I slept a lot this weekend. I'm pretty sure it was completely necessary, but it leaves me feeling a bit like I didn't have a weekend. I woke up at 11am on Saturday and started my nap at noon. Woke up around 5pm, ran some errands, then stayed up til 2am catching up on this season's Project Runway. Woke up today at noon, and somehow managed to ( Read more... )

I woke up eager to get my day started at about 9am on Tuesday morning. Today was the day I was going to go to IKEA to buy everything I would ever need forever for my room. I was going to get a table/desk, a mattress (to put on my free bed frame), and some kind of dresser/organizer to put my clothes and art stuff in ( Read more... )

I had a really good weekend with my friend Laura. I went up to her place again in Tacoma ( Read more... )

It takes too long, this packing thing. I mean, it should be simple and fast. I should pack light and efficiently. I've traveled enough. I should either know by now how to do it quickly, or know better than to think that I can do it quickly ( Read more... )

Wet soggy worms and fresh cut grass were the smells that greeted me when I stepped out of my car last night. My foot landed, splotch, into a puddle, which really isn't so bad. The night before my foot landed, squish, right in the mud in front of my brother's house in Catonsville. When it happened I was very disappointed as I surveyed the damage ( Read more... )

I'm getting rid of stuff. It's hard--for most of the stuff I have, I can come up with a good reason to keep. Even if it's just a sentimental or emotional reason, it's usually a good one. I'm going through my shelves today. Lots of stuff on there. Vases, books, origami flowers, shoes (the ones I rarely wear but like to look at), and CDs ( Read more... )