I slept with someone and now I can't stop thinking about him.

:-\

I received this email on December 27th from none other than my father's mother:

"Katrin, you are probably not going to like me but I tell you this because I love you and want you to have a good life.
As a child,  you and I had a discussion about how people were judged.  Right or wrong it still happens.  You want to enter the American University Ph. D ( Read more... )

"If you can imagine it, you can have it. This is the name of the game. This is the lesson to learn. It couldn't be any easier. Reality is not what your eyes show your mind, but what your mind creates for your eyes to see. You are not limited by logic, the past, or the world around you. You are not even of the world around you. You are supernatural ( Read more... )

2011:

- Rudolf died
- I graduated from UMBC with two degrees
- I graduated from UMBC with honors
- I was awarded a Fulbright grant
- I was accepted into UPEACE
- I made new friends
- I partied hard
- I had my first motorcycle
- I had my fling with Matt
- the last time I had sex, lol
- a whole bunch of other things I can't remember

2012:

- I visited Glendalough ( Read more... )

(- or partner, or whatever else we decide to call you, lol ( Read more... )

You never really appreciate a bed until you go without one ( Read more... )

"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

-------------------------------------------------------- ( Read more... )

Last night I broke down in church and cried. Some South African visiting musician was performing one of his songs, and I just felt overwhelmed with grief and exhaustion. My knees went out, and I folded myself into a deep kneeling position. Sobs wracked my body, and I covered my burning face with my hands.

I didn't want to move, but eventually I did ( Read more... )

Mom called me today (around 2pm CAT), and told me over the phone. I had missed two calls from her yesterday because my phone was dead, but today she called ( Read more... )

I was in Spar with Abbey and Tshepi on Sunday. We were in the refrigerated section, looking for drinks with which to wash our waiting pizza down. As we perused the dazzling array of products on display, Abbey grabbed a can of Fanta Zero and expressed surprise. The three of us were familiar with Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero, and Sprite Zero, but this was ( Read more... )