After many long years one of my dreams has come true, folks. No, I’m not engaged to Johnny Depp, and I haven’t won the World Series of Poker or landed a six-figure contract for my novel. I’ve begun the laser hair removal process! I know, most people are ashamed to talk about this kind of stuff. Unwanted body hair? How embarrassing. But I’ve … [Read more...] about
Restless Native
Public vs. Private The end of summer vacation is finally here. Yeah, to some of you this is old news. But for my family, school just started on Tuesday. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but the public vs. private school schedules don’t match up at all anymore. I’ll come out and say upfront that I’m a firm believer in the private school system, but then again I’m … [Read more...] about
Writing the ship
Writing the ship In case you didn’t look at the staff box, my role at Maui Time has changed from Associate Editor to contributor. This means a few things: I’m not hunkered down in my office five to six days a week, I have a hell of a lot of free time and I’m not ignoring your emails. For the most part, I just haven’t gotten them. Naturally, while still working, I’d fantasize … [Read more...] about Writing the ship
Worst Mom ever
I was right. I should have skipped motherhood in favor of a litter of kittens. Seriously. At least you can give kittens away in a cardboard box or lock them in the bathroom with a bowl of kitty chow without serious legal consequences. Not so with children. In this day and age people freak out about the way parents raise their kids. Heaven forbid you drop them off at playcare … [Read more...] about Worst Mom ever
Gym Rat
Ouch. Remember how a few weeks back I wrote about going for a run and how I hoped to run 30 miles by the time I was 30? Well, I failed miserably. To be honest, I never hit the track again. I could give a million excuses, but most come back to the fact that I just don’t like feeling like I’m going to die and could think of a ton of better ways to pleasurably torture myself. … [Read more...] about Gym Rat