I'm starting to feel like my old self. I don't mean the "old self" of a few weeks ago. I don't even mean the "old self" of last year. I mean the "old self" as in the me I was before I turned into the me I am ( Read more... )

Last night at Bible study, we talked about putting off the old self and putting on the new self. We talked about how it has to be a conscience decision to change; we don't just stop our old ways and begin new ones. It takes concentration and determination. It takes a desire to change, to stop letting our human nature have control and instead give ( Read more... )

Three years ago, I learned a very hard lesson: When I try to do things my own way, I fail. And when I fail, I fail BIG. And it's messy. And there are consequences. And no matter what, I have to live with those consequences ( Read more... )

I hate those days when I have nothing to say. Because those are usually the days that something inside of me is screaming to be heard ( Read more... )

I wonder about these emotional lulls that I find myself in periodically. It doesn't really make much sense for me to feel the blah way that I do since everything has been going very well lately and nothing in particular triggered it. And yet, here I am: Blah ( Read more... )

This morning one of my kids was honored in chapel with the Christian Character award. She wrote me a note last week inviting me to come. She said she missed me and would love a chance to see me again. Well, who could turn down such a sweet invite? So, I took a couple of hours off this morning and went in to see her. She was very happy to have me ( Read more... )

One of the best things about working at the Monkey House was having plenty of free time to think and write in my journal. With fewer distractions, I was able to focus on what was going on inside my head and translate my thoughts and feelings into creative wording that I could look back upon at my discretion later in my days, and watch the ( Read more... )

...Escaping the Monkey House and finding out that not only can I pass as an intelligent human being, I actually am an intelligent human being ( Read more... )

So, here I am. Beginning my second week at my fabulous new job. I am so much happier here. This job requires actual brain power, I'm making lots more money and I have time for a social life now. My body has adjusted quite quickly to the new sleeping routine. I'm still having trouble with meal times, but it will get better I assume. The job is all ( Read more... )

This is the last time I will be posting from this location. In just three hours and forty-five minutes I will be walking out of this building, never to return as an employee again. I will be leaving my monkey identity behind and beginning my new life as a brand new human ( Read more... )