Guys, meet Abbie.


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Okay, this just happened and I'm not sure how to feel about it, so I come to the LJ hive mind for clarity ( Read more... )

My car passed its smog test today. I think I've just witnessed a miracle.

Backstory: We are both sick.

Samy: (muttering to self) God.
Mom: What?
Samy: I feel like crap.
Mom: (incredibly dismissively) I know. Me too.
Samy: ...
Mom: And my day isn't even over yet.

I AM SO GOD DAMN SICK OF PEOPLE WHO TREAT ILLNESS AND INJURY LIKE IT'S A FUCKING COMPETITION.

Oops! I kind of completely forgot to do this last week. D ( Read more... )

She's trying to mine me for information about getting a fantasy novel published, for a friend's daughter ( Read more... )

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I walked about 19 miles this week. --Actually, I walked more than that. I forgot my pedometer at home one day this week. After a fair amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth and trying to figure out ways to game the system, I decided that if/when that happens, I'm just going to have to deal with the loss of those steps. I could have manually added ( Read more... )

Pursuant to #3 in my goals post, I'm going to take the Eowyn Challenge. Basically: I'm walking to Rivendell! (And then beyond!)

I've actually tried to do this a few times over the past few years. Inevitably, I lasted a few weeks before the need to actually track and log and add up my distance became too much work and I stopped bothering.

But now I' ( Read more... )

Holy shit, has it really been a month since I posted? Ack! Sorry, all. >_< I started an accelerated phlebotomy course at the beginning of July, and it kind of ate my brain. Today was the second-to-last day and we had our practical exam, and y'all, I rocked it. I had one minor thing that I missed, but you know you did good when you finish and your ( Read more... )