yesterday, after running about doing errands and such, I came home to find I had sniffle. "allergies!", I thought. so I popped a claritin, read some of my vampire book (which after 200 pages finally got awesome), and then hit the hay at 10pm. I woke up this morning feeling like DEATH. apparently my little sniffle was the sniffle of doom. it morphed ( Read more... )

woke up at 7:30. laid in bed til 7:55. got up. brushed the teeth. combed the hair. put on the work clothes (dressed up bermuda shorts (black), black tee, burgundy vest, cropped grey jacket, cute black flats. . . just in case tim gunn is reading). run around frantic getting stuff that is strewn all over the house. grab some cold pizza and a diet ( Read more... )

. . . and anyone else who nerded out about politics for 3 hours everyday of their summer vacation mornings.

www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/opinion/21dowd-sorkin.html

viva la barlett!

this morning, i woke up with wicked ovary pains. so i decided that i would get out of bed at 6:30 and go walk off the pain. all i have to say about that is owies. BUT i did discover that my ipod is a work out genius. i hit the uphill part of my walk (i.e. the way home. . .) and i was all tired and ouchies. and what did stella do? she busted out " ( Read more... )

it has been awhile since i have commented on life in this thing. and i'm bored at the moment. so let's do this.

updates:
1. november 26th-december 1st = road trip to 'bama to see the big bro. neal will be my co-pilot (and by that, i mean he will drive whilst i rock the jams, eat nasty gas station chocolate donuts, drink low-fat double shots, take ( Read more... )

always delete or archive one's emails. it really sucks trying to remember if you need any email from jan. 07. stupid internets. 

root canals hurt. emotionally and physically. and they simply delay the inevitable breakage/decay of the tooth. so why did i bother? 

i get bored at work. alot. because we are still a lil slow. but getting better! but anywho, that's not my purpose here. the point is that in my boredom, i have begun developing my bucket list (a phrase i use begrudgingly despite the damn pop cultural nuance because i like the word "bucket" --- it sounds nice, damnit. jack nicholson cannot take that ( Read more... )

i have been having trouble focusing and completing menial tasks. like finishing a heart breaking work of staggering genious. which i've been picking at since january. and doing my laundry last week took 4 days to complete, 2 of which i was not required to be at work. additionally, it took me 3 days to fill and start taking my prescription. why am i ( Read more... )

last i checked, i you were not on the eastern side of the atlantic nor filled with charming drunk old men in tweed caps. thusly, i ask that you stop with the zero-to-soggy-in-0.05-seconds type weather. now.

love,
melanie