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Day 225: Obey
OK, I’m not exactly proud of today’s entry, but: I got a speeding ticket tonight. I could probably give you some really good reasons why I didn’t deserve a ticket. After all, the Ranger was at the bottom of a … Continue reading
Day 224: Lunch
Back in Atlanta, my campus was over twenty miles away from my home. It made for a long drive in, and a long drive back. It also meant that in a lot of ways, my life on campus and my … Continue reading
Day 223: Weather
It has been raining since Friday. Not quite non-stop, but close enough (and the periods between the rain have been blanketed in thick fog). I escaped the rain on Saturday, with our trip down to Charlotte, but other than that, … Continue reading
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Day 222: Screen
The best part of today? The last two hours, which I spent sitting on the couch watching a movie with my family. Our local grocery store has a bin of used DVD’s for sale, at the same price that it … Continue reading
Day 221: Help
I drove my nephew to the airport in Charlotte this morning–we left the house around 7:30am. After a quick, curbside rendezvous with my sister, who had flown down to pick up her son, we were off to spend several hours … Continue reading
Day 220: Shuffle
OK, today might be a bit of a cheat–but it’s something. We have had a modest pile of boxes sitting in the front room of our house. They were neatly piled, but still: a pile of boxes is a pile … Continue reading
Day 219: Chart
Speaking of shortcomings: Today I started my day by yelling at a recorded voice. OK, so I was a little frustrated by the repeated prompts of “I’m sorry, I didn’t quite get that. It sounded like you wanted to order … Continue reading
Day 218: Calibrate
Tonight’s revelation: I am as good as I am. Pretty major, right? Here’s the thing: I really enjoy climbing. But I’m not by any means a really strong climber. I’d love to be climbing a grade or two higher than … Continue reading
Day 217: Alter
Our geriatric cat is discovering her wild side. Every since moving up to the mountains, Skye has decided that she wants to be an outdoor cat. She had no interest in the outdoors back in Atlanta, but now, every time … Continue reading
Day 216: Exist
OK, I wouldn’t call it a full-blown existential crisis, but today was kind of a counterpoint to yesterday’s subtle shift in perspective: Day by day, I am building a new version of my everyday life. And there is a lot … Continue reading
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