Tag Archives: friends

Hello? Is Anybody Listening?

May 23, 2016Familyblogger problems, blogging, blogs, books, family, family dynamics, friends, reading, sibling dynamics, siblings, teacher misery, teaching, writingEmily

Last time I look to this crowd for a pat on the back.

TM1 TM2

(Insert hours of absolute dead radio silence)

TM3 TM4

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Why I Don’t Go To Clubs

May 22, 2016Friends, Random Thoughts/Happeningsaging, clubbing, clubs, dancing, friends, lifestyle, music, NYC, partiesEmily

Last night I went to a club.

No, not a country club.

A club where the music is loud, the crowds are abundant and sweaty (me always being the sweatiest) and everyone is super drunk.

Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t even understand what clubs are, much less go to them. I don’t even like leaving my Upper East Side neighborhood, and on the rare occasion I do make it downtown, it’s to pursue a buzzed-about meal of bacon, or because I fell asleep on the subway and got lost.

But last night I made the exception for a friend’s dad’s birthday party. Yes, you read that correctly. My friend’s dad, David, the coolest 60-year-old on earth, decided to celebrate his birthday by clubbing in New York City. And it just so happens that the only way you’re going to get me to go to a club is if you tell me that a 60-year-old man and all his 60-year-old friends will be at a reserved table with bottle service.

I’m not being sarcastic. That is my ideal club situation.

So I went with bells on, and we had a blast! David is cooler at age 60 than I ever was or ever will be at any point in my life. And his wife doesn’t look a day over 35. (They also happen to be the loveliest people ever, but I feel that is secondary to how fucking great they look). #lifegoals

So we all partied until 3am, when David decided it was time to call it a night, and the rest of us didn’t really see a point in being there without him.

At 4am I went to bed thinking to myself, “Huh, look at me! I totally CAN do this club thing!” and I gave myself a soft little pat on the back as I drifted into a self-satisfied slumber.

At 5am I projectile vomited. EVERYWHERE.

In the bed. Across my nightstand. Onto the wall. All over my iPhone, alarm clock, and various electrical cords. Then again, at 6am, in the toilet.

David woke up this morning feeling great.

(This was the best selfie we managed to take last night. #notgood)

Questions That Aren’t Questions

May 6, 2016Friends, Mental Healthaging, city living, friends, health, mental health, rain, weather, yogaEmily

My friend and I were going to go out downtown tonight. But it’s raining.

Transpondster

May 4, 2016Random Thoughts/Happenings, Uncategorizedbigly, children, donald trump, english, friends, kids, politics, presidential election, teachers, teaching, trump, tv, vocabularyEmily

“Trump said ‘bigly.’ That doesn’t even make sense. How can he be president if he doesn’t make sense?” — 4th grader

Kid, I ask myself that every damn day.

My Judaism Is Rusty, Part 2

April 27, 2016Friends, Random Thoughts/Happenings, Uncategorizeddiet, food, friends, holidays, jewish, jews, judaism, passover, traditionEmily

(related to My Judaism is Rusty )

Making dinner plans…

I didn’t even know it was still Passover.

Survival Tactics

April 25, 2016Familycars, children, family, family dynamics, friends, kids, large families, misunderstandings, mom, parenthood, parenting, sibling dynamics, siblingsEmily

Me and a friend (a new friend who doesn’t know me or my family that well), discussing the idea of large families:

Friend: “I can’t BELIEVE your mom had four children. That is so many!”

Me: “I completely agree. I mean, it’s great now that we are all adults. But as young kids? Four is too many. My mom had to live in her car for like 15 years.”

Friend: “Wait, what?! She LIVED in the car? Why? Where did the rest of you live?”

Me (laughing): “No no, I’m sorry. I meant that she had to spend all of her time in the car. Driving us to all our activities and carpooling.”

Friend: “Oh my god. I thought you meant like because of having so many kids, there wasn’t enough room in the house, or enough money or something, so she had to live alone in her car.”

No. But to be honest, she probably would have preferred that arrangement.

For the Loved Ones

April 17, 2016Family, Friends, Mental Health, Relationships, Uncategorizedanxiety, anxiety disorder, depression, family, friends, mental health, mental illness, relationships, supportEmily

This one goes out to the supportive loved ones of people who struggle with mental illness– friends, family, significant others– ALL of you who stick with us through the ups and downs.

We know we’re not always easy. But you love us anyway, listen when it must be unbearably hard to listen, and check in even when you know the response will not be positive.

And most important, you keep us laughing.

Thank you.