I’m a firm believer in the fact that your embarrassing stories will come out at some point, so you might as well tell them preemptively. In honor of that belief and the fact that I’m going to Colorado this afternoon on a trip that involves skiing, I’m going to tell you my best ski story….
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Rodeos and Cowboy Boots
Well, Texas was just as wonderful as expected. Could it really be anything else? One of the surprise highlights was going to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo with one of my college roommates and her fiancée (and Scott, of course). I knew the four of us were going to hang out on Saturday, but…
Homeward Bound
I got my dog at a shelter nearly three and a half years ago. This is the picture that made me fall in love with him: Because he’s a shelter dog, I worry every time I leave him at the kennel that he’ll think he’s being abandoned again. Now, you have to know my dog…
Can’t Say I Didn’t Try: Caffeine Edition
I wasn’t feeling inspired to write yesterday. In fact, I wasn’t feeling inspired to do much of anything other than limp through the work day. There wasn’t a reason for my day to be bad. I got to work on time (just in the nick of time), and things went relatively smoothly once I was…
Person of Wal-Mart
Okay, I didn’t wear anything particularly hideous to Wal-Mart today, but I did make a stop there during my half-hour lunch break. I was in desperate need of Coke Zero, or so I thought. I walked and walked and walked. Who knew that the soft drinks were a mile and a half from the entrance? …
HGTV Morale Boost
I did get my sick day after all. Sometimes feeling lousy is okay. It’s much better when you’re at home than when you’re at work, anyway. As far as sick days go, yesterday was pretty awesome. I slept about 6 hours more than I normally do, and I spent plenty of time being awake and…
Sick Days Not Taken and Adventurous Laundry Folding
So what’s going on in the small world of libraries and commutes and work days in my neck of the woods? Well, I was planning a glorious sick day after yesterday’s total dud of a Monday, but then I got dressed for a breakfast meeting (not work-related), and by the time I had consumed 4…
Small, but valuable. 