Our first Easter in New Orleans began pretty much like any other day here in this hotel: We slept later than we would have preferred, since the room is so dark we can never tell when it’s morning. See, the dawg likes to bark, loudly, whenever anyone passes by the hotel window. The only way we…
Tag: New Orleans
Exploring, Wandering, Passin’ Time
Applying to jobs in a new town, or anywhere for that matter, involves a lot of time spent playing the Waiting Game. Playing this Waiting Game all cooped up in a hotel room in Metairie defines, I think, a whole new idea of Stir Crazy. Truly. Don’t get me wrong, we haven’t been hiding in…
Homecoming
Coming to New Orleans on vacation and staying in the French Quarter and relying only on your feet and the streetcars is one thing. Driving into it and finding a place to park is quite another! Needless to say, when we went down to the FQ that first Friday in town, it was a very…
Misty Day, Reflections
Wednesday finds me in a better mindset, regarding the Vibe thang that had me in such an emotional dither yesterday. I went home after work and, after having a decent cry on J over a couple of cardboard boxes, we had a chat about all of that, and the various philosophies of grief. It is…
Mardi Gras
Happy Mardi Gras, world! Greetings, from my desk, for I am at work. Just about everywhere else, save for New Orleans and other places along the Gulf Coast, today is just a Tuesday. The same holds true where I’m at…but I’m doing the best I can. I’ve got the Mardi Gras Parade Cam running, via…
Interview Update
My brain, in the cramped confines of my skull, has been pacing back and forth like a squirrel on crack since Monday. Did we get it? Are we going? J’s phone interview with his employment prospect in New Orleans went very, very, VERY well. They were on the phone together for over an hour, and…
Hyperventilating
My husband got a call today. He is now scheduled for a phone interview on Monday regarding one of his employment prospects in New Orleans. I am hyperventilating and shaking and my heart is beating way too fast for just sitting here at a desk, as I am right this moment. Holy…wow. How exciting. I…
Claustrophobic Pink Cookies, with Beads
The last couple of nights, when I’ve finally gone to sleep and not been wakened by my neighbors or my pacing dog, I’ve had some uber-random and somewhat goofy dreams. Like standing on a foggy bricky street corner with a handful of dream-friends (people I’ve never met in waking life) and showing them the really wild…
*Knock Knock*…This Thing On?
Well, I’ll be. It looks like I’ve started a blog! *ahem* Welcome to Follow Your Crazy. The only thing that has kept me from starting this writing space was the lack of a name for it. Then suddenly, yesterday, I received a wonderful gift from a wonderful friend, the world aligned (as so often happens…
Follow Your Crazy 