Category: Going Mental
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Spring Break 2012 – Philly – TESOL Int’l Convention: Day 1
I feel like I have returned to my days of full-time studies the past day or so. First, I arrived on Tuesday night and got settled in. Then, yesterday I spent about 11 hours at the Pennsylvania Convention Center for the Doctoral Student Forum. It was a good day overall, if not exhausting! Tis all…
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Adoption Journey – 3A
Well, remember back when I wrote saying that I was waiting to hear back from someone I had found on Facebook about being my 2nd or first US foster mother? It was her!!! She wrote back and I have replied. It seems surreal. I actually have no memory whatsoever of this person, but from the…
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My Adoption Journey – 4
I am wondering if this falls under ‘Adoption Journey’ or if I should be starting a new thread entitled ‘The Search’…? Anyway, I guess it all runs together in the end as MY LIFE! So, the latest – Three days ago now, I received an email from the social worker in Korea. She said that…
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Rebooting – Days 3 & 4
Well, the juice diet continues…. We are starting to figure out the best process for juicing. It’s quite a bit of work to prepare juices for all your meals. There’s a lot of washing, peeling and then juicing, plus the clean-up afterwards that is required. It’s more work than cooking a meal each night! Both…
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Sometimes…
I just want to scream. Or I imagine telling the world what I think of it, which is generally not very positive. I’m tired of where I work and what I do. It’s a thankless job. It’s an unprofessional and disrespected position. Of course, I know some jobs could be worse, some places of work…
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Rebooting – Day 2
I’m still alive…. The first day passed successfully. I did really want to chomp on something greasy as I passed through the cafeteria and smelled all the wonderfully fried food, but then I envisioned my hardened arteries and the pounds added to my hips and put my head down to plow back to my office…
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Rebooting – Day 1
For the past couple of weeks, R and I have been attempting to change our eating patterns to lose some unnecessary pounds as well as to generally have a better schedule. Both of us love our food. Perhaps a little too much. Both of us have considered undergoing the lemonade/juice cleanse, but neither of us…
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Container Gardening – Fruits of My Labor
My little garden has been growing! It seems that the tomatoes thrive the most, followed by the herbs – especially the basil, though today I cut quite a bit of parsley. My carrots have somehow gotten the gist of growing and the leaves are growing, though I’m not sure how the carrot part is doing,…
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Weekend chillin’
There’s something wonderful about having a bit of a sleep-in and then getting up for a workout before the day fully begins, which includes some soaking up the rays. Then, holding a cup of coffee while sitting on the balcony surrounded by homegrown plants, a light breeze passing by and working as the temperature stays…
