I can’t quite decide if I’m hiding or relaxing right now. There are six rambunctious kids downstairs between the ages of one and twelve. I can almost feel the quiet, puffy shelter of this bed shake with every dropped Tonka truck, shriek of excitement or screaming outraged wail from a sibling punch or a hurt [...]

Rochester Minnesota is still cold but not as bad as the first two days. The weather report today is twenty degrees but without much wind. I know writing about the weather is boring, but it’s just so crippling in person, I feel like I have to let the frost shock out somehow. Right now I’m [...]

I’m in Minnesota. I’ll be here for a week hanging out and going to doctors appointments with my very puffy and closer to being diagnosed sister. I’ve been assured that Mayo Clinic is the the most interesting place to see in this town besides Mall of America, and we’re going there tomorrow.
I came prepared with [...]