Last Tuesday, I was hard at work on a project, which I was actually enjoying, when it occurred to me that the only possible reason that all the big bosses were eager for me to finish was ... that they were going to can me ...

Instead of doing the smart… Read full post »

We got the test results today. I didn't think I cared so much about whether my son would get accepted, although I mostly assumed that he would. Or that if he didn't, it would be that there wasn't enough room in the class, he'd get an advanced learning plan for next year,… Read full post »

I admit it: I thought it was stupid when my church youth group stopped participating in the 30 Hour Famine (http://www.30hourfamine.org/). I don't know enough about this activity to either endorse or renounce it, but our youth group used to raise money for hunger awareness by fasting for 30 hour… Read full post »

At 16, I saw an ad to enter the Miss T.E.E.N. pageant. (Note, this is not to be confused with the more popular Miss Teen pageant. This stood for Teens Exhibiting Excellence Nationally.) Big-city girls had to enter and win a local competion before moving on to State. Small-town girls… Read full post »

  

Cocaine was always my drug of choice. It never became a problem, because once I stopped waitressing, it was never that available. I worked at a conservative company, was poor, didn’t travel in the circles anymore.

Then my boyfriend “just for fun… Read full post »