Happy Autumn! (yesterday ( Read more... )

Supportive couples (and pictures of daddies with their children) make me teary-eyed. Plus the article reminded me of all the times my dearest has said "You can do it! Just a little farther! Look at that!" when I have struggled.

I am tired. Why is the weekend so far away?

I finished my first triathalon this morning ( Read more... )

My capacity for language seems to be failing me today. All day I've had moments where I say something and it's not quite the right word that I want. People nod and seem to understand what I mean but I feel like a fool because I just said a word that doesn't really make sense in the context. I know when I do it but I can't pinpoint what word I want ( Read more... )

Grilled plums are delicious.

One of my eggplants bloomed for the first time today!
The flower is a light purple with a yellow center, each petal about an inch long and they form a little downward facing cup.

I've been reading a lot lately:

Neverwhere, Neil Gaimon- My first novel by this author. I've been wanting to pick him up for a while and wasn't disappointed. Really a fun ( Read more... )

Today's my first day of real training for the sprint triathalon I'm going to try in September. The training guide that I'm using recommends 5 days a week, alternating which sport at the beginning then slowly adding them together. First day starts with a 15 minute run. I hate running. Running is painful. However, I jogged for about 1 mile (14ish ( Read more... )

Here's a bit of my cousin. This is one of my favorites of his songs... lovely lyrics.

http://testdriveacoustic.taylorguitars.com/BandDetails.aspx?b=15643

You can also visit him:
www.myspace.com/danaeconnors

Today is the last day of collecting data for this term! This weekend I'll be doing a lot of data entry. Although mostly tedious, reading participants summaries of the passages they read is quite interesting. It's amazing what people remember and add on in their memory of even very short stories.

Data entry takes me a long time. However, once that's ( Read more... )

I'm tired and ever so thankful for the weekend and watching amazing soccer ( Read more... )