On needing a vacation

So, I’m in New Jersey at the moment, at The Boyfriend’s grandmother’s house. I am waiting for him to wake up so that we can go down to Starbucks and get some coffee. I don’t really like starbucks but anything is better than the Maxwell House singles that we brought along. And have subsequently run out [...]

What?

My life since the semester ended:

Wake up far earlier than any self-respecting night owl should be expected to open her eyes
Stagger into the shower and make myself less offensive to the outside world
Drive to work
Have coffee whilst wondering how I got to the office
Work
Lunch (Check Facebook and blogs)
Work
Drive home with big plans on what I’m going [...]

May Day

In honor of the semester from HELL finally ending (I submitted my final exam in cataloging yesterday), I am going to make an effort to blog every day in the month of May. Of course, I started this post yesterday (hence the title), so clearly that’s going well so far, eh?

I‘ve been was up at 6:30 [...]

Something on my mind, part 2

I wasn’t sure what she was talking about when I saw a Facebook friend chastise some people for gloating over someone else’s death.

So, being me, I had to find out. And as it turns out, someone from our town is scheduled to be executed soon for a crime committed several years ago. And some of this [...]

Quick! Hurry up and post this!

I know, I KNOW.

The surprise from FedEx was my new Droid, which I would post photos of but that would entail me putting it down long enough to pick up my camera and actually take the photo. Aaaaand… no.

It’s been a crazy (and not in a good way) week. My dad was scheduled for a bone [...]

From small things, big things one day come

Apparently, *some* people who read my blog feel that a day home sick from work means I have time to blog. In reality, a day home sick from work means I’m… home sick from work.

However, I have been working on homework today. And watching the snowstorm outside. No, we’re not getting anywhere near what the east [...]

Sunniest of weekends

So, I did something the other day that I wouldn’t normally do. I posted on Facebook that I would be in my old hometown on Saturday morning, if anyone wanted to meet me for coffee. As it turned out, I got three responses. One of them showed up, a former classmate who heads up the reunion [...]

Blue

I was dreaming just before I woke up that I was in a hotel room where my friends Pat and Dawn were staying while they were in town. They had a patio outside their room, which overlooked the river. It was nighttime and moonless, but the snow on the ground cast a glow from lights of [...]

Not a failure

I was up waaaaaay late last night watching the Orange Bowl (WOOHOO HAWKEYES!) with friends. Consequently, I did not get out of bed early enough this morning to work out. However, spending time with friends on a weeknight is something I don’t typically do, so in a sense, I was getting out of my comfort zone.

I [...]

Get out of the zone

It’s been interesting to see how many bloggers are not talking about making resolutions. And by not talking about them, I mean they’re all saying that they aren’t making resolutions.

I actually have absolutely no problem with that. I like the idea of resolutions, but when I say, “I’m going to do X,” I find that I [...]