This is one of those days where I pretty much don't want to do anything. When I came home from work, pretty much all I wanted to do was take a nap, which I did briefly. It's partly because I've slept like crap for the past two months, so I'm just tired all the time, and then today I ended up with a headache off and on all day, but at least it ( Read more... )

The mysteries of food - the excitement for the weekend ( Read more... )

When a person begins a journal such as this one, she doesn't think about who might come along and read it. I mean, sure, it's awesome to have random people stop by and think it's cool enough to follow, even when you know it's not cool at all; it's just a way to have a daily excuse to write. She doesn't think about the people from her past who ( Read more... )

( Adventures with grandma--cut for length )

I have mentioned the word "bohunk" before. I probably spelled it "bowhunk," since it was not a term I knew and it wasn't in my dictionary, if I looked. It's something I'd heard in '80s movies like Adventures in Babysitting and Sixteen Candles, stuff like that.

In Sunday's paper, probably related to MLK Day, there was an article called Racism: 10 ( Read more... )

Dad had called Comcast on Saturday regarding our ongoing service issues, and they told him they'd be out today between 4 and 6 PM. Okay, fine. I got home from school around one and there weren't any messages. A little bit later, the phone rings, and since the Caller ID only said Toll Free Call, I let the machine get it. It was Comcast calling ( Read more... )

Twenty-four hours ago, Illinois had no known or even suspected swine flu cases ( Read more... )

Don't worry, my subject line will be explained shortly ( Read more... )

When I went to the college fair at WCC last month, I put myself on several mailing lists. That's how I found out about the graduate open house at Aurora University last night. I'd never been there before, but the directions were easy ( Read more... )

Dear NBC,

Please do me a favor and leave Jenna Wolfe in Beijing.

If this is too hard on the Chinese, you may allow her to walk home.

Thank you.

Me:)