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hey meeko
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unpacking is going well, if slow. We're trying to remain realistic about the amount of stuff we need out and accessible, given we only took a 9 month lease with the expectation of house buying next year, but luckily we have 2 spare bedrooms (albeit small), and a garage (! I've never had one before!), so we have plenty of room to store unused ( Read more... ) -
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We're in the middle of moving, which effectively is a long unpaid vacation while we wait for the moving company to decide to bring our 2 crates of belongings from CA to AR. They're supposed to deliver on Monday, so it'll be back to work on 9/1... I haven't been in an/the office since 8/5, and the week before that was a business trip where we flew ( Read more... ) -
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what I did today ( Read more... ) -
that was fun
I never passed out before.
I'd been close; I'm pretty squeamish around blood, especially when it involves puncturing or piercing the skin in some way. I'd had my vision go dark around the edges, and the really loud cicadas buzz in my ears, but I always managed to hang onto consciousness ( Read more... ) -
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I haven't really been able to relax; still feel myself sucking on my teeth constantly, but it's been a pretty good holiday all in all.
I got a ridiculous amount of christmas presents that I feel obliged to record here in list form; feel free to skip.
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Sunday or Monday night, I had this sudden thought, bell-like in its clarity and force ( Read more... ) -
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My "resolution" (emphasis on the resolve) to abstain from snacking at work and reducing my calorie intake during meals is working great so far. And unlike last year's efforts, I'm not dying of foot pain (yet). the cortisone shot helped, as did getting new shoes and new inserts ( Read more... ) -
been thinking about the problem of the world and how to solve it
The books I've been reading lately, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The End of Over-eating, and The Story of Stuff, have got me thinking first about simplifying and improving my own life, but also wondering how much of what I'm learning can be extrapolated to American culture at large.
The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Story of Stuff, and The End of ( Read more... )