creative outlet

I realized the other night how much I miss writing poetry. Also how much I miss writing and drawing on my arms and legs. At some point I either tried to turn into an adult or got really worried about ink poisoning, because I stopped my former habits of temporary body art. But the other [...]

your arm band is black; mine is searing pain

I have no energy to write tonight (or ever, it seems) but I will give you what I can…
My right arm is killing me. I had this same problem in my left arm in the post-pneumonia weeks, but it wasn’t as severe and went away fairly quickly. The new right-arm situation started just yesterday or [...]

uh, scratch that

I returned to the gym tonight, which means my first workout in a month AND my first weigh-in in the same month. Appears I was wrong about the not-losing-weight thing. My apologies to any and all coworkers who read this blog (none) who were offended by my incredulity at their suggestions that I was skinnier. [...]

positivity

After what seemed like two weeks of hell on earth, I am feeling quite a bit better. It was a combo platter of too much stress (external and internal), PMS, varying levels of anxiety and a dip into the old vat of depression. As soon as Flo came to town—Alabama guy too—I began feeling leaps [...]

all about motivation

So, I went to the gym tonight, despite having absolutely no desire to be there. I stretched out the workday until 6 o’clock, then sat in the car talking to Mandy for another hour. But when I walked in and got changed, I thought to myself, All things considered, I’m looking pretty damn good right [...]

not quite as planned

Well, I made it to the mitten yesterday around 5. Surprisingly, it didn’t feel like 11 hours at all. More like 6 or 7. Either way, utterly endurable! However, what greeted me upon arrival sort of killed the rush of finally being back… I knew it was coming, as I’d been forewarned on the phone [...]

buttercream frosting

That’s what’s on my mind at the moment – I just finished icing a dozen and a half cupcakes for a potluck cookout this afternoon. The 1980s singles group from Hope Church is putting it on, the last of my church-related activities this weekend. Yesterday was the Hope blood drive, 5:30 service and attempt at [...]

i’m a big dork

I already tweeted about this, but seriously – those climactic moments at the end of season two with Jim & Pam? Oh my goodness. I was dying. I had to start the DVD again to watch a second time. I am always a sucker for that kind of thing, but with these two… well, it [...]

friday

I’m snacking on a cheese pizza from Domino’s right now. Apparently they decided to randomly show up in our lobby today and distribute one-topping mediums for $5. Pretty cool. I don’t need to eat pizza, by any means, but since most of the department disappeared for their own lunch rendezvouses, what’s a girl to do?
I [...]

breakthrough

Granola makes yogurt tolerable! I can finally start getting my healthy microorganisms on a regular basis. Huzzah!