gets to go to the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) conference in Boston in the early spring. Yay!

this is my mama's 70th birthday today. She's an amazing woman, and I'm lucky to have her as my mama.

just learned this weekend that it's "tighty whities" and not "tidy whities."

LoPo a rootin' tootin' birthday!

very, very, very, very, very, very tired. And thus is short-tempered and impatient.

never gone trick or treating with palm trees outside before. Niiiice!

a new layout. I loved the old one, but many of the comments were in yellow which was hard on my eyes.

says that ShockingA told me today that he wanted to learn the "letter math." So we've been doing basic algebra all day.

notes that the first paper bomb of the semester detonated in my office some time today.

sometimes it's good to move about the cabin.