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Finished the first Harry Potter book yesterday. Re-watching the...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:05:00 -0400

Finished the first Harry Potter book yesterday. Re-watching the first movie today. Went and picked up the rest of the series this morning from my sister. So excited to have a good fiction series back in my life! The Hunger Games left a huge void in my heart after I finished them. Have spent the last couple weeks sitting out on the patio watching the birds and reading. It’s been my little escape. Life’s been difficult lately, and full of a lot of grownup bullshit, oscillating from the mundane to the infuriating with very little “happy medium” in between. But books are a way to break free of that, if only for a little while, to dive into your imagination and become so immersed and captivated by another world that your mind can’t worry about the “imaginary things” that your dickbag anxiety brain has conjured up for you to worry about. It is reprieve, temporary… but reprieve nonetheless.

So thank you sister/PJ for letting me borrow them!

Running Town Lake the day after a 5 hour river float… I wouldn’t recommend it....

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:17:11 -0400

Running Town Lake the day after a 5 hour river float… I wouldn’t recommend it. Everything is owie…

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Sat, 18 May 2013 01:26:00 -0400

Our newest developer yells at people on the phone a lot…. I think I might be afraid of him.

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:29:54 -0400

Our newest developer yells at people on the phone a lot…. I think I might be afraid of him.

thingssheloves: untitled by １Ｑ９４ on Flickr.

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:25:00 -0400

thingssheloves:

untitled by １Ｑ９４ on Flickr.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 12:40:22 -0400

her-hair-is-always-a-mess: Gorg

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:38:51 -0400

her-hair-is-always-a-mess:

Gorg

buzzfeed: The books that will move you, inspire you, make you...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:41:13 -0400

buzzfeed:

The books that will move you, inspire you, make you cry, make you think, make you laugh. Are there any books that you would add?

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Tue, 14 May 2013 13:38:48 -0400

Thought my K cup from this morning looked an awful lot like...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:51:00 -0400

Thought my K cup from this morning looked an awful lot like something outta the Walking Dead… so I took care of it.. these are the places my imagination goes, ya know, when my 9 - 5 isn’t busy choking the last breath out of it…

Nothing makes me feel quite as loved as when these little...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:24:59 -0400

Nothing makes me feel quite as loved as when these little buggers come to town. More I love you’s & neck hugs than I know what to do with, but every one I get makes me feel like a million bucks. If only adults were still as open and affectionate as children, we’d probably try to conquer & blow each other up a lot less… It’s just always refreshing to hang out with kids, you start to kind of see the world through their eyes, makes you remember that not so very long ago, those were once the very same clear, naive eyes you viewed the world through. Is it selfish to want them to stay this age forever?

So my boyfriend is in Alaska for the next month. Didn’t think he’d have service on base...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:08:40 -0400

So my boyfriend is in Alaska for the next month. Didn’t think he’d have service on base so didn’t anticipate getting to talk too much. But apparently he’s found service in a treehouse which I guess is for the instructor’s children. The fact that he discovered this does not surprise me. He keeps climbing up there to call me, and I think he is adorable. Yeeeaahhh, this is the one for me.

Just broomstick jabbed the ceiling on my upstairs neighbors for the first time in my life…...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:17:00 -0400

Just broomstick jabbed the ceiling on my upstairs neighbors for the first time in my life… long hair don’t care. Shut the fuck up with your yelling about nothing important on a beautiful day for all your neighbors to hear outside. Arguing is fine, but SHUT YOUR WINDOWS & DOORS IF YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IDIOTS. I hope I see them in the breezeway so I can scowl like a boss. This girl has got to be the most obnoxious person in the world… she actually did the “lalalalalalalalala” childhood I can’t hear you move…. Bitch, once you’ve pulled that out of your bag of ingenious comebacks, you’ve lost, now go to your room & sulk quietly.

John Krasinski might be the most endearing person in the...

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:10:36 -0400

John Krasinski might be the most endearing person in the world…

Pretty in pink. Shitty off mimosas.

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:13:22 -0400

Pretty in pink. Shitty off mimosas.

aros: Vi-Sang House / Moon Hoon

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:32:23 -0400

aros:

Vi-Sang House / Moon Hoon

DAT SMILE.

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:31:40 -0400

DAT SMILE.

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Sun, 05 May 2013 17:50:55 -0400

So even though I’ve been trying to budget, I splurged a...

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:49:00 -0400

So even though I’ve been trying to budget, I splurged a little last night & bought a Fitbit One to track my daily activity/calories and the quality of my sleep (not too bad it was under $100). It wasn’t really an impulse buy, I’ve been thinking about getting something like this for awhile now, especially since I’ve been reading that Spark book, I’ve been more motivated to try and get in more intense aerobic exercise each day, and this should help to see my progress in data form.

I’m really excited about the sleep tracker, of course it’s nothing like the Zeo that tracks how long you spend in different stages of sleep (Deep, non-REM, REM), which I’ve been drooling over since I first found out about it. But the Fitbit was way cheaper and has multiple functions. It basically works by wearing a wristband with the device in it while you sleep. It has a motion sensor that analyzes your movement patterns as you sleep, and once you plug it into a computer it shows you when in the night you were the most active (moving around) which I suppose is considered a waking state, and I guess by the way you’re moving it can tell when you’ve fallen asleep, and then has a silent alarm to wake you up. So it shows you when you got into bed vs when you fell asleep and exactly how much you got. It should be good for analyzing what factors affect my sleeping habits, like drinking caffeine too late or staying up late on the computer vs reading before bed, drinking wine or eating too late, etc.. etc..

I’ve been looking for anything and everything to help me through this latest bout of anxiety, that seems to be coming in waves lately. Just when I think it’s receding it rears its ugly head again. The past few days have been pretty unpleasant. I know that vigorous, frequent exercise is going to help over time and eventually pull me out of this, so just looking to stay positive about sticking with that and really putting every ounce of energy into being more physically active than I have been in a long time. Also, kickball starts back up again this week, so that should be helpful too.

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Sun, 05 May 2013 11:50:51 -0400