I was pretty sure I was making the right decision when I left New York City to move back home. Even though, in the city, I had some pretty fancy services. My food was usually made for and delivered to me… My apartment had a dishwasher… And my laundry was done for me…. But, of course, you never know what [...]

In the 5 months that I have lived in NYC, I have not spent many of my weekends here (cue a raised-eyebrow “You don’t say?” from my co-workers, who often see me lugging my weekend travel bag into the office on Fridays). In fact, I can probably count the number of weekends on one hand. I don’t regret that; it’s [...]

So, in news that’s probably not surprising to absolutely anyone who knows me (and definitely not surprising to those who already know)… I’m leaving NYC and moving back home to Rhode Island. It was a decision that was both not at all and very difficult to make, and yet one I am absolutely at peace with. It’s not that I [...]

As I ride from NYC to Providence on the 4:30 PM *scheduled* bus that finally departed Port Authority at 5:20 PM, I am once again reminded that, while it is possible to travel from one city to the other, it is most often impossibly difficult. I don’t have a car in the city, so these are my options for traveling [...]

My apartment is tiny. Really tiny. How many steps do you think it takes for me to get from the couch in my living room to the bed in my bedroom? It’s a trick question: the “living room” and the “bedroom” are the same room. (And the answer is: about a half a step.) If I stood in the middle [...]

… Well, fascinating to me, at least. When you’re packing up your house of 3 years – a house to which you’ve brought memories and momentos (and yes, some junk) from the past 28 years of your life – interesting things are bound to turn up. Here are 3 things I was happy to stumble upon… 1) Old IDs – [...]

I’ve heard from a few people lately that I haven’t been updating my blog often enough. I know, I know. And I’m sorry. It’s not that I haven’t had anything to talk about… it’s almost that there’s too much to talk about, so much going on – and sometimes that means the blog gets neglected. Some news I can share, [...]

In a recent post, Liz from Mom-101 so eloquently wrote, “I live my life with one pinky toe in the past. I’m unapologetically nostalgic.” I’m glad to know I’m in good company. I definitely do not live in the past; rather, I find joy in remembering good times from my past… the people, places and things that have left lasting [...]

Like most people (I think!?), I give my parents a hard time about their lack of knowledge in the technology department. But I always oftentimes try to patiently assist them when they have questions about how to do things on their computers or need help their iPods. Don’t get me wrong, they do better than a lot of people their [...]

I was running on the treadmill at the gym today (I hate the treadmill, but it was just too icy to run outside) and a song came on my iPod that I hadn’t heard in awhile – When You Were Young by The Killers. A little back story here. Usually I have my Playlists all set up for my outside [...]