Soppho

My sister made me this little guy for my birthday. Isn’t he adorable?
I come from a really creative family. My older and younger sisters both asked for (and got) sewing machines for Christmas before they had graduated from high school. They knit stuffed animals and crochet wristlets and hats and blankets (oh my). They’ve made [...]

Boy: So, what, you don’t think I’m fun to be around?
Girl: Of course I don’t; I’m dating you.
Boy: Why are you dating me then, to keep the general dating pool safe?
Girl: Yeah, it’s my job. They pay me to do it.
Boy: By the hour or salary?
Girl: Salary.
Boy: Very good then.

The trolley runs a free route from downtown to the university, designed for tourists and visitors to easily get around, but locals take advantage, too, and I’m definitely among them. It runs frequently, it’s convenient; there’s a stop not far from where I live, and my friends and I take it to grab some lunch [...]

Last weekend, Y Chromosome and I went to Maryland to see my sister and brother-in-law. We checked out their awesome new digs in their pretty new town, played with their lovely-but-99.44-percent-pure-insanity cat, and struck some incredibly embarrassing poses in their Wii Fit (”I call this one the geriatric flamingo with arthritis and a bladder problem”).
If [...]

W: So what are you doing this weekend?
Me: Y Chromosome and I are heading up to Maryland to see my sister and her husband, and my sister wants to go to the Renaissance Fair on Saturday. Apparently we’re going to eat turkey legs and macaroni and cheese on a stick. How that is even possible, [...]