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stress

Where have all the books gone?

November 6, 2008

I’ve been a bookworm since I was about 4 or 5, when my grandmother taught me to read. My parents were divorcing/had just gotten divorced, and even at that early age, books became a retreat. A place where I could disappear into other worlds, other lives. Over time, my love of books only grew. Growing up, [...]

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Days like these

September 2, 2008

Today at work was…well, we’ll call it hectic…sure. Let’s recap the morning shall we? 8:30 am read email 8:31 am see email that shows a serious mistake of the highest order 8:32 am realize that boss is out at funeral and so must shoulder mistake on my own—plus try to fix. 8:33 am realize I’m royally f*^ed 8:40 am get [...]

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Well this week sucked

June 1, 2007

Let’s see, how many different ways could this week suck? 1. Midnight on Sunday a knock on the door. Turns out, the load of laundry we did earlier resulted in a flood downstairs. So they had to cut a hole in the wall to find the source of the leak, turn off the water, blah [...]

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Unemployment sucks

May 17, 2007

Haven’t written anything in a while–I’ve been in a bit of a funk due to this whole unemployed in a land where we don’t know anyone nonsense. It’s hard to go from having an actual career, with an upward trajectory, to unemployed and wondering where to go. Add to that the fact that we don’t know [...]

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The cure for the continuous eye twitch

February 2, 2007

So my right eye has been twitching for 3 days straight. That’s right, 3 days. Apparently, this is caused by stress and fatigue. Not much of a shock then, as work has been hella crazy the past few weeks, and I’ve been feeling the pressure (obviously). So what’s the cure? VACATION! That’s right ladies and gentlemen, [...]