Watch more movies. My advice is to stick to movies with shooting and explosions or movies where the situations are so emotionally charged you feel exhausted and cleansed when they are over. This does not include Lifetime Original Movies, which are to be avoided at all cost. (Always. There is never a good time for one of [...]
Archive for November, 2008
When Things Are Crashing Down Around You…
Posted in Uncategorized on 29 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Birthday Fun
Posted in Thankfulness, tagged Thankfulness on 24 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is my birthday! I am a big fan of celebrations in general and birthdays in particular.
A long time ago, on my thirty by thirty list, I wrote that I wanted to go away for a weekend all by myself. Well, I didn’t get that crossed off in time for last year’s milestone birthday, but [...]
Scary and Wonderful
Posted in Uncategorized on 15 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, these are scary and wonderful all at once. And I think I have to have some.
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I Can’t Read, I Can’t Read
Posted in reading, tagged reading on 14 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago, my mother and I watched in disturbed amusement as the neighbor girl played in front of my house. She was pulling a little red wagon, waving an umbrella and singing, “I can’t read, I can’t read,” at the top of her lungs.
The truth is, I am a fast and sloppy reader. [...]
Something Good
Posted in School, Small Moments, Thankfulness, tagged Parenting, School, Small Moments, Thankfulness on 12 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My classmates tease me because I’m always making a big deal out of small celebrations. I figure we have enough stress, it’s good to celebrate together. So, birthdays, finishing tests, interviews, and sometimes just making it through the day are noted with as much fun as we can scrounge up on a budget. I am [...]
Touring the Facility and Picking up Slack
Posted in School, tagged School on 8 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the first productive Saturday in a while. I still have an assignment list that is longer than seems possible, but I completely finished three things and made a big dent in a fourth.
My biochemistry notebook fell apart and, as much as I wanted to take that as I sign I should quit, I [...]