If I was dumb, I would be thinking that I might be pregnant ( Read more... )

Thank those Greek Gods for the Olympics ( Read more... )

better. much better.

This past week has been like riding on a seesaw.  Just as soon as I feel like I've gotten used to being home, something happens and I completely change my mind ( Read more... )

You hear kids whine about it all the time - "I'm bored!" It's usually followed by parents offering ideas kids are never fond of.  "Go clean your room" was always a favorite used by my mom.  And she was always right, my room did need to be cleaned - it still does - but for now it would only offer temporary solace.

See I'm not just bored...I'm bored ( Read more... )

If the first step to everything is overcoming denial, then I'm ready for my admission.  I have a problem:  I'm not ready for the rest of my life ( Read more... )

During our orientation in Melbourne, our guide Darren would say, "Go get lost for awhile" and leave the group to find our own way.  Most of the time we walked in circles or from one end to the block and back, never really getting lost or unable to find our way back.  I hated the aimless wandering, but as I look back now, at least then I (sort of) ( Read more... )

Check out all my Australia pictures by visiting ( Read more... )

Being a bigger fan of words than numbers, math, particularly addition, has never been my strong suit. Ask me to add two, three-digit numbers in my head and you might have to wait a minute or so, but ask me to come up with three synonyms for “experience” and I could easily rattle off “happening, encounter, incidence.” Before my visit to Australia ( Read more... )

The way life works will never cease to amaze me. How things happen, how people meet, and how things change all depend on a never-ending sequence of events. It would be impossible to count up all the little moments that led up to my decision to come to Australia, and even harder to figure out all the events that needed to occur for me to meet the ( Read more... )