7 years tomorrow, baby.
It feels like I haven’t stopped moving since the summer began, and I keep waiting for things to calm down so I can get my shit together but it would appear someone drained the fluid from the brakes of my life because HEY, JANE, GET ME OFFA THIS CRAZY THING.
In the past week I’ve been the New York, Disneyland, Palm Springs, and home again and I’m happy and tired and happy and feeling actually lucky for once in a long long while, but every few hours I stop and think: “Wait, whose life is this and when are things going to get back to normal?” (I mean, let’s be honest, an inhuman travel schedule isn’t new, but amidst a full-time-work-outside-of-the-home job, and a husband who is picking up a lot of slack, it is whhhhhhheeeeeeeeew.)
I’m finding my way in this new career that is different than the career I thought I’d have but is also a career I’m loving more than I ever thought I could love something that didn’t exist when I was making all my finite life plans at age 12. My head is spinning. My hands are clammy, but hot damn, am I excited. Pretty soon hopefully I’ll write about something else on this blog besides how blown my own mind is.
Also, I wrote this post on BuzzFeed about How Jordan Catalano Sparked Your Sexual Awakening and you really should read it. (Two words: BOILER ROOM.)
Other stuff I’ve published that you might like:
- This crazy-ass collection of birth photos that will make your uterus twitch.
- A crabby list about the shit people say to you when you have morning sickness.
- A little insight into what it’s like to have married your high school sweetheart (which, I totally did. Did you know that?)
- All kinds of ideas you can steal from the Tiny House Movement.
- And me and my badass colleague Brian made a mega quiz for all you 80s kids.
Here’s some stuff I didn’t write that I think you should read:
I’m basically obsessed with these storage units.
If you haven’t already, you’ve gotta check out Emma Watson’s speech at the UN.
My friend Dr. Deborah Gilboa (or Doctor G as we call her here on the internet) wrote a new book on parenting and behavior and I’m so in. Deb’s advice is great, actionable, and it’s a rare parenting book that’s an enjoyable enough read for me to actually finish it.
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So, a few folks have been asking what’s to become of this blog now that I’m a respectable member of society, and I thought I’d tell you. It’s alive. It’s breezy. Me and this blog are having a frienaissance of sorts as it transitions from bread and butter back to pleasure and joy. I absolutely plan to keep posting (although it’s bound to be a little sporadic as I settle in at BuzzFeed). Expect some visual newness in the near future, and if you want to see what I’m up to on the day to day, my Instagram and Twitter feeds are borderline obsessive. I’m excited to get back to the rambling writing about randomness that makes this place my home. And of course, you can always follow me on BuzzFeed.
