Happy Mother’s Day

my sister offered to come to houston to see my mom on mother’s day.
so why did my mom go out of town anyway?
because:
if she stayed in houston then she would feel required to see her own mother.
nevermind that her other daughter lives in houston. (me)
so if you’re keeping score at home-
mom is gone for easter, [...]

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MY STUFF- #5

this week you get a double dose because the items are all on my window sill in my bedroom.
as an owner of a cat- I cannot have plastic blinds in my window (god forbid that I block the cat’s view of an alleyway)
this monkey statue is made out of some weird plaster material and pieces [...]

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was totally radical.
I love being able to spend time with my two nieces and they were in town for several days.
I ate way too much pie and bought way too much stuff.
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And by too much stuff I mean… I literally had to return some of it on Sunday….
which is totally embarassing to return bags [...]

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More

I received a call today about my (half-)sister’s dad passing away.
I don’t call her my half-sister because well I treat her like an actual sister.
Anyway, I am very sad for her because I would be devastated if my dad died…
It’s really hard to know what to say to her though…
Nothing really suffices.
Now I am terrified [...]

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Political Whirlwind

My family has been traditionally conservative as long as I can remember.
The 2000 election happened my senior year of high school and at the time I was HUGE green party supporter. I collected signatures to petition the ballots for Ralph Nader- I even attended the Nader rally that year at the University of Houston (John [...]

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Weekend Update

-Friday  I felt sick but I went to La Strada with Bastian anyway. The prices went up 4 dollars on the entire menu. I didnt notice that I had ordered $19 fettuccini alfredo! yikes.
-Saturday was my grandmother’s 89th birthday. as she was opening her presents, she started crying because she was so happy we had [...]

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