what else has me completely booked
Here's what else has me completely booked, meaning everything occupying my time that isn't reading or listening to books.
Jess Tholmer
may 2025, i am not a mom
I hate to think of hurting anyone's feelings, the people who struggle with infertility, who want nothing more than to parent, or more specifically, to be a mom.
you paid for this: menstrual cramps and the ibuprofen police
I asked for ibuprofen at the gynecologist the other day, and the medical assistant paused and then told me she'd either be back with some or the doc herself would give me some.
An Untitled Work of Fiction: Chapter 2
Besides his charm, he was sweet, funny, and actually quite respectful of women. “Maybe he’s bi,” I wondered, but that shouldn’t have mattered, regardless, because most damning of all, he had a girlfriend. A live-in girlfriend.
An Untitled Work of Fiction: Chapter 1
He'd worked at this restaurant for under three months when I tripped on the top step of a nail salon, fell down a flight of rickety concrete steps, and shattered my left leg.