Sometimes when I read I get too absorbed…their pain becomes my pain and their joy becomes my joy. In times like these I can get violently angry when my real life interrupts this fantasy of words and untold dreams. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. It is the first time in a long time that I have read a book that would not let me leave ( Read more... )

I love my job and all of the people who work here. They love me too and my immediate boss took pity on me and plugged my sofa-less living room plight. So Leslie, the head of Labor Relations told me that she would be willing to give me a free beige loveseat if her daughter didn’t end up needing it ( Read more... )

So I broke up with Jeff this Friday. It’s weird…because I know I made the right choice. We weren’t meant to be and I know this. He never wants to get married…I do. He never wants to have kids…I do. He is driven by money…I’m not. I believe in Jesus…he doesn’t. These are big, hot ticket issues. So I knew it wouldn’t work out. And I knew I didn’t love ( Read more... )

Today is an A+ Fabulous AWESOME day and it’s a Monday! Who would have though it, aye ( Read more... )

1. I can’t make it to Vegas because I am broke and living off student loans. Priorities and doing the right thing isn’t that much fun. On the plus side, Bacardi Silver Black Cherry tastes exactly like cream soda and gets you drunk ( Read more... )

1. Dad and me were forced to talk about money because he no longer wants to cosign my school loans ( Read more... )

I’m bored…not because I have nothing to do, but because I’m not feeling on any of it. I get to run again on Saturday…GO SATURDAY. I’m angsty because my wildly tangential worries and ideas have no pavement smashing outlet. I started swimming again, I love the feel of slicing through water, but the scenery never changes, and I don’t have an excuse to ( Read more... )

As most of you know I have been painfully training for the LA marathon. I am amazed at the increase in my abilities. I have gotten to a place where I can comfortably run five miles. I have fallen in love with running and coming home spent and tired and sweaty and awesome ( Read more... )

I went to bed at ten because I am still sick. I woke up at midnight...and I am still up. Its 4. My brain is running sprints...I feel like I could go running, but my body is saying "go to sleep." This sucks

For the past year I have been sort of depressed and lame. I want to claim that it wasn't my choice, that I was a product of my parent's separation or equally lame circumstance. Such a lie! We lie to ourselves all the time. The truth of the matter is that I was depressed because I was so unhappy with where I was in my life. It was hard for me to say ( Read more... )