2009 is done. It’s gone. That’s it. Over with. Now it’s time to move on and look forward to 2010.
For the past few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want my 2010 to be like. I don’t want it to be like the last few months of 2009. Too much ugliness. I do however want to continue surrounding myself with the people I care about – something I’ve been doing since I [...]

It’s fun to run. Right now, I’d love to run far away to somewhere nice – but I can’t always run when I want to. I have to stick some things out and wait – and that’s okay. Really. It is okay to have to wait, but not too long.
Only a few more days till Thanksgiving. You’ll run home to see family and friends. I’ll run home to two loving families and two turkeys and [...]

Thanks to my mother’s decision to bring me into the world at the ripe age of 18, I was lucky enough to have 17 wonderful years with my great-grandparents. I can remember spending most weekends at their house, playing with my great-grandfather out in the courtyard of their apartment complex. It was a small green patch but it was enough to have countless adventures in. When I was called back to the house, I spent [...]

About two hours ago, I returned from a lovely mini-vacation. It was much needed.
Earlier this week, as Brent and I both spent some time panicking over various projects to complete, it was decided that it was time to take step back and just breathe. We both needed something to take our mind off of the stresses of paying rent, doing homework (in my case at least), and tackling household chores. So what did we do? [...]

My parents were set up on a blind date in high school…I think. From what I understand, they had a few mutual friends and were both interested in finding someone. They met a local Burger King, about 15 minutes from where they both attended high school, and the rest was history. A little while later, I came along. Then there was a wedding, a house, a few cats, my hermit crabs, a divorce, two more [...]