Annoyed by how difficult it seems to be for me to just accept that I have to work a *full day* and there's nothing I can do about it. Makes me cranky. Keep fighting it. And that, in turn, makes me more annoyed and cranky.

The downside of a flexible schedule.

- Everyone's undying love for New York City ( Read more... )

- Laurna has been weaned, as of yesterday. It was somewhat unexpected, but hey, no problem ( Read more... )

It's late, which means I've already seen an infomercial about getting slim in 6 weeks and am part-way through the infomercial for the Insanity workout. I'd better go to bed before I buy something.

I am so tired today that it's been preventing me from getting much of anything done. I probably should have given up and taken a nap far before now, but I keep thinking I'm going to wake up...and, well, it doesn't seem to be happening.

I'm having to take an Ethics course for the Genomics Training Grant I've been getting paid on for the past two years. I was expecting it to be pretty boring, but I was pleasantly surprised - there's only been one lecture and one discussion section so far, but I'm finding it surprisingly interesting ( Read more... )

I actually kept myself up last night being annoyed with this book I'm reading (or, listening to, rather). Ridiculous! I'm so close to the end now that I may as well stick it out, but the main character is just fairly annoying...she's spent the whole book sort of flailing her arms because things aren't the way she wants them and dreaming of being ( Read more... )

I realized just now that I haven't written anything since Happy New Year, which is a while ago. I've been writing in my paper journal like crazy, but evidently have not been feeling the "potentially make other people read what I'm writing" urge. Not much to report, really, though I have been cooking again this week, which is a good thing for sure! ( Read more... )

For some reason 2010 sounds much more futuristic to me than the years leading up to it. Even 2000. So does that mean we all have to go invest in silver outfits? I hope not ( Read more... )

You know what gets on my nerves? When people go on about that whole "two become one" thing. Seriously. You're still two people! "Two become one" just smacks of codependency, or an unhealthy expectation of a lack of independent lives ( Read more... )