work

August was a chaotic month and I decided not to do a goals list because I thought it might be too stressful. Looking back now with my post-August wisdom and experience, I believe it might have helped me to maintain some consistency if I had been using my sticker-based reward…

Frankie likes to sleep on top of me, she snuggles in the dip at the small of my back. This morning I woke up and for just a brief moment I tried to breathe and focus on her tiny, furry weight and rhythmic breathing. Then my brain kicked in and…

No one told me it was national Ask Laurie All The Hard Questions day. I didn’t get the memo but everyone at work did, apparently, as each and every interaction today was some form of: “I have this urgent/expensive/critical issue, do you know how to/who can fix this for me?”…

My meeting schedule for today looks like this: But somehow some way I will walk out of this place and not look back even one time, do not pass go, head directly to Los Angeles International Airport. It is possible it is possible. In the words of the great philosopher…