i'm at home on a friday night, avoiding my friends and pretending to be someone different.  what's wrong with me?

in a few short months i will be 28.  holy.   shit.  when did this happen?  when did i get so freaking old?  i know it's a little premature to be freaking out in may when my birthday's in september, but what can i say, i like to jump the gun ( Read more... )

after 8 months of not being in culinary school, today i made a perfect hollandaise- a feat i was not even able to accomplish while in culinary school.  today is a good day.

it's friday night in the land of rori.  i'm craving red meat, and i think i just finished working on a new song.  i like making music for me, the Trinity, and occasionally my roommates (and parents who don't appreciate that they have a mildly talented songstress for a daughter).  today was a particularly frustrating day at work.  apparently the ( Read more... )

i had a most delightful dinner of thai food deliciousness with reid and giselle last night.  reid still owes us a little karaoke diddy, so i'm promised at least one other get together.  i miss working with those kids.  eating carrots and baked goods, watching the kiddies.  screaming at the kiddies. . . oh nostalgia.

we now have rock band at our home ( Read more... )

i am 27.  just like that my birthday came and went.  and in 13 minutes, it will be someone else's turn.  a good day overall.  ran in to some of the old afterschool co-workers.  apparently things are in dire straights at afterschool.  and today was kinda a poopy day at work.  more unemployed people that i can't help.  and me getting overwhelmed in ( Read more... )

so this weekend was pretty great.  it was so wonderful to see friendly faces of people who love me and who i love a whole lot.  sarah's bachelorette party was super fun.  delicious food at the garlic (http://www.thegarlic.net/), driving around daytona beach in a limo with some awesome ladies ( Read more... )

i have a job.  i was super happy the second i found out, and now, it doesn't really seem real.  i kinda thought getting a job would make everything better, but that's not quite the case. . .now there are a million other things to figure out.  like solidifying a place to live.  and figuring out if i can live on what they're gonna pay me ( Read more... )

i've been thinking about thankfulness a lot lately.  more accurately, God has been schooling me (and therefore i've been schooling my roommates) about thankfulness.  this passed sunday, the teaching was from colossians 3.  and the verse and the point that has been sticking with me comes from verse 15:

"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, ( Read more... )

it's friday night, and i'm sitting a lone, in my underwear, in my room, uploading pictures of my kids that i will probably never see again, and feeling sorry. . .for myself?  a little yes, to be honest.  it sucks.  i finally find a job that i like and it doesn't seem possible that i will be able to keep it.  poop.  that coupled with the fact that i ( Read more... )