Things related to that reality thing people are always going on about.
No writing today, unless you count my note-taking in the long talk with the child. Yes, my friends, she came home with another yellow/red light. (we’ve been arguing over the interpretation of the note.) For those who don’t know the system, Gold Star is an awesome day. It’s not easy to earn. Green Lights are […]
I stayed home from work today. I think it’s the second time I’ve done that since I worked for the district. I’ve gone in late because I felt icky, come home early a few times when I couldn’t hang tough any longer, but it’s incredibly rare for me to stay home the entire day. I
I cut 298 words from Eve today. So we’re (all the way) down to 136,293. Yay! Or something. Oh, and I got my Taro/Rafe head-shot to work on my NaNoWriMo profile. *big grin* Hey, it means a lot to me! Wanna write, wanna write, wanna write…I’m SO tempted to cheat and start now.
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This guy helps people get those nails. Quoting from this site: Through Yunus’s efforts and those of the bank he founded, poor people around the world, especially women, have been able to buy cows, a few chickens or the cell phone they desperately needed to get ahead. That’s the latest Nobel Peace Prize winner they’re
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Hell is when your kid is in pain and you can’t do a damn thing. Just an earache (just?), nothing too horrible. If you don’t count spending three hours cuddling a crying 8-year-old in a twin bed in the middle of the night. Yeah, I was worth a heck of a lot at work today.
Desperation drove me to heinous acts today. Yes, I went to work, unpaid, on a Saturday. And in four hours accomplished things I’ve been trying to do since the beginning of school. Gee, wonder what made the difference? (Hint: “KD, do you have a second?”) I’ve got to find a way to get more done
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Birthday successfully completed. *whew* I don’t care for this culture of “spoil ’em rotten,” though. I expressed to friends that Hope wasn’t getting much for her birthday, she just tends to break things and do awful things and then go back to toy-less amusing herself. (so I give her one thing not likely to get