Where have I been ( Read more... )

I am never saying anything is private on this again. Everybody immediately thought I was pregnant. My family, that is. Last time I visited, I said I had exciting news, and everybody assumed I was pregnant. I'm not even *married* yet! When Brother says he has news, nobody assumed he's impregnated someone. It's not fair ( Read more... )

Well, there's lots going on, but some of it is a beeeet private, so I won't post it for the world to see. Instead: Veganism ( Read more... )

Breakfast- leftover green beans, tofu, and curry paste from the great Thai restaurant we recently discovered. Diagnosis: Yummy ( Read more... )

Did my vegan shopping. A surprisingly fun experience, simply because I got to feel virtuous. I unloaded my fruits, grains, and vegetables onto the checkout belt, and the man behind me- meat. I immediately felt like shooting him a very dirty glance (but forebore, since meat makes people violent). Then I self-righteously took my bags to the car, ( Read more... )

I unexpectedly received a day off today. When I heard yesterday I began dancing around, making the people not getting a day off scowl at me. Here is what I have done with my day ( Read more... )

I know you have all been on tenterhooks about how I am. What are tenterhooks, anyway ( Read more... )

I am sick. Thursday night my chest tightened up, Friday I was coughing, and by Saturday it was a full-blown extravaganze of coughing, bone pain, runny nose, etc. I feel slightly better, but I'm still taking tomorrow off, because I feel like shit. In the space of this weekend, absolutely nothing happened, except I read a bunch of books and worried ( Read more... )

A kindergartner walks into my office today, in tears ( Read more... )

Ember escaped again today. I was sitting outside with him, reading and suffering through whatever virus has taken hold of my body, and suddenly I heard his collar jingling OUTSIDE the fence ( Read more... )