well. i'm back. i made it.

there are many wonderful things to say about the trip. i was able to see a lot, and it was amazing.

the scenery and adventure often made up for the fact that it was like being on a bus with the characters from the fine film, "animal house."

if you're in new york, i'm going to come stalk you.

As of 6:00 tonight, I will be en route on a school bus (yes, a pimped out school bus... yellow and all) across the country and back. There will be pictures at some point later.

So, this is my crap "goodbye" for a few weeks. I will have limited access to email, so if you love me, you'll call. And send prayers that my suitcase will close.

the fucker has to be done today, so today will start my recovery: not yet, but soon, i'll ring the bell. and when i do, it'll be the sound of me having a life again ( Read more... )

i have two major things to do right now, namely, a job application and div iii edits-- and by the way, i love that my committee has the same "get it done by the skin of our teeth, but on time" attitude about work-- but i'm updating anyway. go me ( Read more... )

So, my client gave birth yesterday, and now I can officially call myself a doula. I could give all of the details here, but I've been finding that I've been speaking about it so often that some people have heard the whole tale about five times, and others have began to look ill when I told them about what it was like to see a person come out of ( Read more... )

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I'm a sickyface, and it's gross. Some kind of nasty cold/pre-flu/"look at me sneeze ten times in a row and-no-it-doesn't-feel-like-an-orgasm" awfulness. But things aren't so bad ( Read more... )

My arch nemesis, Bernard, just attacked me while I was slouching.

Dammit, Bernard! Dammit! Get out from under my shoulder, now!

Also, I just became best friends with a four-year-old who liked the bouncy-ball icon on Word. You missed it.

Here's the annual "I'm home!" annoucement:

I'm home!

And will be for a while. If you are home as well, please call me so I won't feel lonely.

wow... it just occured to me that i'm in a really fucking foul mood.

the plan tonight: drug myself to sleep and wake up at six to finish the fucking chapter, and possibly bake cookies for the class i t.a. if i don't kill someone. maybe.