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Last night after work, I went to the Dollar store in search of cheap kidney beans and those awesome rubbermaid bowls with the twist-tops.  I found them, and also a great spray that my coworker friend Sara had bought from this same store.. Renuzit pet something or other.. in a Citrus scent. It’s wonderful stuff, [...]

So, it’s getting harder to deal with this no fast-food, no restaurant deal.  My brain is constantly trying to come up with ideas that it thinks I might actually fall for, rationalizations, etc.  Here’s just a few:
Subway is healthy. And you have to stand there and watch them make your food.. you’re consciously aware of [...]

Ok, so.. I came to my own personal realization and acceptance of the fact that I use fast food and eating out as a crutch.  It keeps me from doing two things I dislike doing by (and more importantly -for-) myself: shopping and cooking.
Cooking for people is awesome. Shopping for that is also ok.  I [...]

My body: HOLY CRAP. You have to go pee. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Get up, run across the building! This is an emergency! Yes, leave Vicki to handle the phones by herself, she will understand!!
Me: Holy shit, ok! OK! Fine! *run run run, 1/2 way there pause to think of dry things… [...]

So I think this started when came over last Friday/Saturday early morning. Well, ok..no. Prolly earlier that day, or the next, when seemed to be coming down with something.
So the two of them unconsciously conspired to make me sick. I know they’ll never admit it, but it is, nevertheless something [...]

…since I’ve posted.
I guess there’s not really been anything uber important to say.
Well, ok, I take that back. Some things have been going on.
1) I’m almost done with the State Dept. medical tests. Will know within a month whether or not I go onto the next stage (that being a reveiw board, panel [...]

I wanted to post about this, because it really deserves mentioning.
Saturday, January 5th, my very very good friend, surprised me with a birthday party at a restaurant in Laural, MD.
I was completely shocked, pleased, happy. And I felt special. It was embarrassing, because I was the center of attention–but it was so [...]

Just remembered something funny about yesterday.
So, I’m sitting in this really comfortable sedan-recliner thing while they’re trying to draw blood from the stone that is me, and this guy comes in; he’s also getting his pre-employment medical screening done. On the opposite wall, there are clear-doored cabinets, in which many many many small paper [...]

Yes, it’s been a LONG time. Well, ok, not /that/ long. But still. Long.
Went to part I of the medical tests for the State Department today.
Was up super early. Called kalkail, who is in town for the week and who gave me a ride into DC because she’s a doll. [...]

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Ok, so anyone who’s been talking to me the past few days knows that I’ve not quite been my cheerful chipper self. Mostly because being a woman often sucks, and I really really dislike my periods lately because the pain is so much it’s often got me curled up on [...]