good news first. i finally got my diploma from UMD in the mail last week. it's been almost 15 years since i started college. my original graduation year was 1999, when i walked in the ceremony. at that time i hadn't finished upper division comp. so, in 2003 i went back and aced it. at that time, i should have gotten my diploma. i never got it. so i ( Read more... )

i left duluth at 8:30 am thursday morning for my 1:00 pm ear appointment at the mayo clinic ( Read more... )

our parking lot got targeted AGAIN last night, 3 cars got their windows broken and stuff stolen. luckily not me this time. there is one poor guy in my building who has gotten the short end of the stick - this is the third time he's had his car vandalized in the parking lot ( Read more... )

i've refrained from blogging about my medical trials because i figured everyone's got them, some get the bad end of the stick, but generally it sounds like whining. i didn't blog about the cyst that exploded on my head during christmas time because it was gross. the doc who lacerated it stuck a ribbon in it and called me a teletubby. then i had to ( Read more... )

the holiday season is over, we survived. every year i say to myself, i can't believe i'm working retail yet another holiday season. it's getting a little old, but now that i've racked up 10 years i can check in but i can never leave ( Read more... )

anyone got a snowmobile to drive me to work?

this past blizzard, current bitter cold and stress of the season has left me with the worst fibromyalgic flare up in 2 years. i basically have to sleep it off and keep really warm. my fibro has eased up in the last 8 months, which made me forget i had it. then i get whomped. this is another reason why i want to live in a more forgiving climate ( Read more... )

we've been warned, in retail, that this holiday shopping season will be bad. bad as in no one buying anything. our hours have been cut, but at least most of us still have jobs. as of now ( Read more... )

today i prepare for my 36 hour train ride home. i hope i get seated next to someone un-smelly. i'm going to the international market before i hit the train to get some bento boxes and japanese candy to sustain me so i don't have to eat the crappy train food ( Read more... )

i'm off to seattle, see ya all in 2 weeks!