When I was a freshman at the University of Georgia, football Game Days were the first of many rude awakenings I’d have during the next four years. By 8am on Saturday mornings, the lawn outside my dorm window would be filled bumper to bumper with SUVs swathed in red and black streamers and topped with […]
August 17, 2006
>This post originally appeared on the Nashville Scene blog. As if Perry March hasn’t already pissed off enough people in this town, he can now add a few more to the list. Since jury selection began in Chattanooga nearly two weeks ago, I’ve seen my husband (one of many members of the media covering the […]
August 17, 2006
>You may share just about everything with your mom friends, from secret family recipes to candid advice on bikini waxing. But there’s one secret that few moms will ever divulge. Find out what I’m talking about right in this week’s Nashville Scene edition of Suburban Turmoil, reprinted below for your reading pleasure. Babysitter Confidential Whether […]
August 16, 2006
>Well, ladies and gents, this is the day in which my pregnancy will hopefully be confirmed by a bona fide doctor. My first OB appointment is in two hours and I’m nervous, excited and dreading the blood-drawing part of it. Not that I really need confirmation. I already got that last night. “Whoa,” my husband […]
August 15, 2006
>People think my toddler is the major part of my workload, but the truth is, she’s the easy one. It’s my stepdaughters who keep me busy, what with their soccer practices and their carpools and their play rehearsals and their mercurial appetites and mood swings and their homework questions and their immediate needs to go […]
August 14, 2006
>This weekend, it’s been just Baby and me. And while I miss the rest of the family at their stinkin’ soccer tournament in Chicago, I have to admit that the Baby and I get pretty damn wild when we’re left to our own devices. It has been Party Central over here. Take a look… http://s15.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/SuburbanTurmoil/Clip04.flv […]
August 13, 2006
>The driver’s license testing station in my town resembles a teeming international bazaar. At any given time, about half of the hundreds of people milling about are from another country. Hearing the sounds that roll off their tongues is fascinating. Standing behind them in line, well, that’s another story. I took my 15-year-old stepdaughter to […]
August 11, 2006
>One pregnancy symptom I had totally forgotten about was the crying. Until now. I have cried about the stupidest things in the world lately. I’m an embarrassment to myself and others. After all, pregnant women are supposed to be happy and rosy, not mascara-streaked and weeping uncontrollably. My hormones need to start behaving themselves, before […]
August 10, 2006
