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Humanities PhD, and then what?
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- Leaving anxiety
- Joint appointment: incomplete
- Pepper sprouts
- I didn't call it blues for nothing!
- Fragments of life
- More back and forth
- Tough choices ahead
- Unforgivable offense
- Self-reflective of late
- No mosquitos
- The curtain will rise
- So out of practice
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- An interesting idea, but...
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- Calling all mothers
- Conflicted... now what?
- Stage one complete
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- Ahmadinejad's letter
- So much to do, so little time
- Tired, very tired
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- Quick send-off
- A legitimate use?
- Gigs everywhere
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- In Favor of Thinking
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- Life, apparently
- Mama(e) in Translation
- Metamorphosis Complete
- Mommy, Ph.D.
- One Bright Star Reignited
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- Yes, Yello Cello
3 comments:
Thanks, PM... now, laundry baskets I could get! LOL. Yeah... a hike might be real nice. I'll talk to the Painter... the Inventor is good for saying things like cat and strawberry (at least some approximation) but I don't think he'd be much help in this regard... unless of course the Rocket Scientist wants another cat, or some strawberries. Not likely.
There's always the "day off" thing: a fun family breakfast followed by the disappearance of spouse and offspring (or of mother) for a day of..... she's not telling and you're not asking.
What I would like:
Some earrings. They don't have to be expensive. A $10 pair would be fine. Just something pretty that I could wear every day--nothing too big or fancy.
Gift certificate for a facial and a massage.
Some short-sleeved blouses. They seem to be impossible to find, but I need something that looks a little nicer than a t-shirt.
A book.
Liza with a Z on DVD.
The main thing is that I am so sick of spelling out exactly what I want to BH. I would like to be pleasanty surprised for once. He never tells me what he wants, yet I have to tell him exactly what I want, or I won't get anything at all. I have yet to get a Mother's Day present. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I will this year. I told him he'd better, so I think that lit a fire.
But enough about me. I think the key question to consider is, what does she like? What are her interests? Use the answers to those questions to help you find a gift. Me, I love music, theatre, movies, and reading, so it would be hard for BH to screw up in those categories. What does she love?
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