January 2011
27 posts
Here is the perfect way to spend a Saturday.
(If you live in Chicago, if you like coffee, movies, & art, if you happen to be training for a marathon, and if it’s a little bit warmer than it has been.)
- Sleep in a little, but not too late.
- Make your training run more fun by ending it at Intelligentsia on Randolph.
- Order a medium soy latte. Read the neighborhood newspaper. Find out there’s an interesting exhibit at the...
Sometimes I don't like me.
I’m moody. I get stressed out all the time (all the damn time - I’m so sick of it) and then I take out my stress on the people most important to me. I don’t have the self control I want to have. I’m a wimp. I’m selfish. I’m just so far away from the adult I want to be.
That’s all. I’m fine. Just needed to write it.
I just like it here.
A good friend is considering a move to Southern California. And I have to admit, after my trip out there a few weeks ago, I’m a bit jealous. I’m often guilty of dreaming of the next place I want to live while I’m in my current location. Of course, this seems to happen particularly often when it’s cold here and warm someplace else.
But I think this is where I want to be....
Bummersville, U.S.A.
I thought I was going to get to go to San Antonio Thursday through Sunday for a conference, but now my fellowship is like, “No can-dosville, babycakes.” Flights got too expensive last minute. They were $230 two weeks ago, and this morning they were up to $1300! (Can you believe that? Wow!)
I’m a little relieved. I get anxious before I have to travel by myself, even though...
hodophilic asked: Any luck getting registered for the class you needed?!
Be brave, Chicago.
You got this. You were born for this.
And look at it this way - this very well may be as cold as it gets for the rest of the year.
Realization
When I put up something like my previous post, I think I do it in part because I know that someday I’ll see it in my archives, and it won’t be a big deal anymore. Posting something kind of helps me remember to keep it in perspective. Today’s crisis is tomorrow’s, “Oh, God, I remember that. That sucked.”
I’m freaking out. Or, I was. And still am a little - there’s still a low level freak out doing gymnastics in my stomach.
I will not, I promise, bore you (how can something so boring be so stressful?!?) with the bureaucratic details. Basically, I’m not actually registered for a class I thought I was registered for, which means I’m not a full-time student, which means...
Project Enjoy Winter
I’m afraid, as Kevin put it this morning on our 6 a.m. run, that our little trip to L.A. may have been badly timed. I’ve been resenting winter ever since. I’m tired of bracing myself against the cold whenever I go outside. I’m tired of wrestling several layers of clothing. I’m tired of never really feeling warm. (I shivered half the day yesterday, I swear.) I’m...
“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.”
– (via wonderfullies)
It was Kate Walsh that I saw crazy dancing, not...
From my California Dreamin post. Kate Walsh. I didn’t know her name but recognized her from Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. My friend told me, and I repeated it wrong.
The Kids Are All Right
I watched this last night. I loved it. I love Julianne Moore. And I really love Mia Wasikowska. (Have you seen her in Alice in Wonderland?) I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more realistic portrayal of a family.
I noticed that I seem to be at a point in my life where I indentify equally with the middle-aged married couple and the 18-year-old going off to college. I think I like...
“I believe that for all our imperfections we are full of decency and goodness and...”
– Barack Obama, Tucson
Sometimes I’m not as sure as you, Obama, but I’m glad that’s the way you feel.
(via mar-see-ah)
California Dreamin
Oh, I am. Kevin had to (“had to” - big imposition) go to Palm Springs for work. So I tagged along and we went for the weekend. We have a good, good friend from college living in L.A., so we spent most of our time there.
Please understand this. I love Chicago.
I love it. It is my favorite city. It is my home. I don’t want to leave - maybe ever.
But I could live for a month or...
Celebrate every holiday
This was Kevin’s and my co-resolution this year. (I have many solo resolutions, by the way.)
Today is Epiphany. We don’t know much about it except it’s kind of the official end of Christmas. Kevin is making a “feast.” All of our holiday lights are on. There’s a fire in the fireplace. The candles are lit. Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas albums are on.
After...
My legs do feel pretty awesome today, btw.
I'm officially hardcore.
I took an ice bath tonight.
I mean, technically, it wasn’t an ice bath. I didn’t put any ice in it. But I did run the coldest water I could into the tub, and then I sat in it for 15 minutes. Plus bathing suit and sweatshirt.
I’ve been running a lot recently to prep for marathon training, and I’d just been sore and achy all day. My shins hurt a bit, and my knee was...
My cat died this morning.
It’s really sad when a pet dies. Even a pet that had to live its entire life at your parents’ house because the high school boyfriend who got you a kitten somehow didn’t anticipate that your future husband would be allergic to cats.
Anyway, we’ve had a little extra fun today to make us feel better. Wine. Fancy coffee with milk. It’s Complicated. Dinner in New...