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Sun!
It is sunny and bright today, crisp, clear, and cold (for Portland). I biked in to work this morning. That always puts me in such a good mood. It is lovely. It left me with a weird combination of cheery and feeling funky ( Read more... ) -
Chasing tail
No, not me - the cats. Guess that sounds a bit funny, doesn't it ( Read more... ) -
back
Man, my back hurts like crazy today. Luckily, the meeting that I was staying for just got cancelled, so I just have to finish a document I must mail and then I can head home and lay my back out flat until my doctor's appointment this afternoon. Not really quite sure what I did to it, but this is not fun. -
Cat Dental Work
Shay went to the vet yesterday to have her teeth cleaned. They give you incredibly vague estimates on how much it will cost, as they won't know if an extraction is needed until the get in to see ( Read more... ) -
Macalester
I just got solicited by the annual fund. The woman who called was really nice and it was neat to talk to her about her background. Her family moved from Tibet to Nepal and India and finally to the United States. I gave her money. It is a donation that I feel good about. I never end up donating enough money over the course of the year to end up ( Read more... ) -
Saddling Up
So I am off to a trip with some friends this weekend and hopefully I can handle it and it goes alright. I could not get to sleep last night, so I, in true avoidant fashion, watched movies. Because when you are so tired you fall asleep as you hit the pillow you aren't left with that time right before sleep where things feel so close. But said ( Read more... ) -
Focus
Nothing like a little work crisis to pull you into focusing in way you haven't been able to do in days. -
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De-integration is hard. -
Note to self:
When stumbling towards bed, remember to pick up anything you really care about from the floor. I remember thinking about the bag of groceries and that I didn't care if they got chewed on. I completely didn't remember setting my journal down on the floor. It is now sans part of the cover.
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distraction
The mind may be distracted, the soul rarely. It keeps to its own rhythm.