Tony has been working on his masters/PhD for going on 6 years.  He applied to 15 internship sites and traveled to 11 of those sites for interviews.  I helped him pick out what jacket, pants, tie, shirt, shoes to wear each time he left.  He traveled for 3 straight weeks in January, sometimes only coming home for one night to repack his suitcase and then leave again the next day.  It was an exhausting time for him, and for me, as I realized during that time that we truly do have a partnership when it comes to household needs, dog parenting etc.   I missed him tons! After ranking his…

Lately, I’ve been fighting the “meh” that I feel every winter.  Every January, post Christmas and pre-birthday I struggle against the lack of sun and cabin fever that makes me want to curl up into a ball and go on a strike against any form of “adulting.” Then February arrives and I add a few touches of red and pink around the house and look forward to seeing friends around my birthday.   But the past few February’s have not been nice to me.  February 2016:  car accident- hit head on because some guy on his cell phone ran a red light.  February 2017:  First miscarriage. No other words are necessary.…