I have gone to a far off place… a distant land where freedom does not exist. I’m taking a class for grad school. It’s 15 weeks worth of work all completed in a one-week intensive course. It’s only Tuesday, so I know better than to complain just yet. And, blessedly, I still managed to get 7 hours of sleep last night and finish all my readings and ( Read more... )

I hate doctors and doctors offices. The office I use opens at 8. I called, regarding my dog bite, and nobody was even picking up the phone until 8.20. Then I was put on hold for 20 minutes. Then I hung up, called back, was on hold for another 5 minutes, and FINALLY got to tell someone what I needed. She said she would "pass the message along" to my ( Read more... )

So the ministers who will be presiding over our wedding had dinner at our house this evening. I baked the BEST mac'n'cheese ever. But with a pound of gouda, a quart of whole milk, and a stick of butter, what wouldn't taste good!? Anyway, our dinner was great...we had a nice time talking with them, and we got some planning done for the ceremony. ( Read more... )

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I've been so incredibly overworked and overtired lately. This week officials from MSDE were at my school to discuss our possible grant renewal and to evaluate my program. This kind of meant that my job future was up for debate this week. yeah. pressure. So I worked through the weekend, getting my classroom up to date and perfect, updating all my ( Read more... )

There's a Smart Car that periodically parks on our block. The other day I was taking havoc out for our afternoon walk when I saw the owner of the Smart Car in the Smart Car, parking the Smart Car. The parking spot was the length of about one and a half of a regular sedan, yet the Smart Car drive was having the darndest time getting the car into the ( Read more... )

Life is busy. Yesterday we ran marathon-sized errands...to the mall, target, staples, and trader joes. I also did my homework for grad school, my planning for the coming week, and I un-caulked and then re-caulked our bathtub. Whew! I was so ready to wake up and do NOTHING for a while this morning, but after about an hour of video games and an hour ( Read more... )

it's 5am and i am awake. i suppose it was the giddy in me, ready for a snow day, that woke the tired sleeping me up at 4. no snow. nothing yet. even so, i couldn't fall asleep. arg. so now i'm probably going to have to go to work all groggly and then drive home in the fast-freezing death-trap of weather later, when i am even more tired. world, why ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a very nice day. Mike and I ventured to Fells Point for an afternoon of yummy lunch at Liquid Earth, coffee and studying at the Daily Grind, and Mike meandered over to the Sound Garden. Because of the unseasonably warm weather, there were a millllllllion cute dogs out walking with their owners. I love dogs. It has been so long since I ( Read more... )

I just finished of DAY TWO TOWARD INSANITY. It's actually not that bad...yeah I'm super behind, but some other people are too. Plus, I think I'm a smarty-pants enough to be excellent. Whatever...I've spent the past two days solidly at work, at work doing reading for school, or reading for school. That's it. Oh, I cooked dinner tonight. That's it. ( Read more... )