Ok, going to not snack/graze until I can fit back into my normal size of pants....stupid donut days at work....I was able to do it back in March but 20 days is not quite long enough to do any good....so basically, until I can fit back into my pants.  Grr.

So, I've discovered that when I'm PMS-ing I don't get irritable, but rather I get melancholy and anti-social and kind of depressed.  I realized this yesterday when I was on the subway, commuting to work, and for no reason just feeling all sad and kind of down, even though currently my life is kind of fantastic (a new full-time job with benefits, ( Read more... )

I got a Kindle!  My brother bought a kindle fire and so sold me his old one.  It's awesome ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was walking home from campus, listening to my iPod and reading a book (Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, FYI). I was pretty into my book, and my iPod was up fairly loud--so basically I was pretty well cut off from the world. But as I'm walking along, I become aware of someone shouting "hey! Hey! HEY!". So I pull out my earbuds, and look ( Read more... )

 Sometimes the thrift store gods smile upon me.  Look what my run today yielded:


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 Sometimes I feel like I'm still in grade school...life only happens from fall to spring; summer is just the interlude between school years.  I was reading my "diary" from the summer between fifth and sixth grades, and every day was "I can't wait for school to start!!!!"  I've finally found an apartment for grad school, and basically I just want to ( Read more... )

Another drive-by posting.  First off, I am now the proud owner of a cell phone.  Yea!  Bit the bullet and joined the 21st century.  Too bad no one ever actually calls me....maybe they would if I called them. :D ( Read more... )

 So, this week has been a pretty good week--full of blessings. :D  First off (and biggest), my brother came home for the weekend!  It's the first time the whole family has been together since August 2008, and the first time I've seen him since December 2008.  It's so nice to have everyone home.  We've been just playing games together--volleyball, ( Read more... )

So, I found a job!  I'm the newest Sam's Club cashier...isn't that exciting?  No, not really, but it is a job, which in this state is awfully hard to come by. :)  And they did give me Memorial Day off, which I was quite grateful for.  We went to the beach--quite nice. :)  I played in the water for 20 minutes (nearly froze) and spent the rest of the ( Read more... )

I guess cliches are cliches for a reason, right?  They're usually pretty true.  Anyways.  So last night, late, we got the call that my maternal grandmother had passed away.  She's been sick for a long time, and they had called us Monday night to tell us that she wouldn't make it through the night, so we'd been expecting this call for a while, ( Read more... )