some progress!

So for the last 3 weeks I’ve been going to the Y every other day. And you know what? Today was the first day I really felt great after working out (instead of feeling like I want to sleep for 20 hours). And I felt great even though I went for 35 minutes and 2.5 [...]

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a strange dream

Well, I said I probably wasn’t going to blog again before going to Maine, but here I go, blogging anyway.
I spent the weekend working frantically as planned. I’ve coded so much I think my eyes will fall out of my head. I still have more to do. I did take a few breaks. Mostly to [...]

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productive laziness

I feel like I’ve been super lazy the past few days, but actually I’ve managed some productivity. It only feels like I’ve been lazy because I’ve been in the same house for 3 days watching TV (I keep it on because it is just too quiet around here). So what have I been up to [...]

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adventures in puppy sitting

Tonight my week-long adventure in puppy-sitting comes to an end. On one hand I’ll miss this crazy puppy-monkey who follows me from room to room, constantly glued to my side (the picture to the left is exactly how she looks right now next to me). On the other hand, puppies seriously take a lot more [...]

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going back in time

This weekend I am going back in time to the land of dial up internet. I’m dogsitting and I guess they are a little behind the times in all things internets. I am trying to be positive by hoping that without the internet as a distraction, I’ll get a lot of work done.
So I probably [...]

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rusty

My sister (maybe the only one who reads my blog, despite the 90+ returning visitors I have?) is miffed because I haven't posted since Sunday.
So here is my post. My week has been mostly non-blog inspiring. Work. The high point of the week was dinner with friends that we hadn't seen in ages last night [...]

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a real weekend

Weekends are usually all about getting work done- usually tons of writing. Pretty much every weekend this past semester has been like that. 
So naturally going into this weekend I imagined getting a lot of work done. Slowly, and as always with me, painfully, that idea died as the weekend went on. Saturday we went to [...]

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watershed

Today was one of those days- with highs and lows. Let's not focus on the lows, though. I cry so easily lately from frustration (and anything remotely sad on TV or in movies, and pretty much everything relating to grad school, writing, reading, listening to some songs. okay… so just about everything can bring me [...]

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okay, okay, okay

My sister has complained about my lack of posting this week. Why I haven't posted is simple. There is really nothing interesting to post about. I almost posted the other day about missing the bus so much, but that seemed boring so I didn't.
After spending all last weekend working (and canoeing) I took Tuesday and [...]

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obligatory blog post

I feel obliged to blog, although I have very little to blog about.
This spring "break" has been kind of like a writing marathon. I have written so much, and I still have so much to do. I am dogsitting, so I am basically borrowing a larger, nicer apartment, and a nice car for the week. [...]

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Monday *yawn*

Now it finally feels like the semester is in full swing. I spent all weekend dog sitting and (the better part of 3 days) writing a 10 page literature review for my reading/writing group tonight. I emailed it around 4pm yesterday and I can already think about things I might have done differently. When did [...]

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(I would walk 500 miles)*

I'm sorry for my infrequent posting. This semester is flying by, and every day I think "do I have anything worth blogging about? Any funny stories- interesting insight?" and I come up with nothing. Nadda. This semester is filled with tons of uninteresting things such as memorizing statistics equations, reading hundreds of papers for the [...]

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the first day of fall

Fall is my favorite season. I love the colors. I love how the humidity is replaced by a little coolness in the air, and how the air rustles through the leaves that are just turning crispy.
I know, I am nuts that I love it when it gets cold. I am even so crazy that I [...]

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unnecessary detail

News of the teacher I know from my old high school who had an inappropriate relationships with a 17 year old student has now spread to various news outlets around Maine, as well as N.H. and Boston as well as around my hometown. I've gotten emails from others I went to high school with that [...]

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more gross

Next door there is a little Toto-like dog, Emmett. This one is more like a long mop of walking hair- all different colors and wiry- the kind of yippy little dog that I'm not usually a big fan of. Emmett and the dog I am dogsitting share a fenced in back yard. Emmett is always [...]

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adventures in dogsitting

Why am I blogging at 1:45am?
Well, I just got back from the animal emergency hospital. Always a great place to be in the middle of the night. I ought to be wiped out from panicking about the dog, driving said dog to the hospital, and driving back without the dog, knowing that if anything goes [...]

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classic Knit Wit comedy

Unfortunately for me incidents like these from my weekend of dogsitting for my advisor are all too common (not unfortunate for you though as you'll probably get a good laugh out of them).
1) I broke a glass while washing it in the sink. I don't know how it happened- I don't think I dropped it [...]

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the best present ever

I know everyone out there has been wondering what to get me for the holidays. Well, forget the usual ideas. Sure, yarn or Lush would be wonderful gifts, but check out this. That's what I want- to belong to the microbrew beer of the month club. The poeple I am dogsitting for this weekend belong [...]

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for the record

I get spooked sometimes when I am in a big house, with darkened windows and strange noises. I don't mean spooked like ghost-spooked, just creeped out a little bit. Big, empty houses where I can't check every nook and cranny make me feel 9 years old again. But, Emma the dog is here with me. [...]

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catching up

Yes, I have gone a few days without blogging at all. Really this is because I just haven't had anything blog-worthy happening. Mostly I've been catching up on some work, dogsitting and watching crap television. But, I will catch up a little with a few things:
1) Messing with a grad student's funding is just not [...]

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