About 3 April vacations ago, my family decided to go on a vacation to Washington, D.C. It was downright the worst three days of our lives, and we collectively decided never to go on a family vacation ever, ever again. And we hadn't gone on a family vacation since ( Read more... )

I set my alarm each morning for 6:15, so that by the time 7am rolls around I'm ready to get out of bed with just enough time to get out of the door at 7:40 for work. Unfortunately, last night I forgot to set my alarm, and therefore didn't get out of bed until 7:30, when my dad came into my room and asked me if I was going to work today. I had just ( Read more... )

( I'm bored )

So. Cool.

Summer's going well so far, I haven't killed any of the kids yet (and haven't even wanted to that often), and I just got a paycheck twice the size of the ones I was getting last year when I was working full weekends at the desk. The best part? I'm out at four, and after a quick shower and nap, I'm good to go for the night. I think I ( Read more... )

Bad Ways to Start Your Summer:

• Stop running the day after your last track meet
  
• Go for a 2-mile run when the last time you ran over a 400 was October, have your muscles sieze up, and not be able to move for 3 days and turn you off to any more physical activity
  
• Go to buttloads of graduation parties and eat and eat and then eat some more... and drink ( Read more... )

( I'm bored )

Dear 'Scott Peterson,' The Person Who Called in the Bomb Threat Today ( Read more... )

This makes me so excited for July!

Last night I set my alarm for 7:15, because I have to be at work at 8:45 and I really need at least 45 minutes of hitting the snooze time before I can get out of bed. So I set the time, but apparently I didn't actually turn the alarm on, although I could have sworn I did. And after I was in bed, I thought "I should look over and check that the ( Read more... )

I'm at the Y, being completely annoyed by the incredibly loud buzzing of the computer. As this computer gets older and older, it gets slower and slower and the buzzing gets louder and louder. And it likes to freeze all. the. time. Knock it off, computer ( Read more... )