Tagged: adayinthelife

Interesting but tiring thing about today: All day off-site global marketing meeting (another day full tomorrow) Great thing about today: Surprise fika in the afternoon was 1 quart each of 5 different Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors! Mmmmm! Drag thing about today: the shit weather, which my brother DELIBERATELY jinxed us with Pass-it-on nice thing about today: 3 compliments on the purple-lady-triangle brooch that galestorm made for me Sweet thing about today: making it home in time to see my kids before bedtime with their spraypainted hair and giant “just-been-to-the-circus” grins Crud thing about today: the nausea and upset...

Why do I feel so much like MY mother when I’m sitting on a bench with a backpack full of rainclothes and sunscreen between my feet, while my children and my husband ride a rollercoaster? My mom rode rollercoasters with us when we were kids even though she didn’t like them much. I love rollercoasters with a love as big as the ocean but I can’t ride them anymore because they make me sick to my stomach. It’s weird that riding in a car has gotten easier as I’ve gotten older, regardless of the length of time I’m at it,...