...Am I being discriminated against ( Read more... )

I am officially retired from the field of veterinary medicine. This June I did not submit CE credits or membership dues to the CACVT for renewal of my certification as a veterinary technician. This week I begin training as a driving skills instructor, where the closest thing to an animal I will see is a hormonal teenager sitting in the driver's ( Read more... )

Today is day one of the cleansing fast Travis and I have decided to try. So far I've had a quart of salt water and 16 oz of the cayenne-lemon/lime juice-maple syrup solution. I feel pretty out of it, and I find it less than surprising that most of my hunger exists "in my head." No, not my hippocampus. I'm talking about my imagination, about my ( Read more... )

After so many years being in love with singing, I'm amazed that today was my first ever vocal lesson. This was Travis's Christmas gift to me, two full months of weekly sessions. Awesome with a kapital Q. Yes, feeling random and quirky again. Must say, I'm stoked ( Read more... )

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...I think I'll make some this year ( Read more... )

Dear Survivor ( Read more... )

Effing Livejournal (or is it effing Firefox...?) won't display my friends' page. Much scowling...

I was up half the night lastnight, my pen possessed by a deranged and obsessive spirit, but at least I got some legit lyrics out of the experience! I was thinking of calling it "Sycophant." I've always loved that word. But I would love any suggestions ( Read more... )

...And I still might tell you to go to hell if you did. "Three good reasons to what," you say? To have a second child. I'm not too keen on the idea myself, but most everyone around me says I should wait until Winter's at least two to decide for sure. They say I'll change my mind. I say bollocks. I have a big long list of reasons not to, much ( Read more... )