So it's 11:30 and I was at work all freaking day and I have a cold and I desperately want to be sleeping but I'm not. Instead I was lying in bed wondering if Jess was up yet or not. It's 7:30 am in Cork. There's a chance she might be awake. I wanted to tell her that I used the squishy balls (that sounds bad) that she bought for me at OMSI. I ( Read more... )

So once again, Brendan has dragged me up to Skyline to cut down our own tree. You know, I whine and moan about this every year, but I actually like that there is a tradition that he thinks is important. It's all stormy here this weekend, but somehow, the world is looking better. I've been trying to get into the Christmas spirit and it just isn't ( Read more... )

Yoga class was entirely unrelaxing last night and I think I left more annoyed than I went, which is unusual. The girl next to me was exhaling so forcefully she sounded like a donkey or a horse with a little wheeze thrown in just for fun. You're supposed to exhale slowly and with control. It was very distracting. My hair was unraveling and ( Read more... )

So I got to babysit Itai yesterday, though he was a bit cranky which translates to cuddly for him. Then I went and saw my mom. Mom is doing so amazingly well. She has so much motivation now. Yesterday, she breathed on her own for 1.5 hours, with just the nurse there to support her and she stood up on her own (with just the walker) for 2 whole ( Read more... )

So I am bursting with . . . guilt. I own an SUV. A small one, but still an SUV. I love it and yet I feel guilt, despite the fact that it gets almost the same gas mileage as my Saturn and will be so much more useful for our lives. And it cost more than I ever thought I'd spend on a car. But I think that was more an inflation than anything else ( Read more... )

Yesterday was national goof-off day apparently. I had the most boring day ever. I got up, went to the gym, came home and showered. Then it was off to work, where I taught one class. Home to hang out alone and watch TV because Bren was at class. I watched Elizabethtown. That movie is as odd and confusing as it's previews. But hey, I got to ( Read more... )

Today is the one week anniversary of my teeth implants. I have an appointment so the good doctor can tell me that they look fine. At least I hope that's what he says. As of this morning, the lost stitches count is up to 6. It's a little odd to be talking and then suddenly feel a weird string hanging in your mouth. It's a little like when you' ( Read more... )

Thursday is the day my implants go in, if nothing else goes wrong. Cross your fingers and say a little prayer. If nothing else, I'm assuming the gortex comes out at least. I'm so excited, and nervous at the same time because of how un-fun the last surgery was. It's gloomy and rainy here and we're supposed to go tidepooling. Normally a very fun ( Read more... )

Aah, holiday weekend skiing. Fraught with traffic and many thousands of bay areans evacuating to the mountains. Good snow though and Lee managed to give me a hint that improved my skiing a thousand fold in one fell swoop. Then there's the part where I have to patiently wait for six other people to come to a consensus on anything before we can ( Read more... )

I came home after work all grumpy yesterday for an unknown reason. Instead of moping about, off to the gym I went. Beautiful day out. So after riding my bike to the gym and back, excercising in the middle of course (though I did forget the ipod and that makes the gym much less interesting), I headed off to the grocery store. Big mistake. Safeway ( Read more... )