My family is falling apart and there is nothing I can do about it. I know I am not entirely innocent in the matter and I've contributed to the current situation, but I also know that I am not wholly to blame, either ( Read more... )

Why is it that, at the cusp of turning 30, I'm experiencing more angst and existential crises than I did at 15? Could it be because I've moved back in with my parents while attending graduate school for the second time? Am I just really, really feeling alone and lonely since moving back from DC? Is it resentment towards my younger, prettier, ( Read more... )

I think there are few people who are more proud than my mom, and I don't mean that in a good way.  This isn't a new revelation for me, but my mom's pride caused another argument less than 30 minutes ago ( Read more... )

This weekend is almost a perfect storm of events designed to completely fatigue and overwhelm me.  Not only do I have a paper due on Tuesday, but it's for a class that is almost incomprehensible.  Actually, it's not the class that incomprehensible as much as the professor.  I still have residual soreness from my workout yesterday and today, when I ( Read more... )