Thanks, Mirror_This ( Read more... )

My baby sister, who has just graduated from college this very weekend, who has scored a kickass full-time job in the career she wants (hotel sales), who is already making more money than me (I will never, ever catch up), and who is buying a freaking two-story house in Las Vegas, thinks that I am too uptight ( Read more... )

I was so looking forward to having today off, and then what do I do? I oversleep and wake up at 2:30. Argh! I should've set an alarm. Oh well, it's nasty and rainy outside anyhow. Maybe I'll go swim laps later and make myself feel semi-productive ( Read more... )

You know how some people complain that they have verbal diarrhea ( Read more... )

I feel extremely productive. I just scrubbed down the entire bathroom (oh, did it need it. eew.); mopped the hardwood floors in my room, the hallway, and the living room; swiffered the lino in the kitchen; and unpacked a bunch of my stuff ( Read more... )

So, this morning I was running late for work and I was taking the trash downstairs for trash day.

I open the trashcan on the sidewalk only to find...

dun Dun DUNNNNNNNNN

A trash bag overflowing with maggots. No doubt from one of the apartments downstairs.

I almost lost my breakfast. Not the best way to start your morning.

OK, I know I've been AWOL on LJ lately, but I'm going to pick it back up, I promise! I'm not going to catch you up to speed just yet. I don't have enough time this morning. I'd just like to provide an amusing snapshot ( Read more... )

I just had my last graduate school class ever. Or at least for a long time.

I feel like someone's pulled the carpet out from under my feet.

More on this later...

So I'm sitting here freezing in my apartment because sometime yesterday we ran out of oil ( Read more... )