Mad I tell you!
It was the third day of crazy running around trying to be a good employee for ‘da man’, trying to be a good mom by taking kids to eye appointments, orthodontists and half-price books for summer homework reads, trying to be a good person by adding exercise into the mix. I met [...]
I had lunch with Sr. N today. When she asked how I was doing I was honest.
Me: I’m stressed. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to do this for two years, and I wonder at whether it’s worth it if I have to be in a hospital for exhaustion for six months at [...]
I got a lot done today. But of course, not everything. And in fact, I’m not done with my day. But I know it won’t all get done. That’s just not the way of this world. As an old friend used to say “Your to-do list will be finished when you’re dead.”
Sort of a way [...]
I’ve felt off kilter the whole week. Mostly I chalk it up to being tired from my weekend as a 20-something (faking 20 years can be tough stuff!)
I’ve fallen behind with friends both in the meat world and here but I think I’m ready to resume my usual patterns and schedules. So, I’ll be stopping [...]
The first day of the month is reflection day for me. I’ve gotten into this habit because I need to write up a report for my professional development group, recounting how I spent my time last month.
Part of the report is statistics; I spent so much time doing X, I had Y-number of 1-to-1 conversations, [...]
I need to count a few blessings today. I find it interesting to note that my grandmother’s voice is in my head saying things like: “Don’t name these things out loud. People will think you think you’re special.”
Yeah. Welcome to upper mid-west Norwegian-American psychology.*
And don’t worry grandma, I don’t actually think I deserve any of [...]
Or at least 1000 posts.
I know. I’m all about the milestones.
Today marks my 1000th post on this here little experiment. Of course, that counts even the lame ones (like this, this, this and this to point you to just a few examples of my ability to be lame.) (Note: this list is NOT exhaustive.)
Sometimes I [...]
In honor of the Vernal Equinox, I thought I’d share a recent story of giving myself another chance.
You know how quickly you can get behind in something as essential and unrelenting as laundry? Yeah. Me too. In fact for the last couple of weeks it has been a truck load of bricks hanging above my [...]
This weekend has been an experience in just trying to get the next thing done. Which, I haven’t been all that successful at. So this is going to be a very lame post. You have been warned.
Friday’s session at the gym turns out to be a prime example of the myth of “it will give [...]
I haven’t been so happy to see the weekend in a very long time.
A few weeks ago (not months?) I told Palinode that “I don’t sustain my faith, my faith sustains me.” or something like that. This week was no exception.
But I am also thankful that my friends sustain me too.
I took care of myself [...]
