And boy did I fall off the wagon. I DID go through my entire book in the month of June, and chopped out almost 25,000 words, which was awesome. But that involved a lot of sitting at my desk, not exercising, staying up too late cuz I wasn't tired (on account of all the not-exercising), eating late because I was staying up late, then sleeping late ( Read more... )

Well, for one thing, I'm actually going to have one! My sister and her darling dude invited us to go to Cabo with them, which is awesome, but kind of expensive. And it's hard to get excited about going from 100 degrees in Texas to 100 degrees in Mexico ( Read more... )

So I went in to the doctor's on Wednesday for a progress check on the whole not-getting-the-diabetes project. I'd managed to drop six pounds since the last time I went in in March, but man, I spent the ENTIRE month of April eating on the road, and the whole weight-loss thing stalled out bigtime. Anyway, it was quick and painless, one of those "we ( Read more... )

Man, it's like somebody flipped a switch somewhere - these last couple of days have been AWESOME. And not for any one amazing single reason, but work's cooling off and I got a great e-mail and went out for a lovely dinner with the Dude and have arranged a super-fun play-date for next week, and it's just ( Read more... )

Yep, still mad busy over here, though not in an especially bad way. Short summary on the essentials ( Read more... )

Okay, sorry, I was trying to be all positive and shit and it just isn't working ( Read more... )

Okay, the universe heard me bragging and decided to whomp me this week. No single part of it was actually just awful, but it's like there hasn't been a single spare minute anywhere, and I am just so brutally tired ( Read more... )

Denouement: the class was awesome. The school is not in a ritzy area by any means, but this is a charter school, and it is AMAZING how instantaneously you can sense the high expectations when you walk in there. It's clear that these kids have parents and administrators that will kick their butts if they mess around or don't put out their best ( Read more... )

So I get to teach a new class down in Cedar Hill - and verily, I am enthusiastic ( Read more... )

How was this week awesome? Let me count the ways.

--had a SUPER-fun weekend in Houston with the hubbles
--got two giant-awesome emails AND a box of fantacular snacky treats from conductor37; don't ask me how ( Read more... )