people you’d rather ignore. There are services and products that small town dwellers can only dream of. In our case, […]

I’ve decided that I never want to decapitate someone and store their head in the back of my car. Not only would it be messy, with every turn and touch of the break, I’d be reminded of the wet, squishy, dead-head in the trunk. I don’t need that kind of complication in my […]

I seem to be healed today! Thank the lords of kobol!
But now? All I really, really, really want is a nachos supreme from Taco Bell.
What is WRONG with me? Taco Bell gives me the trots even when I am perfectly healthy. I don’t think it would be safe to feed […]

If celebrities want to save a lot of money, I’m offering a cheap colon cleanse solution. For a measly $500, I’ll lick their utensils and they’ll get the most thorough colon cleanse of their lives. Don’t you wish I’d stop saying the word colon cleanse?
Seriously, will this never end?
I thought I was ok […]

Man oh man, I haven’t had tummy problems like this in years. I slept by myself for the first time in years and enjoyed it, except for the hourly runs to the toilet. I don’t think Mike or Erik enjoyed it very well. Looks like we are working on another night of […]

I guess Erik wasn’t just having a bad reaction to flying.
I woke up this morning feeling very, very first trimester pregnant.
Only, my period just finished two days ago and there was no way it would work out in any date wise thingee.
I felt gross all morning, and even thought about going and […]

(An aside before we start: why did Erik refuse to eat a single bite of our dinner, including foods he normally loves, but is now chowing down on a cardboard box from a yard sale?)
If you’ve been reading my rambles for any length of time, you know I come from a less than pristine background. […]

Thank you all for your comments about the trip from hell. If I hadn’t lived through it, I would find it hard to believe. If it had been a movie, I’d complain that there was no way that many things could go wrong. But it was all true. Every word. […]