You know, saving up sick leave is hard when you keep getting sick! I managed to ward off all the flu and cold viruses that were going around my office before the holidays, but I’ve been taken out by one this week. After only getting about 2 hours of sleep last night, I decided to …
I don’t know about you, but watching and reading the media coverage of the earthquake in Haiti is making me feel very lucky right now. As of writing, there is no clear estimate of the number of people killed in this disaster, but CNN is reporting that it’s already more than 100,000 people. The images are …
Usually, I’m pretty good at budgeting my time, but as of late, I’ve been feeling pretty overwhelmed. Blog entries are getting written late and I still have to finish my Year in Review posts. I can’t forget about the last half of 2009. There were some pretty good days in there! I know that I’m …
I think I’m rebelling against the unusual cold and starting my spring cleaning early. Actually, doing spring cleaning in the winter makes some sense – who wants to be trapped inside cleaning when it’s nice outside? Maybe that’s why my spring cleaning didn’t really happen last year. Over the weekend, I started going through cabinets …
I think the desk attendant at my apartment building thinks I’ve been doing some crazy online shopping as of late. It seems like every day, I’m getting another package. Well, he’s partly right, but partly wrong. This week I got a bunch of boxes that I shipped to myself. Some held Christmas gifts that I …