So I met with the career counselor at OSU-Tulsa in an effort to make some semblance of progress on the employment front. The good news is that she said I'm doing all the right things and my resume just needed a slight cosmetic tweaking (i.e. enlarge the font in a couple of places and right justify the dates). The bad news is that if I want to stay ( Read more... )

 So one of the things my body decided to do to me after having Addie was develop asthma. (Pretty sure it wasn't caused by pregnancy, but considering the other crap that's happened to me post-partum, am not ruling anything out.) Didn't find this out until Jake and I joined a Couch to 5K program and I had an asthma attack at the first run ( Read more... )

Jake accidentally woke up Addie when he checked on her, so I'm staying up to make sure she goes back to sleep. Things have finally quieted down from her room after digging the humidifier back out from the bathroom closet ( Read more... )

 The Good:
Addie's been in a good mood lately. For the most part.
Have been able to successfully pitch several stories to the features editor.
Stillwater trip this coming weekend.
Seeing a few friends this past weekend who I hadn't seen in a few months
Getting one of my sorority-related press releases picked up and reprinted
Possible play date later this ( Read more... )

 Should have a long, in-depth story running in tomorrow's paper for Sunshine Week. It's something that I've been working on since Christmas and am glad to finally see it come together ( Read more... )

 I did something to my back again. Don't know what. Wound up having to go to the doctor's office this morning and was given an injection, another round of pain meds and muscle relaxers to take as needed and instructions to do more exercises that focus on my core. Was specifically encouraged to do yoga, which made me have flashbacks to an episode of ( Read more... )

 The Tulsa World did another round of layoffs today, along with a massive restructuring. Got to find out about it when I came home already emotionally frayed from a session with my shrink. Thankfully, my dad and deskie_fam were not among the casualties, but I still don't know (a) if my contract will still be honored and if so, (b) who my new editor is, since ( Read more... )

Have been having flashbacks to high school lately. There's been gal-pal drama (thank you, sorority stuff), a loaded schedule (thank you, Gridiron), a return trip to counseling and college admissions info showing up in my snail mail box, e-mail inbox and even my cell phone ( Read more... )

 Still lots of snow outside. We got another six inches or so yesterday around here (up to four times that amount to the north and east of us), so the big-ass snow drifts remain on the front porch. Thankfully, in true Oklahoma style, it's supposed to be in the 60s next week, so that'll help clear things up ( Read more... )

 Thanks to Mother Nature taking a white 2x4 to Oklahoma, I've been stuck in the house since Monday afternoon. We've got some big-ass snow drifts on the front porch, along with the 14-15 inches of snow in the street. I want to get out and about, but having a kid in tow complicates things. That, and my car doesn't do snow ( Read more... )