Vanity Fairest

My life is going in a new direction. So, it’s only natural that things be under construction. Before you can straighten up, things have to get messy, right? A phoenix rising from the ashes, and all that malarky.

So, after getting my letter last week, I (at least somewhat subconsciously) started making a big mess.

First order of business? A new blog design. I decided that if (they say) I can’t write, the least I can do is have a prettier blog, with all the bells and whistles. That’s right: rather than working on my writing, my instinct is to gussy it up a bit. Kind of like shopping for new clothes rather than trying to lose a little weight so the old ones look good on you again.

I recognize that I have issues — I do. But its all part of my process. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself.

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I didn’t get into Northwestern’s creative writing MFA program. I cried my eyes out for a few hours on Friday night, but I’m getting over it now. Not, however, after having declared that what I ought to do is finally accept my own mental vacuity and as yet unexploited fertility and unavoidable Trophy Wifedom, and to [...]

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After days of checking my mailbox compulsively, and even joining Molly at her post by the window, holding vigil for the mail carrier’s uncertain arrival, I became the annoying applicant who called in to ask when decision letters would go out.
First, I was told last Wednesday. Then I was assured they went out Monday morning. [...]

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Something tells me that Sophie is going to have a hard time once the baby arrives.

Molly, on the other hand, having found a special treasure left behind by my neighbor’s toddler, is pacified.

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A few weekends ago, our friend Andy came home from his home in Italy, where he is stationed at the Aviano Air Force Base, to visit his family in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. Home of the spready cheese.
Sarah couldn’t travel because she is pregnant, so we took a few videos so she would feel like she had [...]

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