... for the thoughtful condolences you all left for me on my last post. When reading them all to my brother while we were on the road back from NC, I got choked up - an important moment I shared with my "new" bro ( Read more... )

It's freakin' unbelievable, my life now compared to 6 months ago.

In mid-May I was:

• Living with my Mom and trying desperately not to strangle her on her "off" days.
• In a dead-end job at a dead-end company in NoLib.
• Sleeping in my childhood room and its tiny (albeit comfortable) bed.
• A little morose because I couldn't figure out how to get ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that my life runs much smoother when I stop saying No so much, or stop uber-analyzing every situation to find a reason to say No.

Discuss amongst yourselves. :-)

Well *that* was an interesting year! My first full calendar year in Philly since... wait, that can't be right... Ok, I spent 15 months here from July '97 to October '98, and exactly one year from June '91 to June '92. But the last full *calendar* year I lived in Philly was 1986. Ohmigod. I guess every 20 years, eh ( Read more... )