Yesterday was Edward’s last first day of pre-school. We had gone in on Monday for the orientation meeting, but school didn’t officially start for him until Tuesday. Tuesday meant a new first day of school outfit, it meant a full morning away, and it meant the most favorite and best part of all of school, […]
Category Archives: Traffic
Crowd Control
It’s official. I am a Vermonter again. It has taken a few years of this relaxed pace of life to find my groove, but I no longer assume that every other driver on the road is out there for the sole purpose of cutting me off, and when there are long lines at the supermarket […]
“What Do You Mean My Debit Card Doesn’t Work In Canada?” and Other Tales of Woe
I had it all planned out. The perfect family getaway. The children, who have never been out of the country, had been dying to go to Canada, and I had been dying to go to a giant balloon festival. As it happens, right across the border in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, there is a huge hot air balloon […]
Things You Never Want to See
There are some things in life that you just never want to see. For instance, you don’t want to see a giant truck driving the wrong way down the highway right at you. Luckily, after my heart resumed beating, I realized that it was just being towed and was not, in fact, about to plow […]
Nostalgia Is So Last Decade
When I moved from Baltimore to Vermont two years ago, it made me a little sad. Sure, I was happy to be moving back to the state I grew up in, and I was excited to see family and old friends, but there was a lot that I liked about my old life and I […]