4/23/2004

 

Loving yourself

Matt's posts are always thought-provoking, but this one really spoke to me. It's short and simple, go read it.

10:25 AM

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4/22/2004

 

Library factoid of the day

In a pinch, the green cover strips from the tattletape (the stuff we use to keep the books from being stolen) works as dental floss.

1:00 PM

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4/19/2004

 

23/5

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

The nearest book happens to be a 1945 book titled The Egg and I...

"Gammy stayed with us while Mother and Daddy took trips and although they were considerate and always asked if we cared to come along, we always refused because Mother and Daddy loved danger and were always walking logs over deep terrible ravines; walking into black dangerous mine tunnels; wading into swift turbulent streams and doing other scary things."

4:26 PM

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4/15/2004

 

Spring is finally here

The dogwoods are blooming, leaves are coming out on the trees, my azaleas are coming alive with color, and even my irises have buds. So, in light of that, I thought I'd finally share some pics of our huge snowstorm at the end of February. (OK, so the real reason is that I just got around to downloading the pictures off my camera.)

The snowstorm obviously took the area by surprise, as evidenced by these two pictures:



But the snow, much as it pissed me off at the time, was beautiful. We got a foot, which is almost unheard of in these parts:

3:41 PM

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4/05/2004

 

CVS buying Eckerd

Bleah. That's like Food Lion buying Harris Teeter.

11:02 AM

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4/04/2004

 

Bleah

Gripe time. I got up this morning to discover that the bladder infection I hoped would get better overnight did not. (TMI? Get over it.) Of course, it's Sunday, so I head to Cabarrus you-damn-well-better-hope-it's-not-Urgent Care. I waited an hour and 15 minutes for the privilege of peeing in a cup and seeing a doctor for 2 minutes. By the time I finally got out of there with my prescription, I had 20 minutes to get to work, which was 30 minutes away, and I was opening the library. Of course there were people standing outside waiting to get in when I got there - never fails when I'm late. I hadn't had time to get my prescription filled, and I realized that it was 2:15, I had eaten nothing all day, I was starving, and had nothing but a pack of crackers to get me through til 10pm. So I broke a cardinal rule - I left a (trusted) student assistant in charge of the library and went to CVS. Fortunately they were able (for once) to fill my prescription right away, so I grabbed some Chef Boy-ar-dee, trail mix, and cranberry juice and was back in 15 minutes. I have so far spent the rest of the day mostly just wishing I could go home. :P

Oh, and thanks to all this I missed Brian's birthday together-get at his dad's house. I hope they had him a cake, since that was the other thing I was going to do this morning and didn't get to. Sigh.

9:00 PM

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4/01/2004

 

Why I hate April Fool's

I don't deal well with pranks, April Fool's or otherwise. I blame my parents. One April Fool's, I'm guessing I was 5 or so, I walked outside and saw my parents moving my (very beloved) swingset. When I asked what they were doing, they told me they were throwing it away. To put it mildly, I was traumatized. (The fact that I still remember the incident says something!) I have disliked that kind of prank ever since, and I always approach this day with trepidation. So y'all go have fun, and I will emerge from my hidey-hole tomorrow! :)

Right now I also hate overly greasy meatloaf. But that's another story entirely. :P

3:54 PM

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