my self-confidence has been on a roller coaster ride ( Read more... )

looking on the bright side ( Read more... )

Is it possible to miss someone I haven't yet met?

Sometimes my heart hurts for something it cannot identify. A less optimistic person might call it loneliness, but I'd like to think it's a longing for something greater and something unknown.

I'm ready for the next stage. Life is good. But could it be better?

The other day I was in SuperTarget looking for the perfect card. The production artist on my team is having surgery on Monday and will be out for 5-6 weeks. I thought I'd be looking for a greeting card under the tab "get well," "good luck,” “well wishes,” or something along those lines. I ended up finding a quirky "good bye" card, but not before ( Read more... )

Target Optical + something-like-glaucoma test = dilated pupils ( Read more... )

When the cracks on my bedroom ceiling ( Read more... )

I got two out of four wisdom teeth taken out on Friday. Originally I was supposed to have all four removed, but my bottom two are high risk for nerve damage, so I chose to remove only the top two instead. Eventually I will most likely have to undergo the risky surgery, because both bottom wisdom teeth are impacted and could cause long-term damage. ( Read more... )

I don't have anything really profound to say, despite having experienced a lot in the last couple months. I know that I've learned a ton, both at and outside of work. I'm living my dream of being a "city girl" and loving almost every minute of it. The independence is scary and exciting, and on a good day I look forward to all that life will bring ( Read more... )

'It is that dream we carry
that something miraculous will happen
that it must happen -

that time will open
that the heart will open
that doors will open
and that the rockface will open
that springs will gush forth -

that the dream will open
and that one morning we'll glide in
to a harbor we didn't know was there.'

-Olav H. Hauge

I watched Their Eyes Were Watching God with my mom tonight. I read the book for a class my freshman year in college, and the adapation was decent from what I can recall. The movie got me thinking about love - how and where we find it, how and why we lose it...when the quest for it is empowering, when it is empty. Women are so often depicted as the ( Read more... )