( Don't tell mom that Rice is giddy from lack of sleep )

Yesterday afternoon I felt progressively more ill as the day went on. My goals at work moved from "get things done" to "stay awake." At first I thought I was just really wiped out from sleeping poorly the night before (headaches often follow insomnia in my experience) but eventually I decided that I must be coming down with something, and I ( Read more... )

Don't try to tell me it's not Friday. I've worked on this the past two Fridays, without finishing it (work has been chaos) and I won't be in the office this Friday, so today is Honorary Friday for sonnet purposes. pbbbblllllt

( I cannot see you, love, for all is dark )

The smell of coffee.
Overwhelming muffin need.
Templeton calls us.

I gotta go back
Back
Back to school.

And undammed river of coffee flows through my veins. Something is different, what can it be?

You've changed
You're daring
You're different...

OMG. So just went for coffee. (As if that weren't exciting enough!!!) And while in Templeton (where the coffee is brewed) I saw a boy wearing one of those green shirts -- that particular colour of green that screams from across crowded rooms now that I don't live in upstate. Yes yes yes yes yes (that's five yeses). The shirt clearly read: ( Read more... )

My heart is racing. I haven't had coffee yet this morning. Often by now I would have had two cups. This was not a conscious decision. I just....mildly overslept, so I missed the cup at home. And that made me later (but not too late) getting downtown for the shuttle, so I missed the potential second cup at Starbucks. I'm a little wired and ( Read more... )