i’m up to my eyeballs in boxes and garbage. (did you know that if you have a professional moving company and you’re not there to say “what the… ?” they will, in fact, pack your garbage.?.) and i keep looking at lovely spaces like this or this and sighing and thinking, “i’m going to make [...]

i’ve been a texan for a few weeks now. i have a pool pass, a military ID, a mental note to say “y’all” as often as i can. i eat blue bell ice cream. i skitter from one air conditioned building to another. i live in a big house in a big city in an [...]

the fourth of july is not just a holiday, it’s a HOLIDAY.
you should paint your toenails.
it’s hot. really really hot.
there are fresh tortillas in the grocery store.
right next to the tortillas, there is fresh guacamole.
it is hard to make a big house look clean.
there are maggots in the garbage can.
fire ants really do bite. and [...]