Rapid Covid tests are basically exactly like pregnancy tests. You must hold your breath as you wait for the faint pink line to appear, or not, sending all women who’ve ever tried to get pregnant, …
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EXT. SHARED HOLLYWOOD OUTDOOR WORKSPACE. DAY. A WEATHERED HOLLYWOOD WRITER MOM sits at a table, shoving a salad into her face, desperately trying to eek out a few hours of work. A VERY PERKY AND …
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On Toilet Paper
Okay, day by day, this virus situation is getting scarier and more surreal. (Tho I still insist, and remind myself, that’s what’s most scary are the consequences of the fear based reactions, and the scope …
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Me, and how I’m Crazy
I’m taking a break through the holidays from worrying and obsessing about getting pregnant, or at least this is what I’m telling myself, if not shouting at myself. It mostly involves frantic compartmentalization, which makes …
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LORD HELP ME
IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOOTHE MY BRAINWHIR, I’VE BECOME A PERSON WHO WRITES PRAYERS AND AFFIRMATIONS (WHICH I’M COMING TO REALIZE ARE THE SAME THING) ON NOTECARDS AND PLACES THEM WHERE I CAN MOST FREQUENTLY …
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how to know you married the right person
Yesterday, a Shade guy and his two sons came by to take measurements for some outdoor shades, and as he pulled (barreled?) into our driveway, his brakes failed, and he rammed my car into the …
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why to never drink water at a wedding
Note: Though the below might suggest otherwise, I AM staying hopeful and positive that I will someday ‘become a pregnant person,’ as my doctor calls it. I basically just can no longer keep the worry …
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I grew up and also I’m a Toys R Us kid
Yesterday, Toys R Us announced it will close all of its stores and no longer Be. Last night, anyone who grew up in the 70s/80s/90s slept curled around memory shadows of Kid Sister dolls and …
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t’aint always easy
Almost 14 years ago, I carefully glued all of my grad school rejection letters into a scrapbook, and amused myself by highlighting the word ‘regret’ in all of them. I think I sensed that someday, …
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unbralievable
I’m fairly certain that there are really only two types of women: the kind who can go out into the world, say, to the grocery store at 10 PM for toilet paper, NOT wearing a …