Had a horrible time trying to get to sleep last night and when I did, I dreamed of Atlanta and woke up in tears. It's put me in a bit of a foul mood this morning. Mind you-- I'm having a blast here, and I love nearly everyone I work with. I can really see myself digging this job. But my subconscious is trying to tell me something, me thinks ( Read more... )

Update on yesterday and today ( Read more... )

Well, I was woken at 2 am this morning to loud crashing outside my window. I got up and looked. Okay kids, they weren't kidding when they said you'd see bears. o.O ( Read more... )

PS: Anyone else getting the inexplicable urge to watch Firefly, or is it just me?

( I'm in Cali. )

I am currently sitting in Salt Lake City airport waiting for my flight to Bakersfield, followed by an hour and a half drive out to Springville. Leaving didn't hit me until the airplane pulled out onto the tarmac and I started to cry. Atlanta has been good to me. Good memories and no regrets. Never regrets. The fat dude next to me gave me a ( Read more... )

( Angst, stress, despair and hope )

"Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver ( Read more... )

It seems I've had my first real taste of what it means to leave Atlanta. I said goodbye to someone tonight and while it didn't kill me, it certainly made breathing hard for awhile. It's strange how I seem to have made moving a task of papers, boxes, and check lists-- I get it. I'm the MacGuyver of moves. And I get a little wrapped up in those ( Read more... )

I just realized I forgot to post the 2006 winners of the "Dark and Stormy Night" Contest. 2007 will be up in the next couple of weeks.

( But now for the 2006 winners )