It's been a very serene weekend thus far. I went out to New Buffalo yesterday to see Jamie for the first time in over a month, after a serious falling out during Danielle's Week of Idiocy when my job first started. It was really, really good to see him. He looks great (down to 175 lbs. after hitting a high point of 210 and some serious dentistry ( Read more... )

Today Dad and I made the drive out to my Aunt Bobbi and Uncle Frank's lake house in South Bend. I didn't realize how much I needed to just relax til we went out for a half hour on their pontoon. I just closed my eyes, soaked up some sun, and I could feel so much physical tension melt right out of muscles. It was glorious.

I have started a new ( Read more... )

After what seems like endless drama and me being really disappointed in myself and thereby hiding from human contact, I think I have finally gotten my head on straight and my life back on track. In the interest of time, developments include the following:

1. It has been decided by all involved parties, my parents included, that I really need to move ( Read more... )

1) My step-dad is a fan of both the Colbert Report and UFC. I have a new TV buddy! We've planned a father-daughter to BWW in Valparaiso to see the next PPV event (Girffin vs. Evans, Mir vs. Nogueira, Jackson vs. Silva part 3, and the reality show fight!) and we've been watching that ever-so-obnoxious-and-funny Stephen Colbert nightly at 10:30. I ( Read more... )

So my aunt gave me a whole lot of art supplies when she came to see me with the rest of my family last week, including some sweet oil and chalk pastels. I've only worked in acrylic so far, which is TOTALLY different, so I'm trying out a new medium. I really like the picture I did tonight, and I've been meaning to put all my paintings up here at ( Read more... )

1) Staying up very late to watch a Vh1 documentary on the history of sexuality in the U.S.  with Amy and Casey. I wish I'd had more time to study those things in college, because during all the commercials we would have brief, intense intellectual discussions of everything we just saw or I'd fill in some of the gaps in history and theory that the ( Read more... )

I had one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. And not just because of what I did, but largely because of what I didn't do. But enough vagueries, let's recap!

Friday night's show played to an almost empty house, but it made me want to go out there and be totally outrageous for no one's sake but mine. It was a good lesson, and a good ( Read more... )

I shouldn't be anywhere but St. Louis at this point in my life. It's been wonderfully clear to me this week.

Where did I leave off? Wednesday? I think so. So THURSDAY! AH! The fun that ensued! Not at work, though it was a remarkably productive day for me. I basically got handed the entired newsletter and Shannon just said, "Write whatever you want! ( Read more... )

Yesterday rocked. Hardcore. I got up but couldn't motivate myself to do yoga, so I had a wonderfully relaxed morning. Casey got a temp job moving plants in a big plant warehouse, so he was gone before I even woke up. But I ate some cereal with Amy and decided I wanted to make him a really good, hearty meal after working hard all day, as well as to ( Read more... )

The moving process is officially complete: Amy is here! She arrived on Saturday and with the exception of Casey bending the rules of time and space to get the couch she brought into the apartment, we moved her in with zero complications. (I'm serious about the couch magic. It was determined mathematically impossible for that couch to get through ( Read more... )