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In addition to my grey hair, another thing I’ve learned to make peace with is the fact that not everyone who meets me will like me. That may sound a little weird or not that big of a deal to you. Maybe one day the fact hit you and you just went back to whatever [...]

I always thought as a kid that being an adult meant not being afraid of anything. That the little fears that gripped us- spiders, the dark, strangers, nightmares- melted away in age. I had never heard of any adults retelling dreams that woke them up in tears. Obviously, I found out the truth is the [...]

September’s been a big month for me. In the span of a week and a half, I started a new job, bought a car, and signed the lease on an adorable little house.  Move in day is November 1. When I want change, I guess I just dive right in. The worrywart in me is [...]

I saw FIVE Hummers yesterday.  I don’t think I’ve seen that many since Schwarzenegger first started driving them and they became must haves.  Must have been hibernating until gas prices dropped… a whopping 4 cents.  Now its time to drive, drive, drive!  Thanks for telling me this, Hummers of the world. How about the story [...]

Today, I put in my two weeks notice at work. I don’t have another job lined up yet. A year of driving two hours a day, plus spending nine hours at work, has taken its toll.  Last summer when I started working there, gas was at $2.75 a gallon, versus the minimum price of $3.99 [...]

There’s been so much going on in current events the past couple days (Spitzer resigns!  Drugs in the water!  Facebook fiasco at SXSW!), that I’m sort of convinced the world has lost its collective mind.  More evidence that the eventual apocalypse:  I’ve started drinking hot tea.  This sounds like a minor detail, but coffee has been running through my [...]

Since graduation, I feel like I’ve been suspended in time.  I honestly feel ‘off’ not being in school, like I’m on some weird summer vacation with snow.  I have a job, but I’m not content.  I’ve been feeling frustrated with myself and my indecisive nature. I wanted to go to grad school.  The problem was [...]

So yesterday, while Christmas-ing at my grandmother’s, my mom asked me to go down the road to our house and pick up more disposable plates at our house.  No problem, I said, as she tossed me her car keys.  I drove down the road, grabbed the plates, checked on the dogs, and got back in the [...]

As a kid, I would get excited to see eighteen-wheel trucks.  I knew that with a couple pumps of a clenched fist, I would get the driver to pull the cord and the truck would belch in return: burrrrrp burrrrrp.  It was especially more fun if there were other kids with me, my siblings or cousins [...]

I remember in fifth grade, we had to write a list of things we wanted to do by the time we were twenty.   Number one on my list? To meet Ann M. Martin, the author of the Babysitter’s Club books. I wish I was I was kidding, because it might be less embarressing that way, [...]