This afternoon I cut a post-unpacking rug of sorts, having officially unpacked the last box and having officially hid the few boxes we decided are destined for storage until further notice, or until we forget about them.
It’s been a process, and really, we aren’t even close to finished. A lot of the walls are still [...]

Last Saturday Chris and I braved the brightly lit, cellphone kiosk-laden aisles of the mall to visit Lenscrafters, I having recently begun to see (nothing much, but) blurred neon signs at night, and dancing mushrooms and Smurfs in the daytime, unable to focus on anything beyond fifty feet of my immediate vision.
I strained to see [...]

The email was from Chris. The subject line read simply: “L.A. is a possibility.” That was it. Short, succinct. And although I’d written the same phrase myself in a prior email to him, convincing him to apply for a position he didn’t think would end in an interview, it startled me when I read it. [...]

Three Fridays ago I played Road Warrior for the weekend, trekking first to the beloved, (not entirely) barren, and boiling hot trifecta of river-laden communities most popularly known as The Tri-Cities. Mostly because, well, there are indeed three of them. And also: they sort of run in and out and through one another, so much [...]

(Mostly inadvertent) Bad Idea, Number One:
Moving into a beautiful hardwood-laden basement apartment, without having any clear idea that we were also moving into the middle of a nasty divorce/custody battle, involving parties addicted to prescription drugs and parties kicked out of the household, but still possessing keys and prone to wanting to use said [...]

After my last post about this past weekend’s unexpected move, the lovely and talented DMB fan, Courtney, posed the not entirely unexpected question, “How exactly does one ‘unexpectedly’ move? You know, without a tornado or something?”
Great! question, Courtney.
Well, first!, you must be occupying a space which is not yours alone, making you a sort of [...]

On Tuesday the sky looked ominous before we ever said our good-byes. Before leaving Mobile, Chris’ mom told us that we should call the airlines and rebook because it was dangerous to fly in storms. We smiled at her, told her there were no storms, assured her we would be fine.
The first clap of thunder [...]

The lack of posts the past few days can mostly be attributed to the fact that (I have some blockage of the writer’s artery, yes, and also) said days have marked my last few days in Bama, my last few days to spend with Chris.
This afternoon I fly out of Gulfport, Mississippi (because flying out [...]

Greetings! y’all from the land O’ sweet tea, oak trees, and gators.
I did indeed arrive safely to Mobile late Wednesday night, and, no doubt thanks to all of your good flight juju, was blessed with three wonderful legs of my journey, journeying legs boasting of non-full flights, extra leg room and two amicable Southern ladies [...]

Today I am embarking on my second journey into the heart of sweet tea and jambalaya, known otherwise as Mobile, Alabama. I am functioning at far higher levels of traditional excited! right now, mostly because in less than 24 hours I get to see the man who, after telling me he is going to the [...]