Tagged by The Bailiff Four Jobs You’ve Had1. donut shop–which included filling donuts (deliberately misspelled; that’s just the kind of shop it was.)2. waitress–family restaurant, cocktail (at fancy-schmancy hotel), pancake house3. assistant to bank VP4. greeting card salesperson Four Movies You Could Watch Over and Over1. Garden State2. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation3. Harry Potter (any…

Wasn’t quite screenless. I spent about 4 hours or so writing (in front of a screen). I watched Airplane! with the kids for a bit while I had my coffee. After the kids went to bed, I watched Dances with Wolves. If I’d had a good book to read, I think I wouldn’t have watched…

As usual, I’m glad it’s Friday. Lately, it’s been all proposal all the time around here. My hope is to finish the thing and send it off this weekend. Of course, then it will be all dissertation all the time, but oh well. I’m attending a conference next week and giving a presentation. Have I…

Coffee is the best invention in the world, bar none. The best thing about vacation: getting up whenever you want. I have trouble falling asleep. Once I’m asleep, I’m fine. But if there’s anything at all going on in my life, I will mull it over as I’m trying to drift off. Last night, I…

Because people will say nice things to you. Seriously, thanks everyone for your support in my little freak out last night. I tend to think of myself as really laid back, but really I think I’m harder on myself than I realize. Once I get this proposal off and get settled into some kind of…

Yep, that’s me. On the verge of a small anxiety attack. I don’t know why, but this happens to me all the time when I’m about to finish a project. I’m nearing the end of the proposal and I feel like it is utter crap, completely incoherent, says nothing new, is strewn with grammatical errors,…

My own, that is. I have so much to do and so much I want to do. Here is a typical dilemma. I want to get back into my exercise routine which would mean going to the gym tonight. However, I also need to go to the grocery store and I need to work on…

For some reason, I feel like 2006 will be a year of transition. I feel this personally and professionally and publicly. Personally, obviously, I’m working on the dissertation. But Geeky Boy will be headed to middle school in the fall, a big tranisition for him. And I just feel like there’s been an accumulation of…

This is the last day of vacation. Tomorrow, it’s back to the grind for all of us. Mr. Geeky and I did some major cleaning up over the weekend. There’s still lots to be done, but it’s shaping up. Geeky Girl and I worked on her room, which had started to look like a room…

This is the first new year’s eve in a while where I’ve overindulged. And I was just at home with my family. I guess I just got caught up in the festivities. We spent the evening watching the 100 most unexpected moments on television. It was actually really fun. This is sort of a tradition…