Currently viewing the tag: "fired"

Basketball Jones

On November 23, 2011 By

Unemployment is time-consuming. You have to clean out your old office and set up a new one on your kitchen table, fill out forms, file your claims, and answer the phone…a lot. The phone calls come in 3 categories: commiserate, consult, and console. All 3 are welcome but while the flurry of activity helps me [...]

Continue Reading

Appetite For Reconstruction

On November 22, 2011 By

The rules for youngest children are there are no rules. At least not in my family. My parents were bushed by the time I rolled out; 4th of 4. They’d used all their collective energy teaching my brother sports and my sisters good manners, and then my sisters sports and my brother good manners. When [...]

Continue Reading