So I'm sick and it sucks. No fever, but lots of coughing, to the point where breathing's a bit difficult and I get winded just walking to another room. Want to just take a cheese slicer or something equally sharp up and down my throat to get rid of the coating of phlegm. Spent last night on the couch, in part because I didn't want to wake Jake up ( Read more... )

 Jake, Roscoe and I went camping in Delaware County for my birthday. Had a great time, complete with ducking into Siloam Springs, Ark., to see "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I."

Got to see my byline again over the weekend, which felt pretty damn good. I know I'm only a stringer, but considering I've got the green light to pitch stories ( Read more... )

 So far, not too bad of a birthday. Yes, I'm fighting a slight cold, but that's totally manageable, considering:

• I've been given the green light to pitch stories to the Tulsa World.
• Sources have been more than cooperative with me on the piece I'm working on.
• My awesome mother-in-law's offered to come up and watch Addie so I can focus on my story, ( Read more... )

 The munchkin is cutting tooth No. 3. Goody ( Read more... )

After picking my car up from the mechanic Friday, I ducked into the Super Target on the way home to pick up a couple of items for a friend's upcoming baby shower. While there, I saw two of my former classmates, one from undergraduate school and one from the semester at TU. Thankfully, neither noticed me, although I had to fight the urge to dive ( Read more... )

 A few random thoughts...

• Shopping for Addie's clothes has become an exercise in restraint. Not restraint as in "Oh this is sooo cute gotta buy them all," but restraint as in holding back from smacking a few folks around over the lack of baby girl clothes not covered in Disney princess crap, hearts, flowers, pastels and/or ruffles. My mother-in-law ( Read more... )

 Have a job interview Tuesday. Fingers are crossed ( Read more... )

 I went to a professional development workshop today at OU-Tulsa hosted by the local chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. (Yes, I know, deskie_fam , it's the dark side. However, I'm not in a position to be all that picky, even if it means making a temporary alliance with the other side.) Received confirmation that for the most part, am doing ( Read more... )

 Dear back,
If you could stop with the occasional uber-painful twinges, that'd be swell.

Dear baby weight,
Go the hell away. Please.

Dear local university and/or suburban newspaper,
You know you want to hire me. Let's make this happen.

Dear October,
I heart you, if for no other reason that you provide an excuse to watch "The Rocky Horror Picture Show ( Read more... )

 The munchkin has been in Adair County for almost 24 hours. Got to sleep in this morning for the first time in months (kinda needed it after the late night in Stillwater yesterday) and it felt heavenly. We'll get her back around dinner time this evening, but in the interim, I am enjoying the opportunity to simply relax and decompress. Will head ( Read more... )