( This is long, and it gets ugly, so read at your own risk... )

I haven't listened to this song in quite some time, but it really hit me while listening to it on the way home from a very, very, unhappy day at the bakery.  The idea of the song is so familiar to me... I feel like I've had these same sorts of conversations with so many people over the years---back when I was at Manchester College, with different ( Read more... )

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So, May, "the month of big changes", should have been more accurately called the month that tried my patience to the breaking point.  Sort of like that episode of the Simpsons where Homer, in a fit of great frustration, shakes his fist at the sky and addresses God thusly: "You're really pushin' me, buddy!"  I'm not quite to that point, but I'm ( Read more... )

May is going to be a month of big changes.  Closing day at the bakery is approaching, and I am of very mixed emotions about it.  I fought to keep the place open for two months, but now I am resigned to its demise, and want it to be over.  I will miss the place, I know, but I am looking forward to the new opportunities that are opening up soon.  I ( Read more... )

This has really been one of those days!  One of those days that really tries your patience, and gives you cause to wonder just how much crap you can take before your hold on sanity gives way....  Yeah, it's been one of those days.

For starters, I'm just not feeling well, I mean physically not well.  Beyond that, stress at work is at an all-time ( Read more... )