It seems like there’s one in every office … one person who engages in baffling, inexplicable, or sometimes downright rude behavior. There’s the woman who talks on her cell phone in... Read more >>

When I am under the weather, I rarely, if ever, feel like spending my sick day bouncing rubber balls across the family room floor. In fact, when I’m feeling well, I don’t feel like it... Read more >>

Now that Cooper was napping and I had all of this free time, I wondered what all I could do. Go on a bike ride? Too irresponsible, what with the sleeping, sick baby and all. Read a book? Too ...... Read more >>

Recently, we were on our way to school, hurrying because we had an appointment with Jackson’s teachers for his parent-teacher conference. (Yes, my son, who is not even four, has parent-teacher... Read more >>

So sorry, but I won’t be coming in today—I think I am coming down with a nasty case of spring fever. Judging from the empty hallways, darkened offices, and quiet cubes of late, it seems... Read more >>

Taking mornings, afternoons, or even entire days off from work is nothing to be ashamed of. Especially because the base labor in many career fields is becoming abstracted, allowing for the possibility... Read more >>

I’m typing this blog post in bed. I’ve got a nasty bug that has made my throat agonizingly sore, my head pound, and my body ache. I’m sporting the Rudolph nose at the moment. My... Read more >>