Plans and Adjustments

My plan to read and share what I'm reading hasn't really panned out so far this year. I read one novel and attempted a couple more but they really didn't satisfy. My professor sent me a hard copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude all the way from Louisiana and I got as far as the…

Worthiness

I actually worked today. On a Sunday. Last semester, I stayed late at school three days a week. I knew I wouldn't work at home, so I stayed at school for the late bus almost every day it was available. By the time November arrived, I was too exhausted and burned out to drag myself…

stress relief

The week before Thanksgiving I wrote: I appreciate my former coworkers.  I didn't understand, really, why they would be so relieved, and vocal about their relief, when a long weekend or holiday approached. I would get anxious because a day off just meant that things would be tougher when we came back. A day off…