2 random thoughts

I am actually drinking "Red Bull" this morning (I hear it's a "well-being" drink) to try to finish 2 stories on deadline but want to share 2 quick observations:

1. Friends in my wonderful writers' group came up with this great idea: Put New Yorkers and other challenging mags in the bathroom so your kids can't help but read them.

2. After a spate of unusually fun and absorbing work, after which I found I have been infinitely more patient and kind to my kids, I remembered interviewing the amazing neuroscientist Marian Diamond for "The Mommy Brain." The one thing she said that so struck with me -- after several minutes of talking about how good kids can be for your brain -- was that the thing her children remember best about her motherhood was how much she complained. These two things can exist at the same time. Women with active brains need to use them in many ways; I would never and have never argued that raising kids can be sufficient alone. It sure isn't for me.