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Magic Number

I wanted to start a training program that required me to be able to jog for 20 minutes in order to start with it, so tonight I figured I’d see about where my jogging ability was. The days of the 3 mile night run in Chicago were never picked up after I got sick, so […]

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Mirror Lessons

It occurred to me tonight while I sat in bed doing line edits of the last 50 pages or so of Black Desert that I’ve been struggling with a real blow to my self-esteem for some time now. It started when I fled Chicago, and got worse in December, despite a book contract, my own

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Things Which Are Retarded

Downloading OpenOffice on a pirated wireless connection. I just don’t have any interest in unplugging my hardline from my shiny desktop. But my pirated printer won’t work on my Vista machine (without a lot of canoodling by the not-Boyfriend, and I haven’t heard from him in three or four weeks), and my OpenOffice training schedule

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My Kingdom for a Cookie

They’ve had boxes and boxes of cookies leftover from the company picnic this weekend, and today I finally gave in and snatched two of them. The carb count was 26. I figured that was what, a serving size of two cookies? Oh no, that’s for just one cookie. A whopping 52 carbs for two cookies.

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Cheap Night Out

Biked over to the park, ate my pre-made rice and veggie dinner and some mixed berries. Continued reading The Stand. Got eaten by some mosquitoes and nearly run over by the folks playing frisbee golf. Came home, finished up some more Twin Peaks, tended to said mosquito bites. Would not have been a bad night,

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DP&L

Bill this month = $110.76Amount budgeted = $80.00 The good news is, trash & water came in $20 under budget, so at least I won’t starve this month. Can’t wait for September and October when I can stop using the aircon.

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Tired

I must just really be burned out. I think I’ll take off the Friday before labor day to give myself a 4-day break. I was in bed at 9 last night, and I’m headed to bed tonight at 8pm. I feel exhausted. You can only juggle with so many “I have to” and “I need

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