Tyler and I had an adventure with the water line last week. This is a normal part of the winter process, it's just fast and stressful when it happens. I wrote about it in an email I sent to some relevant people. I've copied it here.

( Water water everywhere and everyone freezing cold... )

Cut for way, way TMI regarding gastrointestinal stuff.

( Seriously! )

I mentioned earlier that I've been having unusually creative and vivid dreams for the past month or so, especially noticeable because I remember them after I wake up (semi-unusual for me). I think this may be a medication side-effect, but I don't know. I'm WAY more sympathetic to people who have taken the semi-hallucinogenic malaria drugs. Here's a ( Read more... )

When I was little, I used to have a favorite book at my Nana's house. It was a green hardback, and it was crammed with fairy tales...but really original ones, ones from around the world that I'd never heard before ( Read more... )

I'm feeling domestic today. Washed the bedsheets, made some fresh bread (delicious and easy recipe after the cut), and rolled out a pie crust for quiche. Because we can only get limited supplies here, our menu hasn't had as much variety as I would like*. We've done okay for a while, but the same meals over and over is getting us down, so we're ( Read more... )

This journal is overdue for a life update, which I promise I will do soon. But not now, because I'm sitting around in Arnold Aviation and I don't feel like it ( Read more... )

I've spent the last few days helping my Mom clean out some of the last nooks and crannies of the house. This has been an ongoing project for several years now. It's a bit tedious, but Mom and Dad aren't asking anything of me right now...no rent, no food, no chores...so I feel the least I can do is help out ( Read more... )

So, I got a phone call yesterday morning, and I didn't get the Seattle job (Job 2). My interview with them last week went really well and I think they liked me a lot, but I think there was just someone else who was better suited for it. The job would be working on the pontoon team, not the environmental team, and I'd be helping the half of the ( Read more... )

This is probably really immature, but it made me laugh so, so hard.

A depressing yet highly instructive video.