Apparently I feel like I need validation today. I know this because I thought 'I think I may be looking for validation today' and immediately burst into tears with no warning. But the problem is that I don't know who can give me that validation. I am not looking for just anyone's validation. I don't think it will help to have it from most people. I ( Read more... )

So, I recently transitioned from not having enough to do to having too much to do. I am handling it OK so far, but I want to make a list of the things I am doing here so that I can take stock of why I suddenly have some much going on. I've been adding things so gradually that the transition snuck up on me.

Internship: Working at the Zoo 3 days a ( Read more... )

I haven't written either here or at my other blog since camp started, but I finally took a moment to put some thoughts down over there and I'm thinking it wouldn't hurt to cross-post them here.

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I've realized over the past year or so that I'm actually really interested in event planning. I'm kind of considering going and trying to be an intern for an event planner or a wedding planner after the summer is over. I know that I don't want to do this for my career, but I wouldn't mind being part of it and learning some tricks of the trade. The ( Read more... )

My life has been more than a little different since I finished school. In some ways, it's been much easier. In other ways, it's been much harder. This is to be expected. Any transition is stressful, and it's normal to feel apprehensive about the future at this point in your life. It is also not unusual to need some down time after finishing school ( Read more... )

Some things that I've really learned or come to accept about myself this year/semester ( Read more... )

 I would really love to think that I'm low maintenance -- and for a while I did think that -- but I have come to accept that certain aspects of my personality/character flaws often create maintenance issues despite my best intentions. Mostly, I'm talking about my forgetfulness and my clumsiness. (Thinking of myself as clumsy is also a rather new ( Read more... )

Suzuki is now officially kicking my butt. I had good basic instincts about how to do it when we were first starting out, which lulled me into a false sense of security. But now that it's getting harder, I'm getting worse and worse at it all. It's asking me to really work and to willfully put myself in a position of extreme discomfort and even pain ( Read more... )

(This is a very serious post that will be of interest to the whole world. I know that you've all been just dying to know.) :-P

I am currently eating a whole bowl full of sweet pickle slices by themselves. This is a normal thing for me. 
I frequently joke that if pickle cravings are associated with pregnancy (Aren't pickles the stereotypical food to ( Read more... )

 I'm sick, but I can't sleep. Despite it being the only thing I or my body wants to do. I need to get up kind of early to finally write this essay, so it's not like I can just sleep in however late I want to tomorrow to make up for it. I took a 3 hour nap earlier because my body gave me no other choice, really. It helped me feel a bit better, but ( Read more... )