My husband and I are finalizing our wills (please, no comments about how we should have done this as soon as or before our daughter was born because if we both die the state would put her in an Annie-style orphanage and our assets would line the pockets of corrupt politicians while our daughter ate [...]
Recently a friend posted pictures online from about a decade ago, among which were pictures of a trip a group of us took to a friend’s cottage. This friend’s cottage was a semi-frequent site of cottage parties during my high school years and early twenties, a place to swim, sun, drink, play cards, and sit [...]
Saturday night my husband and I went out for dinner then attended the opening night of Opera Lyra Ottawa’s performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute (or Die Zauberflöte, for you purists). We had dinner on the terrace of Le Cafe, the National Arts Centre’s in-house restaurant. It was a warm evening with little breeze, and we [...]
It’s been two weeks since I went back to work and things were better this week. I’m adjusting and so is Abigail. There are some things outside of the obvious changes that I still have to get used to – changes in her schedule, getting used to having people in my house when I’m not [...]
This week was my first week back to work after maternity leave. While I was on maternity leave the prospect of going back to work didn’t seem like such a big deal, and a small part of me looked forward to the freedom it would afford me during the daytime. For those of you questioning [...]
