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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Stress or maybe just too much to do - constantly running myself in a million directions - has weakened my immune system. Now I have some kind of nasty, nasty virus.
So here I am, flat on my back, unable to [...]

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He shows up every Tuesday morning to pick up Benjamin.
I gave up asking him about the massive credit card debt of his I had to assume or asking him to help out with Benjamin’s medical bills long ago. Instead I just brief him on Benjamin’s little happenings of the week - he doesn’t know because [...]

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Someone asked me if my blog was my boyfriend yesterday. I said - “Yes!” without hesitation. This blog is my boyfriend. It keeps me happy, makes me laugh and sometimes talks back. And it occupies my evenings. Ha! Is that nuts? I’m not sure… I’ve always been an extremely driven workaholic and writing has always been my passion.

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Or will it be next month?
Feels like it’s only a matter of time.
My little sister called me from the bar she works at in Virginia. Dave Matthews pops up every once in a while, it’s a hot spot.
“No one is here. It’s weird.” She says, her voice echoing amidst the empty tables and chairs. She [...]

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Just wanted to pass these on:
1. The words “Quiet on the set” mean absolutely nothing to a 2-year-old. Learned while working on a 48 Hour Film Project this weekend. My team is amazing. As I write this they’re still filming, a grueling process that started last night when we drew our category. (I wrote the screen [...]

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1. E.T.
How long has it been since you’ve seen E.T.? It had been years for me. I completely forgot that Elliott’s mother is a single mom. Do you remember the scene in the kitchen with Elliott says “Dad would believe me.” Wow.
And Benjamin LOVES this movie. There are flying bikes, the moon, frogs, toys, an [...]

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Today sucked. Everything caught up with me.

Working full-time, being a mom, trying to date - mix all of that with a good dose of self-doubt and you’ve got the ingredients for one grumpy mama. I’m also dead tired.
Last night Benjamin kissed me good night and prounced off to my bedroom, jumped into my bed [...]

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If you’ve ever sniffed a stinky sippy cup and wondered why they sell those things to parents (and rip us off every time)…
Read this.
Written by a single mother, of course! We’re smart like that.

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Benjamin will probably lose his second front tooth tomorrow.
I’ll have to watch them strap him down, gas him and then pull. All of this after they stick a needle into his gums. And I’ll have to do it alone…again. The first time they replaced his cracked tooth with a cap, the second time they pulled [...]

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There’s a giant smudge on our shots from San Francisco.
It’s staring at me and I’m staring at it - wishing it away. But there it is … smudging up every one of our scenes and interviews.
I’m going to make the video anyway. Smudge be damned. I haven’t screamed at the smudge, I haven’t even looked [...]

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