Everyday Adventures
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Certified Tapeworm
I have become a tapeworm. I am an avid reader. Anyone who has seen my library, which takes up half of my roughly 400SF shed, can attest to this. Incidentally, it is in the shed because it didn’t fit in the house, which proclaims both the size of my bibliotheca and the lack of square footage in my “cozy” home. My boyfriend’s brother-in-law Clif nobly assisted in my recent move to said cozy home. He heroically muscled dozens of boxes of books from apartment to car and car to house, box after box, admittedly with increasing ill humor and incredulity. “Who on earth needs this many books?” he asked…
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Cake or Death?
This morning when my coworker walked the mail to the mailbox, she found a beautiful female deer dying in our grass. It must have been hit by a car on the nearby highway – there was no visible blood or wound, but she was thrashing and trying to get up. My instinct was to stroke her head and whisper soothing words while I waited for animal control to come and shoot her – I knew they would, who’s going to rehabilitate a deer? But of course she would probably kill me if I got to close, or at the very least thrash more wildly and cause more pain, so instead I walked away so…
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Things to Do Today
My coworker is out of town this whole week – and I know her job – so I’m covering for her. Also, we are into rehearsal big-style – two weeks left to get this mammoth off the ground (musicals are always so much harder to manage than straight plays). Ergo, I will be busier than a fly in a hog pen this week. (Is that a saying? I think I just made it up). So, before I begin this stressful adventure (well, I’m already halfway through Monday, and that’s an accomplishment), I have a list of things to accomplish: 1. Buy a chiminea (outdoor fireplace) – CHECK, that one I did…
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The Reluctant Grownup
I feel I should probably explain the title of my blog before I get too far into this. See, I have just completed my first full year of working in a job I call a "REAL JOB," with big fat quotation marks. My early twenties were spent earning peanuts in non-profits and loving life, and now I’m trying to be the proverbial ant slaving away for the winter. I liked being a grasshopper better. A quick recap of what I’ve done since college: (1) Went to Australia for a year. Wore the same 5 outfits over and over, had my boyfriend cut my hair, we slept in the back of an…