Writing about babies and social media got me thinking about how funny it would be if my baby-to-be actually did have a facebook profile, and a wall for posting inane commentary. Some clever person has already created an uber-popular twitter feed called “Honest Toddler” that seems to capture perfectly what a toddler would tweet. So [...]
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Awkward Maternity Photos
March 27th, 2013 
Emily An awesome friend has volunteered to take some maternity photos for my husband and I. Since I’m not sure if I’ll have more kids, I’m excited to document this potentially once-in-a-lifetime moment with nice looking photos, and not just selfies taken in the reflection of my bathroom mirror. In my excitement over the photo shoot, [...]
Surviving the 60 Hour Work Week, Part II
March 13th, 2013 Emily It’s that time of year again, when my husband has to work 60 or 70 hours during the week, and I go slightly insane with boredom and loneliness. Of course, this year, I am proactively trying NOT to go insane, and so far things are going well. It’s remarkably better than last year, when I [...]
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Tags: Atlanta_Georgia, coping skills, crazy characters, hobbies 
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Conversations from the Souvenir Market
November 9th, 2012 Emily You get into a lot of interesting conversations when you go to an empty souvenir market. (By empty, I mean empty of shoppers, not empty of souvenirs.) When my friend Meg was visiting we went to the Masai market in downtown Nairobi on a Tuesday afternoon. We were the only tourists in sight. It meant [...]
The Cynical Traveler versus The Generous Traveler
September 26th, 2012 Emily I’m a cynical traveler. Part of this rests in my own personality: I’m a cynical person. Part of this rests in my travel history: after spending more than 2 years living in foreign countries, I’ve been taken advantage of enough times to be constantly skeptical and on guard. I still get caught out- like that [...]
