barrington99@gmail.com Not unrelated to the topic of my last post, about actions and efforts and living with outcomes we can’t control: My friend Becky has been working diligently, and living with a lot of “almosts” for the last year or so. That changed this week when she won the Ohio State University Press /The Journal Poetry … Read more
Update on the re-fi saga: It looks like it’s back on the table. I went back to the bank, and it seems they overlooked something that threw things back in my favor. Which was awesome. When my loan rep told me, I was ecstatic. Then, as I walked back to work–I realized that the profound, … Read more
Although I am not a big fan of fruit teas, I am choosing them more since my supervisor bought me this creature cup for my birthday. It’s like the creature is bleeding.
So, about 21 days have passed since I began my “get up, get dressed” initiative of picking out my clothes the night before (on work days), and it has been fairly successful. It hasn’t made me awesome across the board in anyway. I still go to bed too late, I still roll out of bed … Read more
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO7J2knk4Ew] It’s been a hard couple weeks. I can’t even remember why, now, or if there is a why. I just know that when Wednesday came around, it was an exception. I felt much better. I literally thought:”Wow, I feel so much happier. How odd that I had to drag myself through yesterday, and … Read more
I’m on my lunch hour, hiding in the library from work. The students returned to campus today, and the faculty remembered they teach classes and need stuff like copies and room numbers they forgot to check so we are very busy. The kind of busy that is hard to walk away from, and I’m scared … Read more
So, in the first chapter of my “sharing your place” book, the author reminds us that a new habit can be established in 21 days. She also says that you should not try to change more that three habits at once, because you’ll get overloaded. Before January, I decided on my first new habit of … Read more
Our housemate of two years moved out last night. A new housemate will arrive during the upcoming month (her stuff in January, she in February.) Since moving back to L.A., Paul and I have been lucky with our housemates–they have been responsible and reliable and entertaining. But–and this is combined with all the “housekeeping” stuff … Read more
One on my favorite posts from Hyperbole and a Half is this one.In the beginning she decides to fix her whole life by acting like a responsible adult, being organized, etc. This is my current mindset. It’s been building for a few weeks. Maybe it’s because: I just had a birthday, or it’s a new … Read more
Very low key New Year’s Eve with family, a great dinner plus games, and fifteen minutes of cringing at the Carson Daly / Ryan Seacrest filler conversations before watching the ball drop. It’s 1:10, the hubby and roommates are at a party, and I’m already in my new leopard-spot flannel pajamas in bed with my … Read more