Why Friday puppies, you ask? Well, it’s a scientific fact that Friday puppies make the week seem a little brighter. Especially when you’re running on three hours of sleep and you have fifteen minutes left of lunch. During which time you need to eat a sandwich, correct seventeen homework quizzes and write a blog post.    Okay, the puppy thing might not be a scientific fact, exactly. But the point is, it’s been a long day. In fact, it’s been a long week. Let’s not even bring science into it. I personally feel that puppies will make everything better. And maybe my determination around this issue is the most important…

What is the balance of life??!!  You are dying to know! Here it is: The balance of life exists as a pendulum.  The falling and the climbing are endlessly exhilarating. Lately however, I’ve been hanging out in at the equilibrium position (see photo). I’m excited about the prospects ahead of me: moving, learning more Spanish, buying adorable new black work boots.  I’m also comfortable with where I am: in a great apartment, moderately comfortable in 2 of the 17 past tense verb conjugations that exist in Spanish, no black work boots (BUT the proud new owner of fabulous black suede weekend boots).  I feel stable and accomplished. I adore the…

I’m moving.  Apartments, I mean.  Not right now or anything, but soon enough.  It is a shift into the adulthood of my early thirties.  I can’t believe it, but for the first time I will be signing a lease and living alone. As I looked back over my decade of living in rented space, I can’t believe how little of it has existed alone.  Boyfriends.  Roommates.  Shared trailer park space.  Inappropriately long stretches of time living with my mother.   Now the time has finally come to try apartment life solo.  I live in a safe city with cheap rent and it’s time to take advantage and start behaving (slightly)…