I Am
My name is Alex Iwashyna. You may also know me as Alexandra, Al, Big Al and of course, Al your Pal (but only when I’m running for office in sixth grade. catchy slogan that may or may not be why I lost). I am also the Alex Iwashyna formally known as Alex Nelson.
If you’ve had enough of me (already? because I can go on and on and on), the rest of the family is pretty cool, too.
- S/Scott = my husband since 2003, pediatrician, and all-around soccer-loving, amazingly sweet man
- E = my son since 2006, my oldest, and all-around energetic, sports-loving, music-loving, sweet boy
- N = my daughter since 2009, my youngest, and all-around easy-going, put-in-box-put-out-of-box-loving, sweet girl
We are a Yankee couple who bred Southern children and secretly love living in the South. Except for the fact that our district votes Republican like they pay us (which for some of the neighbors probably isn’t far from the truth). Oh well. We can still annoy them with our yard signs.
I am a Stay at Home Mom and Writer (yes, they are capitalized for no reason) in my early thirties and I worked REALLY hard to get here, just kinda on the wrong path of working hard.
- Graduated from high school.
- Received my Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy in 2000
- Awarded my Medical Degree in 2006
- Realized I want to stay home with my kids in 2006
- Remembered that I love to write in 2007
Oh and my journey also included a conversion: from an atheist/deist/agnostic Republican to a God-loving/slightly-Christian Liberal. Fairly inconvenient when I’m trying to fit into the twitter-verse, blogosphere and outside-ville. (That last phrase isn’t catchy AT ALL. Totally explains why Americans are in front of a screen more than a tree. Tree sounds TOTALLY BORING. And itchy.)
So here we are. Writing. Mostly poetry and blogging. But I have a book of essays that are DYING to come out. I just have to make time for them. No biggie.
I blog about life, parenting, marriage, hating people, spirituality, zombies, and rude Southern people. In my pajamas. After lunch. Because early really does suck.
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I like you.
oops, i meant to write more….you know, so you don’t think I’m some weird blog stalking lesbian. I’m not.
I’m so glad I found your blog. I relate on a lot of levels and yer funny.
Twitter: TamingInsanity
June 14, 2010 at 12:14 am
I like you.
I did not mean to write more.
Infer from that what you will.
Stumbled across your blog a few days ago and have come back a couple of times since then (added you to my blog roll, too). Love your cute honesty and non-apologetic personality. Keep it coming!
I like you too.
I am also not a lesbian.
I can’t believe you were a republican.
I’m also not a lesbian.
I love that anyone that googles “republican” and “lesbian” will end up here. actually, it’s kid of scary.
PS added you to blog roll too
Found you thru Twitter. Like you I’ve got a BA in Philosophy. Got a Ph.D. in Zoology, and now I’m writing blogs and raising kids. I also do a bit of on-line marketing, but am not too good at it yet. Still love to learn…and laugh…and will eventually write.
Thanks for the fun blog posts. I’ll be back.
also not a lesbian.
but i am fucking fabulous and so are you.
takes one to know one.
p.s. Brad Keena led me to you via OS. he is kinda hot so i am very glad not to be a lesbian.
Twitter: L8enough
August 28, 2010 at 11:22 pm
For the record: I’d be okay if you were lesbian.
In fact, I would be psyched that you like my blog just as much as I am psyched that you like my blog. (that sentence makes sense. yes it does)
ps. oh and I also wouldn’t think you were hitting on me. or i think everyone is hitting on me. so either way, no need to explain anymore.
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