Reading about diabetes

August 16, 2010

The library has always been a very important part of my family’s life, and ever since the various libraries in the city a) made it possible to get books from one library transferred to your library of choice and b) allowed you to put books that the library has on order on hold, before it [...]

On who I am and a milestone birthday

August 8, 2010

I am my mother’s child:

We have the same recurring hair in that space between our chin and neck that we must pluck (though hers is grey)
When we’re cross, we give the same look
We have the same chin area
We are boisterous, impulsive and playful
We both not-so-secretly believe that there is only one way to do [...]

On some new things

July 12, 2010

I wrote an anger and pain-fuelled entry last week after experiencing disappointment in matters of the heart (in short, from what I can tell: boy likes girl, boy see some old pics of girl, boy no longer likes girl). That’s in the past now and I have amazing friends (as I’ve mentioned once or twice [...]

Unsolicited updates

June 16, 2010

My siblings came over for dinner as planned, two weekends ago. Things went as expected, and despite what I am about to say, I don’t mean it in a bad way. Yes, my siblings showed up late and nearly compromised the integrity of my pasta (um, you know I’m a drama queen, right?), and they [...]