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Nothing much
I've been lethargic, lazy, exhausted and unmotivated. I feel awful but just cannot seem to do the things I know would make me feel better: work out, sing, stop reading old letters. Clean more, cook more, write more. Find things for myself, things to do that do not involve parenting a small boy...because while it's mostly a delightful occupation ( Read more... ) -
Back to it, OR in other news...
I've lost the habit of writing here. I write plenty elsewhere; bits and pieces, fits and starts. Things that will never make it past the drafts folder of my e-mail. Scraps of stories, wisps of ideas: mostly useless, though sometimes satisfying to find and read, small mouthfuls of something rich and delicious (but too much would be both ( Read more... ) -
My life at the moment
I don't even know if anyone still reads this. I don't know how to write, sometimes, without sounding maudlin and whiny, so I don't write at all, or I censor myself. There are good things in my life, undoubtedly; there are also things that tear me to pieces. How to balance them out? How to stop feeling such disappointment in humanity? I've ( Read more... ) -
Help, please
I'm going to help a friend create a profile on a dating site...I've been threatening to do this for a while, and I think I've finally convinced him ( Read more... ) -
NYE and the aftermath
New Year's Eve was fairly quiet; we had some friends over and cooked. I made garlic-mushroom tarts in phyllo dough, and wrapped a wheel of Brie in phyllo and baked it after anointing it with fig preserve and black pepper. Dinner was chicken Dijon (the recipe I got from a friend, who got it from her mother, who got it from her neighbor in Paris), ( Read more... ) -
Vacation, please!
Currently re-reading Wicked (because I bought the sequel a few weeks ago) and am surprised and delighted all over again at how enjoyable it is - I hadn't read it in about a decade. Saw the musical years ago, and all I can say about that is: I'm glad I didn't pay for the tickets. I'm not usually much for musicals anyway, and this epitomized the ( Read more... ) -
Freezing
Bone-chilling cold, and I'm miserable about it. Walking home from the bus, slipping on hillocks of hard-as-rock frozen snow, bundled up in layer after layer - insulated boots, down coat, lined leather gloves, scarf, ridiculous Fargo hat - and I'm still shivering when I get to my (relatively) warm home. I cannot imagine anything colder, don't want ( Read more... ) -
If you love me, why'd you let me go?
The very bad days are few and far between, now...but sometimes they still come ( Read more... ) -
Of political corruption and bad weather
Feeling a bit better - knock wood - just in time, too, because my boss will be in town for the next two days. Even though I know he likes me and finds me to be good at what I do (people don't tend to hand out commendations and bonuses to substandard employees) I'm still feeling some pressure to be extra-fabulous for the next couple of days. On the ( Read more... )
