Pile-up

February 15, 2012

I have tried to hold it together. Over the last six weeks I have had moments of being really down but have been able to pull myself back onto my path, some path, because I’d tell myself it was the right thing to do. I have told myself that this hard time, and what I’m [...]

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On being a little blind

February 13, 2012

Seven years ago, when I first started writing this blog, my first post was about having just had Lasik eye surgery. I had plans to snorkel on an upcoming vacation and was thrilled about being able to see the fish.
Everyone will tell you that at some point after you have Lasik surgery, your eyes will [...]

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So Much T.P.

February 6, 2012

In my bathroom there is a small little shelf that can really only be seen from one angle where I store a couple spare rolls of toilet paper. (I promise this post isn’t about the bathroom or toilet.) I remember when I was out of college and in my first apartment and always stocked up [...]

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In

January 30, 2012

I am judgmental. It is a knee-jerk reaction. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t this way, but I can remember a time when I didn’t try to harness it. It may be a natural human emotion, but early in my twenties, when I really began learning about the world and people, I began [...]

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Better

January 24, 2012

The fog is lifting, I think. That is good news. Whenever I go through a hard time I try to check in with myself, to make sure I’m not fooling myself into the All Times Have to Be Happy Times mentality. That’s so common in modern society, in my society, even. And, I’d guess, admittedly [...]

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Hoping for Huge

January 16, 2012

I have spent 2012 in kind of a fog. Well, a funk is more like it but I really don’t enjoy the word funk to describe mood. It is a fog, and it’s floated heavier and lighter over the last couple weeks. It started on January 1, when a few things with a family member [...]

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Backsliding

January 2, 2012

Oh my gosh, I am such a backslider right now. Backslider? That is a word you can use in place of hypocrite because hypocrite just sounds so… harsh. And I made a decision a long time ago to not be harsh with myself. So, backslider. Because yesterday, on the first day of the year, some [...]

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