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This week I bought my first sports bra, because it was the one thing I needed to get my butt to the gym improve my weight training regimen. I was not aware that sports bras work by crushing your entire body together until nothing can move. But I found that out when I went home [...]

I’d like to think I’m down with pop culture, I’m hip to the Jonas Brothers and have heard of a wii, but I have come embarrassingly face-to-face with my own middle-aged uncoolness.
Last night I used my daughters’ Christmas present, a spa hair consultation, cut, and coloring (and it’s GORGEOUS!). The ten-pound mite of a cosmetologist [...]

The past few weeks have been a blur of hospitals and tests and doctor consults, during which I’m feeling so folded, spindled, and mutilated that I just want to flop down in the lobby and fall asleep.
But the Bone Scan Man does stand out in my mind.
He was a small blob of a man [...]

On writing days (vs. Shopgirl days), I usually work in sweats and take a shower at the end of my work day. The other day, however, I had to run out before dinner to pick up a few things at the grocery store. I wasn’t going to get close enough to anyone to prompt them [...]

Let me tell you a little cautionary bedtime tale.
My brother-in-law’s company scheduled an interview with a gal. Before the interview, their Google Alert sent them a blog post she’d written, mentioning their company. She said, “I’m not thrilled about the job but the pay is really good.” The manager met her the day of the [...]