So this "break" (thus bracketed due to the lack of rest and free time, so not really a break) I am working like crazy. We are painting the store where I work and the yearly county fair is going on and we have to man our booth there. Fairs are crazy! The food alone could kill you by walking by it! Soooo much gease!
I have been able to slip away to camp for a weekend. Fabulous! Highly recommend camping in MI with awesome friends! We went to a wee park called Yankee Springs. Lots of water and trees and nature. Just beware the fire. It burns.
This time with no classes has only allowed me to work harder on other projects. My yard is looking good! I have gotten back to running. I actually ironed clothes. And I am planning for a trip to see Niagra Falls.
I can sleep when I am dead right?
Finals Week
This Thursday will find me sitting in a tiny desk in a freezing cold classroom taking finals. These will be the last finals of my fist semester of grad. school.
Got home last night after work exhausted and I still had to study. A paper to write, take home quiz to finish, and two finals to be prepping for.
I am so grateful I don't have to keep this pace up forever! Of course this new vegan diet may help give me energy, so maybe I could go on like this for oh say another year and a half....
PTL for He is good.
Got home last night after work exhausted and I still had to study. A paper to write, take home quiz to finish, and two finals to be prepping for.
I am so grateful I don't have to keep this pace up forever! Of course this new vegan diet may help give me energy, so maybe I could go on like this for oh say another year and a half....
PTL for He is good.
Where in the world have you been all my life?
This is from an awesome site. This map is marked with all the places I have ever lived or visited. I've got alot of traveling to do! Check it out for yourself!
www.world66.com
create your own visited country map
or write about it on the open travel guide
www.world66.com
create your own visited country map
or write about it on the open travel guide
Parting is such sweet sorrow
I have friends who are always on the move around this wonderful world. Usually I am the one on the move.
It's harder I think to be left behind, because the world that you are used to is now changed. The person who leaves gets a new adventure, a new view.
I'll miss my friend while she is gone on vacation for the week. A week is brief. It is the years that are harder to deal with.
Anyone else ready to start a colony for your friends? A place where you can all hang out and be with each other as long as you want. Sun and fun, laughter and joy.
That would be nice. I can't wait until I never have to say goodbye again.
It's harder I think to be left behind, because the world that you are used to is now changed. The person who leaves gets a new adventure, a new view.
I'll miss my friend while she is gone on vacation for the week. A week is brief. It is the years that are harder to deal with.
Anyone else ready to start a colony for your friends? A place where you can all hang out and be with each other as long as you want. Sun and fun, laughter and joy.
That would be nice. I can't wait until I never have to say goodbye again.
Idiomatic madness
"You can't have your cake and eat it too."
What a phrase.
What on earth does this mean?
Why can't I eat the cake that I clearly have?
If it's is my cake, what is it that prevents me from eating it?
Who would be sadistic enough to give someone cake and then not let them eat it?
More importantly why would anyone give ME cake and then not let me eat it?
Does this phrase mean that I cannot eat my cake and keep it? Well, why would I do that anyhow? Who really wants moldy cake? It's not like the phrase says a fake cake, or a permanently perserved cake.
So...
I would love to know where this phrase came from. And I would love to eat all of my cake.
What a phrase.
What on earth does this mean?
Why can't I eat the cake that I clearly have?
If it's is my cake, what is it that prevents me from eating it?
Who would be sadistic enough to give someone cake and then not let them eat it?
More importantly why would anyone give ME cake and then not let me eat it?
Does this phrase mean that I cannot eat my cake and keep it? Well, why would I do that anyhow? Who really wants moldy cake? It's not like the phrase says a fake cake, or a permanently perserved cake.
So...
I would love to know where this phrase came from. And I would love to eat all of my cake.
Seeing men walking as trees
So I went to the lake this weekend and in the joy is frolicking in the water, lost my glasses. Don't worry, I had help in this adventure! Jenn gets dunked. Plop. Glasses float away. Now Lake Michigan has a happy fish who can see very clearly!
At least I hope so.
So I had to drive 30 minutes to town to get new glasses as I didn't have a backup pair nor do I own contacts. I now know why little old people who can't see should never drive! It's hazardous! Someone could have been killed by my blinking and squinting alone, never mind my driving!
I felt as the blind man long ago who had his sight restored to him in two sessions. At first he saw the men walking about as trees, and then clearly. I saw everything veiled and distant. Now I see clearly. I am so dependent on my eyes and though men walking about as trees sounds fun, it really gives me a headache. Glad to be seeing clearly again.
Would that we all could see clearly, in all areas of our lives.
At least I hope so.
So I had to drive 30 minutes to town to get new glasses as I didn't have a backup pair nor do I own contacts. I now know why little old people who can't see should never drive! It's hazardous! Someone could have been killed by my blinking and squinting alone, never mind my driving!
I felt as the blind man long ago who had his sight restored to him in two sessions. At first he saw the men walking about as trees, and then clearly. I saw everything veiled and distant. Now I see clearly. I am so dependent on my eyes and though men walking about as trees sounds fun, it really gives me a headache. Glad to be seeing clearly again.
Would that we all could see clearly, in all areas of our lives.
Rhubarb Pie
So I attempted my first ever Rhubarb pie last night. Turned out pretty dern good too. Thanks to mom for the over the phone instructions!
I picked some Rhubarb from a friend's house on Sunday. I never knew that rhubarb has such huge leaves and you only eat the stalks of the thing! Those leaves were seriously bigger than a platter. You could have used them as a fan, or loin cloth, should a desparate situation arrive.
Always good to know you have back up options in case of closet failure.
I picked some Rhubarb from a friend's house on Sunday. I never knew that rhubarb has such huge leaves and you only eat the stalks of the thing! Those leaves were seriously bigger than a platter. You could have used them as a fan, or loin cloth, should a desparate situation arrive.
Always good to know you have back up options in case of closet failure.
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