For a friend

I have a good friend who was born 30 years ago tomorrow. About fifteen years later we met at a slumber party where the main topics of conversation were boys, tampons, and strapless bras. Seven and eight years after that, we participated in each others weddings. By chance we ended up in [...]

Out of Office Reply

You have reached Yestertime blog.
I will be away from my blog, sipping daiquiris on the deck of a large ship until Monday, January 8. Posts will continue if I finish them tonight as usual until I return. If you need immediate blog assistance from a blog written in real time, you might need [...]

Beijing, here we come

We’ve made it to Tampa, and have a whole day to chill before leaving on the cruise. I’m not gonna lie, driving the Friday after Christmas was pretty brutal. But we know how to have a good time in the car, yes we do! We play such games as Find [...]

A list of lists

Words I Act Like I Understand In Conversations, But Really Only Have a Vague Notion of Their Meaning:
1. Ubiquitous
2. Blanche (this one doesn’t really count I guess, since I don’t understand most cooking terms)
3. Existentialism
4. Serendipitous
5. Banal
Best Ways to Drink a Coke, (in order)
1. From a fountain with lots [...]

Two paragraphs, both ending in “now”

I just ate a Lean Cuisine that was supposed to be a chicken enchilada, but tasted curiously of tuna. I looked at the box to make sure it was chicken, and realized that they weren’t even able to make the picture on the box look appetizing, which is a really bad sign. [...]

I got you a little something

I am trying ultra hard not to fling myself with abandon onto this very couch I am sitting on and surrender to delicious, delicious sleep. There’s just TOO. MUCH. TO. DO.
But I am not going to bore you into the tedium of my to-do list (clean up all of Christmas, shop and pack for [...]

Christmas card, take one

Happy happy Christmas to you all.

Reason #83

We’re waiting on Lorso to bring our food to the table at Boston Market, so I strike up a conversation with Bug.
“Bug, guess what day is coming soon? Like in two days?”
He grins and looks at me slyly. “Tuesday!”
“Well, yes, Tuesday, but what day will it be? What special day?”
“Christmas Day!”
“That’s right, and [...]

No. 1 way for a doctor to Freak Me Out

Call me unexpectedly at 7PM on a FRIDAY on my CELL PHONE.
Rrrrrrriiiiiiing (Yes, my cell phone actually sounds like that. I am that boring.)
“Hi Rachel! This is Doctor R., you came in last week for your cold and for a strep test?”
“Oh, um, yeah. Yeah, that was me. I was there. [...]

Why it’s ok that Bug’s favorite song has the F-word in it

First of all, because it’s an Indigo Girls song. And they’re pretty much awesome.
And second of all, because it’s a cinch to edit out any swear words by yelling “EARMUFFS” really loud. Thank you Vince Vaughn in Old School.