Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • I’m tired. My nose is plugged. My throat is sore. My chest is congested. Yet, somehow I’m awake and smiling. 😀 Hopefully, this will pass soon – it’s already been nearly a week! 🙁 More to come, ~T

  • I am not sure where the time has gone, but the past two weeks have whizzed by. So, what’s been going on? First of all, work started up and there have been daily changes to my schedule. Originally, I was scheduled to co-coordinate a new semester course that I spent a lot of time working on with my colleagues at the end of last academic year. The plan was to work about half…

  • 1. I am grateful that today passed successfully surpassing even my high expectations. 2. I am grateful that I was granted money back on a scam that I fell for…long and silly story, but no harm no foul. 😉 3. I am sooooo grateful that tomorrow is the end of the week so that I can do some PhD work!   It was a gooooood day. My colleague and good friend and co-teacher…

  • 1. I am grateful that the week is half over! 😛 It has been nothing but go-go-go since Sunday…. 2. I am grateful that my bf is back and that I also had the chance to miss him. It’s not that I was taking him for granted by any means, but usually I am the one who is traveling and though I miss him then it is not the same as being the one…

  • Okay, I skipped yesterday, but it is part of my gratitude for today! 😉 1. I am grateful for the ability/need to take a full day off from studying or worrying about studying. It was much needed. Yesterday, I contemplated reading or writing a little, but then decided I was going to take the full day. It was worth it to just read my leisure book, go for a long massage and facial…

  • On our second day, we decided to do the Big Bus Tour so that we could see the city and get our bearings. [shashin type=”photo” id=”8505,8508″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] We started out on the Red Line, but that line offers a live commentary on the city and my mom had a bit of trouble with the accents. So, we switched to the Blue Line, which has the recorded commentary. 😉 Although it…

  • Today, I have written: 1. I am grateful for the company of my two cats, even though they also drive me crazy!   2. I am grateful for the time and ability to go out last night to see David Blaine’s illusionist show with friends. It was also my first outing with D without her dad (my bf)! 😀 3. I am grateful for the Internet and all that it allows me to…

  • So, motivation is still a challenge. I am forcing myself to stay home and try to get some work done. So far, I’ve done a good job of procrastinating and taking care of ‘other’ things. However, I think, I think I am moving in the right direction…. First, I realized that I need to focus on positives and train my brain to associate working at home with results. I also need to focus…

  • I thought to myself this morning that one of the reasons that I am not so motivated to do the PhD on most days is because I want to live in the future. The future is when the degree is done and I have nothing weighing on my mind – that I should be doing something, but am not. It’s been over five years of me doing this silly thing and so I am…

  • Yesterday I stared on the computer and contemplated the fact that I really do NOT need this PhD. Yes, I am nearly finished and all that, but I was really in a bad mindset. So, I took the day ‘off’. I attempted a bit before I went to meet a friend for lunch and though I had good intentions after lunch, especially after J said I could do it, I decided to say…

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