Wow...it's been months since I've even been on livejournal...oops! I guess these days people can be sure to find me on myspace and facebook for sure!, and I write in my xanga periodically too.

But hi everyone!!!

Just because a person COULD run a marathon with a 25 pound backpack on, doesn't mean that they SHOULD, or that they have to. It is possible, but it is not the best or most effective way to run a marathon. And when the person realizes that they can take that backpack off and run without that extra weight upon them, the possibilities for success, ( Read more... )

is almost over...for me, that is. Tomorrow I go back to working my two jobs at UIC, and next Monday I begin my second year of graduate school. All I can think is: where has the summer gone??? It seems like it just started, and now it is over. But thinking back on the last few months, so many things have happened that it helps me to realize that I ( Read more... )

The weekend started off with one unbelievable occurrence after another...and when I tell this story, let me make it clear that none of what I am about to write is embellished in any way...this is the true story, of two girls who are madly in love, and plan to spend the rest of their lives together, and who go through obstacle after obstacle to get ( Read more... )

So I near the end of week two of my full-time, grown-up summer job at my mom's company, Travelers Insurance. You may have seen us in commercials...yes the big red umbrella is our logo! Anyway, since this job takes so much of my time up now, I thought it only fair to share some my work life with the rest of the world...the world that cares to read ( Read more... )

These lyrics remind me of me ( Read more... )

I have so much I wanted to write in here...but it seems that now that I am here, in front of my computer, I cannot put anything into words. The past few days have been very hard. I realize today, more than ever, that I cannot keep this up. I have not been keeping up the progress and the change that I have been so proud of within myself, and that ( Read more... )

Change is one of the only constants of life...and this semester has been the most changing, challenging, and rewarding time of my life thus far. I began new things, and I ended things; I claimed more responsibility for myself and for my happiness; I reconnected with important people, and I formed new connections with others. I have spent the ( Read more... )

There really is nothing better than telling my recent tales of triumph and tribulations regarding a certain aspect of my life as of late, in group therapy, and my therapist looking at me and telling me she can see how hard it is for me to make these changes but she appreciates all that I am going through and she can tell that I am doing it all for ( Read more... )

Lately, my life has been on the go more than ever before. Between working two jobs, going to graduate school full time, being part of the Vagina Monologues, and trying to have some kind of social life, I have found almost no time to sleep...and I have been sick for over one week now, and my crazy schedule really is not helping the matter! But so ( Read more... )