So I cracked today and had a small diet soda with my lunch. It was because I forgot to pack my lunch last night and I am seriously dragging ass today and my only caffeinated teas are not appealing to me this afternoon. Yogi Tea Blueberry Slim Life has a freaky aftertaste that's starting to weird me out, and Lipton Island Mango & Peach White Tea
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As part of a larger campaign to improve my health and lose some weight, I've come to the depressing conclusion that I need to give up drinking Diet Pepsi
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So Michigan was a blast. It was good to get away and spend some time with my grandparents and aunt and uncle. But after three days of drinking and boating and swimming, grim reality comes flooding back
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Fall is coming! This is my favorite time of year. I don't know why I'm so pleased for this fall, though; this summer has been pretty crappy, weatherwise. It's been cold and kind of rainy. But this time last year we were running up til the wedding so a lot of last fall is a blur
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I haven't updated much lately because, well, there's nothing much to update. Job sucks, poverty looms, coworkers annoy, the world continues turning on its axis, etc., etc
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I'm hosting our book club gathering this month, the meeting is Tuesday, I still have to read about 300 pages of Atonement before then...and Kevin got a Wii last night. So my chances of finishing the damn book just went down to about zero. I knew I should have picked a shorter book
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So Kevin, Indy and I are back from our weeklong sojourn to Wisconsin to burn off some furlough days (me) and take a much-needed break before student teaching begins (him). We went to Hayward, Wisconsin, to visit my in-laws at their summer house. This was my third trip up to the lake
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but our wireless network is down at home (damn you Comcast!) and the new router is still in the mail. Also, I have a shit-ton of work to do before leaving for Wisconsin on Saturday, so if I'm not on the interwebs for a while, that's why.
I'm so tired! I know it's Monday and everything, and I have to ton of work to do since holiday/vacation/furlough schedule craziness is nigh, but COME ON. I had to put my head down on my desk and nap for about 10 minutes before lunch today. I even went to bed early last night! (Hey, 12:45 a.m. is early when you work like the dickens to make a 10 p.m
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