Very thankful to have the rest of the week off of work, and to have the first morning in nearly a month when neither S nor me are a slave to an alarm and to have an hour and more to spare in the mornings to sip our coffee and smile at each other and listen to a new episode of RadioLab. I am always going to be grateful to have married someone with bright eyes and ears and an endless curiosity that mirrors and magnifies my own.
11.21.2012
11.19.2012
not guilty
My guilt sensors are way off. I definitely just profusely apologized for pushing my book cart through the microforms room when a stressed out lady told me that doing so was disrespectful because it distracted her from her research. Yeah. No. And lately I've felt that twinge of responsible guilt for things that went wrong that I had absolutely no connection to. A misplaced set of passenger van keys. An unlocked office door. A mystery beer cap falling out of a blanket. Times like this always remind me of the time when I was a child and a craft stand lady accused me of stealing a ring when I hadn't, to semi-traumatic results. I can use that to justify becoming an unrepentant actual thief and becoming the opposite. But in the meantime I'm having to cross my legs to not go back downstairs and again, DO MY JOB in front of the frazzled scolder, to remind her that I have the upper hand. I didn't.
11.07.2012
good news
I found another pair of work pants in my closet that still fit! I have been growing a beer belly without the beer and without anything auspicious like pregnancy to back it up. I am glad to have at least one more pair of pants to wear during the week before I either stop eating cheese or start being able to walk/bike/run. Or bow to reality and go shopping.
I hit the trifecta of my personal city/state/country vote aligning with the rest of the city/state/country. It was exciting. Now we all need a nap and a renewed commitment to civility, innovation, and cooperation.
My Halloween costume appears to be destined to be used as pajamas (well, duh) for the indefinite future. We're all pleased here.
I'm feeling snuggly. I don't mind the advent of the cold. My work sweater fits me well.
I hit the trifecta of my personal city/state/country vote aligning with the rest of the city/state/country. It was exciting. Now we all need a nap and a renewed commitment to civility, innovation, and cooperation.
My Halloween costume appears to be destined to be used as pajamas (well, duh) for the indefinite future. We're all pleased here.
I'm feeling snuggly. I don't mind the advent of the cold. My work sweater fits me well.
11.06.2012
go vote
1. I cannot BELIEVE S and I forgot to watch V for Vendetta yesterday evening.
2. I have been living my life thus far (movie watching aside) by letting decisions make themselves for me. I kind of like waiting until there's no other option, or someone else preempts my choice. That's how I ended up moving to Virginia, for example. Or staying here. I am fervently setting myself up for another non-decision in the next month or two. It's not very adult of me, but whatev.
3. This election season has been stressing me out, because I'm growing into a political being. It was not well timed, and it was NOT a decision, but rather the result of open ears, exposure to the very people governments like to marginalize, and an insatiable appetite for NPR. It was inevitable. And then I blocked my mother in law from my facebook. Heh. Anyway, all of you should vote. No matter for whom. Don't worry about my mother in law. I'm already going to be cancelling out her vote, and we'll be fine starting tomorrow. Feel free to add your vote in wherever and for whomever. But so help me god, the minute you start publicly posting hateful, offensive things about those with whom you disagree on facebook, boom.
4. I accidentally doubled the amount of coffee I drank this morning. Yikes. It might be a long/short day today.
2. I have been living my life thus far (movie watching aside) by letting decisions make themselves for me. I kind of like waiting until there's no other option, or someone else preempts my choice. That's how I ended up moving to Virginia, for example. Or staying here. I am fervently setting myself up for another non-decision in the next month or two. It's not very adult of me, but whatev.
3. This election season has been stressing me out, because I'm growing into a political being. It was not well timed, and it was NOT a decision, but rather the result of open ears, exposure to the very people governments like to marginalize, and an insatiable appetite for NPR. It was inevitable. And then I blocked my mother in law from my facebook. Heh. Anyway, all of you should vote. No matter for whom. Don't worry about my mother in law. I'm already going to be cancelling out her vote, and we'll be fine starting tomorrow. Feel free to add your vote in wherever and for whomever. But so help me god, the minute you start publicly posting hateful, offensive things about those with whom you disagree on facebook, boom.
4. I accidentally doubled the amount of coffee I drank this morning. Yikes. It might be a long/short day today.
11.05.2012
no straight lines
I remember how a year ago on Halloween someone didn't recognize me, even sitting at my desk. This year there was no question, and I went home and took a nap without much chocolate.
I slept like a rotisserie chicken last night. My health is not good (this year/week). I am dripping with whine. So all I've managed to do is hang a few posters.
I think I have to wait for the new year to do whatever it will be to finally get a clear head? I'm partially just mad because this will be the third Thanksgiving in a row that I've been not-optimal, and I love Thanksgiving. It had always been a favorite.
I did scrub out the bathtub rather furiously and then lie on my back in it and think about volcanoes, and I did listen to a lovely Tchaikovsky symphony in the evening. And yesterday I handled a long morning with music and clapping and an Italian lunch even though I kept taking honesty personally. S cut up a pomegranate for us to share and there was a lot of room for snuggling and talking about election history for the rest of the day.
It's even harder to talk in straight lines these days than it used to be--I'm sorry! I'm stuck in a year long head cold.
I slept like a rotisserie chicken last night. My health is not good (this year/week). I am dripping with whine. So all I've managed to do is hang a few posters.
I think I have to wait for the new year to do whatever it will be to finally get a clear head? I'm partially just mad because this will be the third Thanksgiving in a row that I've been not-optimal, and I love Thanksgiving. It had always been a favorite.
I did scrub out the bathtub rather furiously and then lie on my back in it and think about volcanoes, and I did listen to a lovely Tchaikovsky symphony in the evening. And yesterday I handled a long morning with music and clapping and an Italian lunch even though I kept taking honesty personally. S cut up a pomegranate for us to share and there was a lot of room for snuggling and talking about election history for the rest of the day.
It's even harder to talk in straight lines these days than it used to be--I'm sorry! I'm stuck in a year long head cold.
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