Today my kids were scheduled to go in and get their wisdom teeth out at 2:00, and I thought that was going to be enough for one day ( Read more... )

It's Friday afternoon at 2:26. Having given up on all legitimate reasons to take an early break from my desk today, I am now hoping for zombies. Where are the zombies when you really need them?

Three and a half days back at work, and I am behind in every aspect of my life. I need a 'reduce expectations' button that I can push. Every morning ( Read more... )

( in the emergency room )

Last year, I made a single New Year's resolution - to watch more movies and read more books, as a way of beginning to step away from the practically oriented work-first way I'd been living my life for so long. Making this resolution (and making it public) worked very well, and I'm happy to report that I have made considerable progress towards ( Read more... )

I've been away from LJ for days, as my brother and sister-in-law were staying with me this week, and all the extended family festivities over Christmas and New Year's took place at my house this year. It was nice but stressful, in that 'I love my family, but they drive me crazy, and I was so busy over the holidays that now I need a holiday' way. I ( Read more... )

Just got back from seeing Narnia. I was not only really impressed, but was moved to tears more than once. It certainly exceeded my expectations ( Read more... )

My family is so weird. They have this thing where they think they don't have to actually 'tell' someone when things happen, or plans change - somehow we're just supposed to grab the information out of the ether. It's nothing new, but it still drives me crazy, because I've always thought that if you wanted someone to know something you had to... ( Read more... )

Nothing says Christmas quite like the sparkle of tinsel in the poo in the litterbox.

My plan for the day was to bounce out of bed early, and work work work shop shop shop run run run drive drive drive clean clean clean all day long. Between work and work and life and work, I've been so busy that things that never fall behind in my life have fallen behind, and I was determined to get caught up today ( Read more... )