The Gatannah Files

My great state of Texas did a thing recently that I do not agree with: They instituted a "voucher" program where parents can sign ...

Do you ever just have a time where it feels like you can't get your head above water? Nothing terrible has happened this week. In fact, ...

  This little idiot gots the diabetus. We found out Wednesday and have been scrambling the rest of the week to get things ready to start him...

In looking for something else, I found an essay I'd written back in the fall of 2012, months after James and I had started dating and mo...

  ... a photographer and incredibly talented acquaintance from D's gym, Gabrielle, offered to do a photoshoot with me. She also wanted t...

About a year ago, our local library was hiring a part-time library aide. I applied, the process took months, and I never even got an intervi...

I had a whole thing written up about our travel from Jonestown to Ciudad de México, but let's get real: No one cares. We're having a...

Today was a day off for James. It was also the third and final day that D had an appointment before work.  It was also open gym for Mal. The...

 ... At this moment, I'm standing at the kitchen counter waiting for my Instant Pot to come up to pressure. Because I'm boiling wate...

About a year ago, we started planning what was to be our last "big trip" until James got a job. Well, he has a job now and this is...

I am sitting in the parking lot of The Home Depot waiting for James to get off work. Driving him to and picking him up from work was not on ...

You guys. I'm tired! Want to hear something I don't like doing? Talking on the phone!  Want to hear what I did most of this morning?...

It's true! I hadn't thought about that for years, but James texted me this around Thanksgiving: "I wrote this on Nov 9 when I f...

Hey, you.  You randomly popped up in a dream last night (specifically, I was picking you up from jail after you'd completed your sentenc...

We made it in one piece! Or 4 pieces. Anyhoo, you get it: We didn't die. We cruised on Royal Caribbean out of Galveston, with the itiner...

School starts back up this week, and Mal's calendar is about to get busier again, as well. I have a mystery shop today; we're going ...

I'd really forgotten a lot. It was likely a self-preservation tactic my subconscious exercised on my behalf. In preparing for an intervi...