Tiny Moments

Yesterday, I made good time driving from work to daycare. When I walked into the infant room, Lilian was sitting on the floor, with her back to me, playing with…

In Defense of the Tenure Set

I may have come across as a bit hostile towards tenure-track faculty in this post. (Psssst. Hope. Your bitter is showing). Yes, there are people in academia who think that…

Stitch Fix

I read this review about a service called Stitch Fix and I figured I'd like to try it out. I don't do much clothes shopping these days, because it's awfully…

Mini Break

I'm still waiting to hear how my adviser liked my thesis. Every time I get an email in my school inbox that's not from him, I am simultaneously relieved and…

Errata

We were video chatting with my sister Allison the other day and I made a joke about getting a kitten. She was fairly horrified that I would consider adding more…

Parenting, the Hard Way

Our bedtime routine with Lilian is fairly simple. One of us gives her a bath, then we get her into her jammies and sleep-sack, read a few books,  and then…

Six Months.

My baby is six months old today! At first she was all But now she's all I'd get all sunrise/sunset about it, but I think that she gets cuter and…