OK, so here's the thing. I'm going to donate some money to Haiti relief, but it is more satisfying to actually do something ( Read more... )

I visited Haiti twice in my teens- when I was 14 or 15, and again when I was 18. It was very hot and very, very poor, and the work I did there (helping to clear a field to build a clinic, weeding a pineapple patch, and working with the sponsored children at the missionary school) was very hard and very rewarding ( Read more... )

You know, I check LJ just about every other day, but I sort of forget to post ( Read more... )

We got a ton of snow this weekend. I'm guessing about 15-16 inches in the front yard. The back deck got more because of the wind. Rachel is intrigued by the "'no" but she didn't want to go play in it. She's very particular about where she puts her feet ( Read more... )

Dear Bosses ( Read more... )

I'm finally starting to feel the Christmas spirit a little bit. The neighbors down the street have erected their enormous reindeer made entirely of lights, the weather has finally gotten cold, and we had our catered holiday luncheon at work yesterday. However, none of those things really got me into the spirit. No, what triggered it was this ( Read more... )

We got a new directive from corporate banning access of social meda from work. The e-mail specifically mentioned Facebook and Twitter, so I've stopped looking at those. I assume LJ will be included as well, but the PDF with the entire directive is corrupt so I haven't read it yet and therefore I'm posting and reading here. I have plausible ( Read more... )

I'm tired and still sick and work sucks, and then I keep reading frakkin' Touching or Sweet or Sad stuff on journals or that people keep e-mailing me and please have mercy on me and stop it!

I am always an emotional landmine ready to go off, people! I cry at EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING! And you're killing me today. I want to go home and cry more.

I am siiiick. I don't feel like doing anything. I am sitting on the couch, just having finished a conference call that I put on mute so I could cough without disturbing anyone. I feel every inch of my 35 years today ( Read more... )

Actually, no other news. Because work sucks and I'm too busy to post. But I'm fine, just busy. I'm going to Sweden in two weeks, that's news.

SO BUSY.