I did not take a nap today and I was FINE. Take that, eustaciavye and eponis :P

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"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. And they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:2, Handel's Messiah)

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So, as promised, I spent most of yesterday in Norwood helping clean out my grandma's old apartment ( Read more... )

As I said, yesterday I didn't leave the house until I went to get my hair cut.  Despite having absorbed the information on weather.com, I was still thrown by just how cold it was when I left the house.  It was good for me to get out, though.  Walking from the salon to dinner, I found myself wishing I had my laptop with me because I wanted to work ( Read more... )

This morning's readings were Genesis 25:19-28 and Colossians 1:15-20 ( Read more... )

At the Grille today, Joseph had two quesadillas in the works and looked at me and I looked at him, and he put a tortilla shell on to make my usual burrito and as he was making it he reached for the shredded cheese, as he sometimes does, and I said, "No cheese," and the woman in front of me said, "I didn't hear you order."  I said, "I didn't :) " ( Read more... )

One of my friends recently complained that I quote back passages in emails rather than just paraphrasing.  It's not even always in the context of arguing -- it's often just in the context of clarifying, of "you said (that someone else said) such-and-such ... which doesn't seem to match what you're telling me now ( Read more... )

People keep saying "Happy New Year," which continues to throw me.  It threw me when people said it at church on Sunday, when the flight crew said it today, and when coworkers said it today -- though today actually makes sense because I haven't seen these people since 2008 ( Read more... )

Last night, my mom was telling us about the most ridiculous euphemism she had heard for dying: "he made the transition."  My brother goes, "To the Dark Side?"  I said that my first thought was, "Now he's a girl?"  I told that to my dad this morning and he pitched backward in silent laughter ( Read more... )

[Listing all these positive things yesterday, I felt like phin doing the 8 happy things each day for 8 days meme -- yes I know most people's version of that meme is 1 happy per day ( Read more... )

This morning started out well, and the day actually continued so ( Read more... )