OK, maybe not all of it. Just the mountain juniper that plagues central Texas every winter. The pollen count has never been higher, so even on methylprednisone, my eyes are watering and my nose running.The good part is that I can take some of my over-accumulation of vacation hours and come in late to work for the next week
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Everyone, look at my lovely Christmas cards! These ones are from Poland, Thailand, Japan, Brunei and the US. I expect my old roommate has some for me, too, since he saves my mail that still gets sent there. Thank you, everyone!
Soooooo... I have been practicing writing in Japanese, not necessarily accurately. I may as well post it here and maybe get some feedback (hint, hint). Why do particles seem so easy until you actually need to use them
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My friend Ryuichi is coming to visit in a 2 weeks, so I've been housecleaning. One task that took me a lot longer than I expected was organizing my earrings, which had sort of taken over most of my bathroom counter space. It took me two days, but at last I can present to you my almost completely organized earrings and clean counter!
Such drama in the subject line can only mean one thing: I have computer problems. I'm currently trying to do a system restore from the disk image I made last January when I bought the computer. I'll lose a few things, probably, but nothing irreplacable, I hope. I think I managed to make backup copies of anything I might actually need
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My daughter and I went to watch Les Miserables last week. We decided on the latest showing, which was at 10:15 pm, so we had a lot of time to kill. The theater we went to also has a pool hall, bowling alley, and, most interesting to us, a glow-in-the-dark mini-golf course!
Thanksgiving. I can sleep in, right? At last, some precious sleep that I so badly needed. But, nooooooooo. The smoke detector battery died, so the detector started beeping at 6 am, waking me up. And the worst part? I was in too much pain to move. Oh yay. Nothing like every single part of your body being inflamed and barely able to function
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