I was talking with my mum earlier and she told me that my cross country and track coach died. He was only 41; he'd been battling cancer of the bone marrow for six years ( Read more... )

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The trouble with really good, thinky books is that I usually don't have anyone to discuss them with. I finished reading Terry Pratchett's Nation (sort of for class except we didn't talk about it at all, which is grrr because it was a waste of my nonexistent time, but on the other hand it's a really awesome book and you should totally read it), ( Read more... )

Today @ Borders:

Me: *walks up to cashier and puts books on counter*
Sales Guy: *mutters* ... romance novels. They better not be.
Me: Er. Sort of. They're fairy tales....
Sales Guy: Oh, that's okay. As long as they're not romance novels. Fairy tales are better.
Me: *faintly* Er. Yes.
Sales Guy: *continues* Fairy tales are part of our ( Read more... )

one of my grandfathers has Alzheimer's. he's had it for like a year or two now. they just decided that he needs to be put in a nursing home because it's too hard for my grandmother to take care of him.

the idea of not knowing who the people around you are, or not knowing where you are, or even when you are... that really frightens me. the idea ( Read more... )

well, someone came to sub for me at 11am, so that was good, i suppose. no sub yet for tomorrow though. and my coworker for tomorrow has also requested a sub because she now has an internship in Philly on Tuesdays so she probably won't show up even if she doesn't get a sub. hence not only will i have to be at work while sick tomorrow, but i ( Read more... )

my thoughts for today are back home in Santa Barbara, where my parents participated in a 5k/10k walk/run this morning that i can't be at because i'm across the country. the reason this walk/run is so important is because it's a Run for Life, which means that all of the money raised from the registration fees and donations goes directly to Coach ( Read more... )

while talking with my mom this afternoon, she updated me on how Coach Watkins is doing and he is really not doing well. Coach Watkins was my cross country and track coach in high school, and he was diagnosed with cancer in the beginning of this year. it's the kind of cancer where it's in your bones and he's had all kinds of treatments that don't ( Read more... )