Since my last post? Zero days off. And these past few days, I felt as if work was eating me alive. I didn't even have time for dinner breaks, so I shamefully ate whatever I could find in the vending machines. Actually, yesterday I ate dry Cheerios at my desk. Does that make me a freak? Despite skipping dinner, I still didn't get home until about 3 ( Read more... )

I am so freakin' addicted to Augusten Burroughs' writing style and stories. "Dry" is kind of like crack. Yesterday I felt guilty because I was reading it in the morning instead of sleeping ( Read more... )

I bet seriously that I've "wasted" an entire year of my life on the Internet by now ... if not longer ( Read more... )

All this talk of direction makes me want to reflect a little myself. I am happy to be engaged, but I'm doubtful that I have any better sense of direction in my life than anyone else I know. Undeniably, I am very fortunate. I have the degree I wanted; I have a job in my field; six months from now, I'll be married ( Read more... )

Can you believe the front page of the Beacon Journal today?

at night in my bed i am restless. when i'm awake, my thoughts are scattered. i start sentences that i never finish. i'm defensive. i'm curious. i need to know, so i ask a lot of questions. answers follow sighs of exasperation. i intend to be "relentlessly focused," but that fades to the bare minimum after a while. and then as focus tapers, feelings ( Read more... )

1. Go to Lake Erie's Huntington Beach
2. Make apple crisp
3. Paint with watercolors
4. Make banana bread
5. Buy something in Madison, perhaps at a farmer's market
6. Make buckeyes for my co-workers
7. See the friends I haven't seen since 2005!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is the day for asking myself many questions. The good thing is that I know the answers. At least most of them ...

Christmas has been postponed. Not for you, of course. You're not the one whose co-worker loves to skydive, even when she's aware of the dangers. Poor Ee Laine broke her ankle ... again ( Read more... )

New studies suggest that if you do simple happiness exercises regularly, you will be a happier person ( Read more... )