Showing posts with label Book Club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Club. Show all posts

04 April 2008

The Dating Game

Last night's book club (we've entertained a nomination to rename ourselves as My Book Club Should Really Be Called Wine Club) featured little discussion of our hilarious read, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. That's a positive, though, because in our lack of book discussion, we had plenty of time to discuss the dating disasters of several single ladies. Truly, I don't think I have laughed so hard since we watched Death at a Funeral. I wish I could indulge you with some of these dates from hell, but I think I'll keep them private for the sake of the guilty. Perhaps someday they, too, will find their matches.

As I drove home out of the city last night, I was overcome by a feeling of true female camaraderie. It occurred to me that the women around me were each in their own unique stages of life and love---some single, some dating, some married and pregnant. And yet our laughter and empathy for one another through the trials and successes of these various stages was so genuine. As we stuffed our faces with crudites and hummus, I wondered, can men possibly bond on this level at poker night?

16 September 2005

Beautiful Son

He is sleeping and we lay in bed together. He is nestled into my side as I read The Time Traveler's Wife. I hear, feel his breath. He is beautiful. I pull the covers up enough to just cover his little chest. Every so often, I stop reading to poke him just a touch...his face contorts, or his tongue sticks out, and then he's back to sleep. It is amazing to spend a morning snuggled up with a baby who you created. He opens his eyes and peers into the world, and his face breaks into a wide smile when he sees me, his mother. Simply astounding. My son.

03 February 2005

The Sun is UP

It's a good day. Could be that I have only 14 hours left of this job (but who's counting)? Could be that my shiny Volvo is fixed. Could be that the high is 47 degrees today. The list goes on and on.

I have more energy now than I have for a while. I'm planning to clean the apartment tonight, as we have a slew of guests coming in on Saturday to break the number-of-people-sleeping-in-a-one-bedroom-apartment record. Actually, I'm pretty sure we won't break the record. That's probably retained by some college folks sleeping/passing out on top of each other after a crazy party...

Sigh. The party days. Oh, how a preggo longs for a good glass of wine to go with her cheese.

Tonight I'm baking the infamous Cherry Love Bars. These bars are outta this world fabuloso; perhaps I should post the recipe. I actually googled the recipe just to see if it existed in cyberspace. Nada. Hmm. Maybe I should sell it on Ebay.

I'm reading WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith for book club right now. Not sure entirely what I think about it, but it's gripping. Much more theme going on than in our last book club choice, which is promising.

Gotta split. Just finished my can of Coke and thecaffeineiskickingin.