Creative Meanderings

Now that I am back in my own space again and fairly settled, I have decided to return to the world of Couchsurfing. I just feel like I am blessed with extra space in my apartment that is not being used that much, so why not offer people an opportunity to stay somewhere for free on their travels? Maybe one day I will get to do the same. My friends have said it…

Here I am again, single and wondering if it’s a good thing, a bad thing or just is? For the most part, I am enjoying being on my own again. I have a really great support group through my friends and so it is much easier to keep myself busy or to share my feelings about this process of learning to be single. However, almost all of my close friends have significant others…

Yesterday, I felt like a ball of tension. It started with a couchsurfer’s email to me calling me Sarah and not Tara. We’ve exchanged messages and she’s staying at my place starting today. However, for some reason I was super teed off by the mistake. I’m sure it was an honest one, but it shifted my day somehow. When I got to work, the printer/copy machine was not working, so even though I…

Okay, so my previous post was about unplugging and I had some lofty goals for what that meant. 😉 First, I did finish my book brief, which is a HUGE load off. While I really enjoy the work and getting a little extra cash, it does put a lot of pressure on me. So, it is a bit of a blessing that they are having some financial problems at the moment and had…

For a while I have been thinking about unplugging for one day a week. Of course, I have been putting it off because there is always something to be done. However, with this past week being what it was (busy!) and my life adjusting to new patterns, I thought it would be a good time to just give it a shot. So, I am thinking that Saturdays I will unplug. Of course, I…

The week is just about finished, thank goodness! I really need a good, long sleep! It’s been pretty good overall, just busy with couchsurfing, entertaining and work. I have another brief I’m working on and will force myself to plow through tonight and tomorrow, so that Saturday will be a complete day of rest, especially as I’m getting new couchsurfers. There’s a lot happening between work and life that I am actually finding…

This was a phrase I heard a lot yesterday at work. We got some news that the bills are not being paid for some reason and so we might lose maintenance (thus use) of our xerox machines – which break down daily – and our main learning management system (Blackboard) may shut down! It’s so interesting how on the outside everything can seem to be a well-oiled functioning machine, but then…the truth sets…