I read this article by Pigtail Pals (which eventually made a stir at Blog Her, etc, etc), and it got me thinking. I don’t like the idea of a little girl in a “sexy” swimsuit, and I’d never buy W a string bikini, but what really got my gears turning was the argument for such…
Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers. -Ray Bradbury We spent some of this past week visiting my aunt and uncle. They recently retired to a small rural community in northern Arizona, across a dirt road from the…
My shoulder surgery is tomorrow. I have been pretty calm all week. In fact, I’ve been looking forward to the surgery, for two reasons. First, because it’ll finally fix my shoulder, which aches all the time, and that will be nice. Second, because while I’ll be in more pain for a few weeks post-surgery than…
1) 1st Law of Thermodynamics — the energy of the universe is constant. That is to say, if one system or object gains energy, another system or object must have lost energy. As the day progresses, I steadily lose energy, and W steadily becomes more and more energetic. 2) 2nd Law of Thermodynamics — entropy…
This Saturday, my sweet W will celebrate her first birthday. Ok, no, not really. We’ll celebrate her first birthday; she’ll sort of cluelessly enjoy the fact that she’s being handed a cupcake. It goes without saying that she’s grown and changed so much in the last 365 days. Seriously. It goes without saying. So I’m…
Earlier this week I was really frustrated (as evidenced by this post). Truth be told, I’m still really frustrated, but I’ve got some perspective now. One of the wonderful things about motherhood is that even on the days when I want to tear my hair out, there are beautiful moments. Many of them. One night…
So, rather than trying to write a single, coherent PhPh post today, I’ve got a bunch of stuff rattling around in my brain and figured I’d share it in a series of shorts, in no particular order. 1. It’s my birthday today. I’m 34 29. Yesterday, I had an appointment with the eye doctor for…
So, I’m going to start this post by making an embarrassing and uncomfortable admission. I’m not a TV-watcher; we don’t even have a TV in the house (that’s not the embarrassing part). However, because W essentially insists that I go to bed when she does and lie there nursing her on and off for the…
This week, my husband and I are attending the Science Online conference in North Carolina. It’s a great opportunity to network and to learn about trends in science education (my day job). Because W is still nursing (and because, truth be told, there’s no part of me that’s ready to be away from her at…
I didn’t have mom-friends before I had a baby. My female friends are, like me, women who’ve put off having babies to finish college. And then graduate school. And then get a career established. I was the first to decide it was time to leap into motherhood (and by “decide,” I mean my husband and…
