On March 1st of this year, I wrote an entry at the end of which I suggested that maybe I would be working toward my true purpose in life if I returned to teaching and lived temporarily with a former colleague. Here is what I wrote:

So my former colleague with the house is dying. She's not only dying, but she's doing her damndest to usher in the ( Read more... )

I am ridiculously happy ( Read more... )

( A Not-So-Still-Life )

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Whose bright idea was it to DRIVE home from my training in Alabama? Oh, right, that was MY bright idea. So here I am in a hotel in Johnson City, TN--and less than halfway home. The state of Virginia is a mere 10-15 miles up the road, yet I am not even halfway home. I have to drive PAST my house and all the way back up to Dulles, drop off the ( Read more... )

Okay, so my lazyboy chair has been disassembled now for about a month, and what was supposed to be a weekend project has turned into a nightmare. Most recently, I ordered a new throat plate and put it on the sewing machine, and then, quite suddenly, the damned thing stopped working. Now, it IS an antique, but it IS ALSO a Singer. I figured after ( Read more... )

Today my sister babysat for one of her friend's two kids. At one point during the day, my nephew Cole said to the two girls, "Now I want to tell you about a very special friend of mine." Amy kind of perked up, wondering what in the world he was going to say. "Her name is Aunt Pepper ( Read more... )

I bought DECAF coffee beans yesterday!!!

Outside of work today, I saw this bumper sticker:

Who ever heard of a "Good Piece of Elephant"? Democrats have more Fun!

I officially resigned from my current job LAST Tuesday, yet I'm still tasting grit with my nose jammed into the grindstone. Can I just say that I don't think I have ever been less motivated? Every time I think about blazing through the rest of this shit with lightning speed and getting the hell out, I get sleepy. And so I sleep. I have slept ( Read more... )