Skylar Graduation It began at 9:00 and ended three months from now. At least, that's how long graduation felt. I made the mistake—a regrettable misjudgment—to arrive promptly at 9:
Skylar Parking Ticket Skylar called me at 9:14 this morning. "Can you give me some Bible verse about arrogance?" he asked. "Huh?" I was in the middle of responding to a work
Strangerville The Lone Cedar Tree I've been wanting to do this story for Strangerville for like two years but I didn't get around to it until now because tv and lazy. This story about a
covid Smells Almost the exact moment I published my last update on Stranger last Thursday, mere seconds after I typed the words at you "I haven't lost taste or smell at all,
Ridiculous Customer Service In These Unprecedented Times LISTEN. LISTEN TO ME. I know I am Karen with a capital K right now. I know I'm the worst version of a Jerry Seinfeld boomer (how is that man
Emily Michigan A few years ago my friend Emily bought a cabin in Michigan. Emily grew up in Michigan and now she lives in Salt Lake City down the street from my
Strangerville What brings you in today? Emily: What brings you in today? Eli: I need to open a bank account for my new business. Emily: Congratulations! What's it called? Eli: Strangerville. Emily: Ok, I'll just need
Wedding My Trashy Self Is In A Wedding Magazine I literally almost laughed myself into a coma several months ago when someone reached out to me and Skylar and said they wanted to put us in a wedding magazine.
Grandma Grandma's Knitting Needles We visited my parents on Saturday night to bring them dinner as they (hopefully) wrap up their attention-seeking brushes with covid death. We've been texting them every day for updates
House A Little Secret I'll let you in on a secret They don't tell you when you buy a home with a yard because They want you to fail. I don't know who They
Meg Help me I'm poor. A couple of quick things: First, your comments on the Shannon recap are giving me life. Also, SOMEONE IN THE COMMENTS LITERALLY FOUND HER GRANDMOTHER IN THE FILM. Stranger is
Ridiculous Companionship Inventory When Skylar and I got married my mother—the woman who birthed me into this world—the being from whom my body emerged through a process she has since called
Ollie We Are Very Angry With Matt Matt has decided to move away from us, which is absolutely a hate crime and an act of terror. He sprung the news on us a few months ago. "I'm
Ridiculous Hedgy A couple years ago my friend Anna got Duncan a little stuffed animal hedgehog. She called it "Hedgy" and this quickly became Duncan's very favorite toy. My little man was
Ridiculous Good Ice Cream Look. You know me. You've been reading this site since you were mumble mumble years old. Since back before the war. Since the days of Blockbuster and Myspace. You used
House Painting When I moved into my house in Year Of Our Lord XIIBV, one of the first things I noticed was that all the walls were beige, which I didn't love.
Medical School Physical Exam I heard it before I saw it. It was coming from the next room over. A one-sided medical based conversation by my exhausted spouse who has been working graveyard shifts
Ridiculous A Pretty Serious Dispute I need you to solve a debate that is make or break for my marriage. Skylar, who is wrong, thinks it's rude when I'm working or writing and he starts
Ridiculous Best In The Business During These Unprecedented Times Of Uncertainty, I have run around 200 miles per month. I've mentioned this to you before. My conversion into Forrest Gump was a result of two
Ridiculous Baby Clothes Cashier: These little t-shirts are cute! Who are they for? Me: Oh, uh . . . my . . . uh . . . my baby. They're for my baby. Cashier: Boy or girl? Me: Boy. Cashier: Wonderful! And
Medical School Pediatrics Skylar found out his newest rotation would be in pediatrics and this freaked him out. I was honestly surprised that he was so nervous to do this rotation. If you
Ridiculous Red Vines On Saturday I started getting notifications to my phone about my Instacart order. This was curious, since I had, in fact, not placed an Instacart order. I had forgotten that
Ridiculous Famine The first time I visited Skylar's family in Portland I thought maybe the Pacific Northwest was experiencing a famine that hadn't made the news in Utah. We were invited for
Ridiculous Excuse MY Christmas! Since 2011, I've been receiving emails from all of you on all sorts of topics and for all sorts of reasons. Some of the emails contain photos of you wearing
