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Rachel

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am a 28 year old claims adjuster by day, songstress by night, who fell victim to the harsh peer pressure inflicted by my friends to join MySpace, mostly because they kept laughing at me when I called it "Mindspace."

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

God, Eddie Izzard, Christiane Amanpour, Phillip Seymour Hoffman,Alton Brown, and Tori Amos, in that order. Oh, and I'd also like to meet a drummer who can play along with electronic music. We really need one.

My Blog

Rats. I hate being wrong

Before I had a kid, I was an expert on them. I could tell you EXACTLY what you were doing wrong, and EXACTLY how I would handle the situation if it were me. I knew absolutely everything. Then, I got h...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:46:00 GMT

Really?!?!

Shawn's grandma had a stroke last night. This is the last of his grandparents. The same guy who just had a friend die, and who very recently got laid off, is now saying goodbye to one of the two women...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:38:00 GMT

Eff you, Halloween

Positive things that have happened thus far in 2008:1. My beautiful son was bornNegative things that have happened thus far in 2008:1. Nate died2. Shawn was in a car accident3. Shawn was in another ca...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:59:00 GMT

WTF!?!?!?!

Assorted bad crap has been happening to us lately. I am all kindsa done with it. Shawn was in a bad accident Sunday afternoon. He was rearended on the highway. My car is totaled.  When people tel...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:28:00 GMT

Grief

My friend died earlier this week. I made it through the visitation, the funeral, and the first pizza club without him, but for some reason today's really bothering me. Maybe it's that my brother and T...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:32:00 GMT

Sadness

So, me and my brother grew up in Imperial. It's in between Barnhart and Antonia, South of STL. It's in the sticks. There was a small local store called "Poogies," and the nearest gas station was 20 mi...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:35:00 GMT

Arnold sucks. Just sucks.

So we went to my mom's to blow up fireworks, as we do every year, and I have to say that the land of Arnold has surprisingly gone downhill. This is shocking, mostly because I thought that was impossib...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:37:00 GMT

Workerific

Several well meaning friends and family members advised me that by the time my maternity leave ended I would be ready...even anxious... to go back to work. While I appreciate people trying to hel...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:29:00 GMT

If I just breathe...

Having a baby is tough. I forget to eat until, like, 3 pm. I spend much of my free time with a pump hooked up to my boobs.  I worry about the kid pooping too much, then not enough. His gas pain m...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 12:13:00 GMT

On the subject of birthing...

Childbirth is hardcore. I had noooo idea what that was gonna be like. We hit a couple of snags we were not expecting, and I had a bad reaction to the epidural, but overall it was a great experience. I...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:31:00 GMT