For someone who loves to plan, it's funny how little I actually pictured my future ( Read more... )

After a crazy day of work (and commuting to work - 22 minutes late, damn you, snow!) I went over to Grandma's for dinner and Psych. Dinner was great. We had fun hanging out, as always, and then Psych was absolutely hilarious. 'Six Feet Under the Sea' is one of my all-time favorite eps now ( Read more... )

Happy 2009!

Exactly one year ago today, I was landing back in London after being home for Christmas.

( Obligatory first-line of first-post summary of 2008: )

I'm at an internet cafe right now because I managed to break a little plastic piece inside my computer and now it doesn't register when it's plugged in ( Read more... )

Just a quick entry as I am in the coach terminal in Gibraltar waiting for my bus back to Elviria where Hannah lives. Spain so far has been absolutely wonderful and the weather is perfect. Yesterday I took a bus to downtown Marbella and wandered around all day - including another day on the beach. I have sunburn, which is very exciting ( Read more... )

Frank Rich's op-ed on Sarah Palin is ( amazing )

It's never a good thing when your mother calls you (internationally) at work to tell you something because she wants you to be around people when you hear it.

Like my mind doesn't automatically jump to worst case scenarios already!She should also know that being around others would have absolutely no bearing on how I'd react/process anything. Yay ( Read more... )

Finally! After living in London for 15 months (i.e. long enough for 6 alleged "seasons") I can safely say that I've experienced summer.

It is PERFECT outside today... and has been for almost 2 weeks now.


( Read more... )

Flat hunting BLOWS ( Read more... )

Work has been sooooooo slow today. Bisi and I have "fought" over what little there is to do. But it's tiring trying to look busy all the time. At least I have the internet here, unlike at Mundelein Peds. But still... after a while, your eyes blur and there's nothing to do anyway. I wish I could just sit and watch Daily Show and Colbert Report, or ( Read more... )