Occasionally I go to the mall for lunch, using my hour away from the grind to eat a so-so bourbon chicken rice bowl (this tastes much better) and watch those leisurely shopping instead of running in the rat race. I got an interesting view from the food court balcony today of a kiosk with a [...]
Archive > October 2008
Get a Morning Routine
On the way to work this morning, I was stuck behind two tea-partying vehicles doing about 5 below the speed limit and perceiving the lane lines as a suggestion. I strained to see in the back window of the kid-packed Suburban to find the woman behind the wheel with the lighted vanity mirror flipped-down so [...]
Financial Diet
Diet – like many woman balancing today’s must-be-thin pressure – the word just makes me feel hungry. But this is a different kind of diet, the kind that makes my checking account gain. This economy has made me nervous about my money and has driven me to pay off my bills and save what I [...]
Kid Quest
I had an opportunity to catch up with my mom during lunch this week. She’s been a bit frustrated at work because a coworker is out again on attempted maternity leave. I love getting updates on this woman because she absolutely baffles me. She’s either in her late thirties or early forties and is on [...]