"I wished sometimes I could be clever as well as adorable - after all your brains last a lot longer than your face." - Apples by Richard Milward

Today's A-Word-A-Day amused me:

aliterate (ay-LIT-uhr-it) noun

One who is capable of reading but not interested in it.

[From Latin a- (not or without) + litteratus (learned), from littera
(letter).]

My fortune cookie says "You are ready to take on the world." Niiiiiiice.

Cleaning one's bathroom is remarkably satisfying.

I have to say, it's pretty awesome to wake up and find you already have 6 texts and 5 or 6 IMs wishing you happy birthday.

Tomorrow morning I start my life for real. I become a grownup. I would say fully-fledged grownup but I'll save that for when I move out. (Speaking of which, I'm not allowed near Target's home decor/bedding sections until I'm shopping for an apartment because I was falling in love with everything and Linda had to pry me away. It was sad.) But ( Read more... )

I officially completely have graduated with my Masters in Social Work. I can't believe it's all done, that I have a job, and that I have a car. It feels like it wasn't long ago that I went back to school at Molloy to get the Bachelors. I don't know when this will all really sink in. I finished grad school, hot damn.

Man, I am on a roller coaster here. First, I get the job that I wanted and it was my first interview, too. Next step naturally was car, as I haven't had my very own that was allll mine. And so yesterday we went to see Alex, our favorite car salesman - no, really, this is the 6th car we've leased specifically from him - and finagled our way into ( Read more... )

Holy crap I got a job! And I haven't even officially graduated yet! WOOO!

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