When you start to get further into adulthood, one thing becomes painfully clear: Birthdays are not what they once were. Sure, you still do your best to make them special: you wake up early to make a peach tart for your spouse, you litter the bed with chocolates while he’s in the shower, you bake him …
Things That Bring Me Joy: Meditation
Today’s focus on something that brings me joy is actually a new thing for me—although I’ve meant to take up meditating (in the truest form of the word) for years, I just never got around to it. Sure, when I was doing yoga three times a week, it involved some meditation-type mental exercises, but I …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 39
So you might have thought I’d forgotten all about my 50 Weeks to Organized project— But nope. In fact, I myself was kind of freaking out about the whole thing the other day, thinking there was no way I’d get everything done in the next 11 weeks, but then I realized something: after the …
Tuesday Tell-All
Top 6 Things On My Mind: 1. Today is Matt’s 27th birthday, and his gifts that I ordered online still haven’t come. Amazon, you have very rarely failed me in life, but this is one of those times. And this morning, when I was trying to start his birthday off with a bang, I decided …
Our Spontaneous, Non-Gourmet Picnic
This school year is proving even busier than last year’s, a feat I never thought possible. Matt is swamped with his classes, labs, and work, and we’re both feeling the intense pressure of having to go through the application process to get him into a PT school. Meanwhile, I’m continuing to have to juggle my more-than-full-time …
All It Took Was a Pail of Peaches
I have made an unspoken resolve this school year to be more positive about my job–to not nitpick at the irksome annoyances that come with teaching 12- and 13-year-olds and to not dwell only on the negative aspects of each school day. Considering that the last hour of my work day is by far my most challenging and obnoxious …
The Top 5 Ways to Spoil Your Run
(semi-unrelated running posters via Runners World) Even though my running commitment (and distances) aren’t quite as stellar as they were over the summer, I’ve still been managing to squeeze in some 2-3 mile runs two to three days a week when I get home from work. During the summer, I always did my runs in …
Tuesday Tell-All
A few things on my mind: 1. My hair is at the perfect length for me, which means (of course) that I’m due for another haircut. 2. My husband took the GRE today, and it’s starting to make our future a little more real. We’ve been spending our weekends researching schools and weighing options and …