I’ve got all these firsts lined up. It’s going to be my first time taking Ambien — next week, Mike says. It was my first time to enter and win a competition.

For the first time in months, I’m actually feeling something positive — feeling proud of myself. For once, my oldest son was thoughtful. He put an egg cup right in the middle of the kitchen table. When I saw it, I thought he was hungry and soft-boiled an egg. On his way out the door, he said the cup was the closest thing he could think of to a 1st prize trophy without having to buy one and was gone before I could tell him about the egg. I’ll tell him when he gets back. (more…)