This is a tough time of year for an introvert. There are so many parties, so many events, and you really do have to go to all of them. Not only because you're expected to, but because you genuinely want to see all these people. You love/like them, don't see them enough, want to spend time with them... and yet spending time with them tends to leave ( Read more... )

I really do know better. I am fair-skinned, I need to reapply sunscreen regularly ( Read more... )

So last night, I went out skating on the canal with some friends. It was late, so it wasn't too crowded, and the weather was lovely -- not too cold and just a light snow falling. Kind of the picture-postcard of canal skating.  We got to talking about how incredibly lucky we are to have something like this in the middle of our city. How many places ( Read more... )

It's January, which means it's the time of year when people start "turning over a new leaf" and newspapers are full of fluffy Lifestyle stories about how to actually keep your resolutions this time around. And my gym is full of people working out frantically and discussing how many calories they're burning in the change room, and my blog reading ( Read more... )

Getting back into "the swing of things" is tough. I've just gotten back from a lovely vacation in Asia (Japan and Hong Kong, specifically), and while I am mentally well-rested, and have all kinds of plans and ambitions that I want to tackle, my body is making it tough. It just wants to *sleep*, basically, except when it would be appropriate for it ( Read more... )

But not today. At least, not at any length ( Read more... )

 I love my cats. I really do.

I love that they enjoy my company so much, they want to curl up with me at night and snuggle (although I suspect Spenser is really after the cool air from the air-conditioning).

I do not love it when Feargal decides in the wee hours of the morning that somebody (that'd be me) should get up and play with him -- or feed ( Read more... )

Today was a good mail day. Not a single bill, and the pretty necklaces I ordered on Etsy arrived. I also finally got my permanent NLS certificate, just when I was starting to worry that it wasn't going to make it here before the temporary one expired...

It's a little bit absurd just how cheerful this has made me.  

( Cut for boys, since I'm talking about bras and bosoms, and not in a sexy way )

So I have been very busy over the last month-and-a-bit, taking a lifeguarding course. I've been trying to get certified so that we can do water-related activities with the Pathfinders (like let them swim when we're at camp... or even wade ( Read more... )