140 Kids

Marc and I bravely decided to buy tickets to a Dodger game for the entire family. I didn't realize until after we bought the tickets tha...

My research design proposal is due tomorrow. I am nearing the final, final stages of completing it.  I will feel a HUGE weight lifted off my...

Last weekend, I was irritated because I just wanted time and space to just be. This weekend, I am thrilled that I have just that. Okay... so...

Stress is doing terrible things to me right now. Seriously. I am writing this right now instead of writing the lit review that I should be w...

Today needed to be about doing what I want. So I made sure it was. This morning, I took the kids to the beach. Vinny needed "ocean ar...

I suppose it is the sign of my times that I haven't written since last weekend. I kept my head above water this week... barely. The ap...

This was a relatively relaxing weekend, which is probably a good thing, since it is going to be the last one for quite some time. Life is ab...

I should be in bed. Sleep deprivation is going to eat me alive by this weekend. I am averaging about 4-5 hours of sleep a night this week. ...

On Friday night, I saw American Idiot. Towards the end, there is a musical number called "East 12th Street" during which the punk ...

I didn't write on my blog in China because blogger is blocked in China. I was shocked how many things are blocked in China. No Facebook....

I am leaving for China in 8 hours. Our plane departs at 1:40 a.m. I went through a period of brief, yet intense anxiety today on the way hom...

My Mom The woman is a phenomenon. Seriously...  she is the phenome mom ! Really. Today, while Vinny was at school, she picked up balloons  ...

Tiana lately is such a barrel of laughs. I have this feeling that when I come home from China, she is going to be like a completely differen...

Life feels so chaotic right now. I took a beautiful day off yesterday, but by 11:00 a.m. today, I was more stressed than ever. My sub ye...

      In trying to let Vinny enjoy his Spring Break, we have been letting him stay up later than usual watching movies. Tonight, he was watc...