Can anyone suggest a remedy for a sore throat? God, I hate having a sore throat. I thought that Macon was my ideal environment, but it was just lying in wait. I guess that it could be worse, and most other things are okay.

It looks like I've got a job at the experiment station!

It is the year...that stands out so prominently in my mind, for that was the year (several years before my life was changed irrevocably by the success of The Glass Menagerie) in which I had to hock literally everything I owned, including an old borrowed portable typewriter and everything else old and new and portable, including all clothes except a ( Read more... )

"Chocolate always loves you back"

--Inscription on the inside of a Dove Valentines Day milk chocolate heart.

Recipe for a good day:

Take your medicine
Eat gifted coffee-flavored yogurt and gifted baegel
Communicate with an old friend
Eat lunch with your visiting Grandma
You may throw in more things as you go along.

Serve at about 25 degrees.

Do you find it unsettling when everything seems to be going pretty well? Currently, I am without crisis. It's a strange, wonderful feeling.

Common Clam Varieties

Enjoyed as a food source since prehistoric times, there are over 2,000 varieties of clamsThere are two main types of clam: hard-shell (Mercenaria mercenaria ( Read more... )

All classes so far promise to be pleasant.

Unfortunately, Archaeology is more expensive than I had expected, and FAR more expensive than I had hoped.

Fortunately, I came to grips with this fairly easily and without shedding a single tear. I feel like such a grown-up.

I just got done with yoga. I really like it. Look at my mood.

I just tried to repair a Christmas ornament with superglue before putting it away. I got superglue all over 4 fingers and both of my thumbs. Thankfully, they are not stuck together. I had to resist panic in order to prevent myself from beating down the door to the bathroom where William was taking a shower. I really, really want to use the ( Read more... )

Reasons why my holiday has been excellent thus far:

• No major fights with family.  Apparently, my painful adjustment stage to living at home/away from home has come to an end.  I've really enjoyed hanging out with my Mom.  In fact, I've so enjoyed bumming around that I decided not to try for the Bath and Body Works job.  Christmas, for me, is only ( Read more... )