but as of this writing, Bopper is winning the kitten war. We’re so proud!
Picture of me finishing the Scenic 10
Finishing the Scenic 10, originally uploaded by Kate O’. Just got these pictures back from brightroom.com and thought I’d share. This year’s Park Forest Scenic 10 mile race really took it out of me, but I finished, and that’s the
Update from Park Forest
The following is an email I sent to my coworkers a few minutes ago. I don’t have the energy to reformat it for my journal. First things first: I’m very grateful to be able to be here, and I want
Bit of a scare
Had a lovely and delicious pizza party with last night, and fell sound asleep after she left. But then at 4 AM, some guy knocked on our bedroom window. He was either drunk, drugged, or deranged — or a combination
Cancelling the cruise
I’m cancelling the cruise. I had to ask a whole bunch of coworkers if anyone had any PTO to donate to cover my time away with my parents, and even if everything were crystal clear by the end of September,
Hardest writing assignment of my life
I completed the hardest writing task of my life on Saturday. After my dad asked me on Friday morning to help him write thank you notes, I went out and bought the cards, and then all through the afternoon, I
Things you never thought you’d be doing, #2781
I found myself at Target this afternoon buying “thank you” cards. And not just any thank you cards: thank you cards that can be sent from my dad to his friends as a sort of final thank you for all
Going up to Park Forest
Mom called this morning, and she sounded strained. I had asked her last week to tell me if she started to think I should come to visit before Labor Day. She told me this morning I should come whenever I
Heard of the “Jennings effect”?
Apparently, smoking cessation programs all across the USA are experiencing higher than normal volumes of phone calls and involvement from people who want to quit smoking in the wake of Peter Jennings’ death from lung cancer. Yes, we’re obsessed with
Better Home and Garden
I’m becoming a gardener! Or at least you’d think so by the number of gardening books I have out from the library and the staggering amount of time I’m spending with my hands in the dirt. For example, I spent