Archive for March, 2007

Moving…again.

Published by Jessica on March 28, 2007 in General. 1 Comment

So, I am in the midst of preparing for a move.  This is daunting.  I have an office full of boxes of papers and books and binders, I have little collections of things that I have to decide if I shoud keep or not.  For those who know me, they know that I really prefer to have a handful of things…yet, somehow I have collected more stuff than I will ever need or have use for.

Yesterday, I spent the better part of an hour on the phone with moving companies setting up appointments to come and look at our “stuff” so they can generate a quote.  What I learned in speaking with them is that if you wish to have things insured, they have to pack your “stuff”.  THEY WANT TO PACK MY STUFF!?!?  Well, now this is somthing I could get used to and YET…I wanna pack my own self!

Alright well, I know I am being a bit controlling.  It’s just that packing is such a process for me. I think and think and think some more about what it is that I am going to put into a box and then, before I seal it up I rethink everything again.  It’s the perfectionist in me, I know. 

So, I guess what I will do is just pack without the boxes. I will arrange things carefully in categories through my living room and dining room and they can wrap and stuff to their hearts content.  That’s a good compromise.

Alright, well. A slightly meaningless entry…

Oh, I read this book…called Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalum.

So there, makes this entry slightly more meaningful.  If I find myself inspired I might write a little entry about the book.

Love,

Jess

(Horror Movie Music) Graduation! AAAAhHHHHhhhhAAAAHhhhhhAHHhhhAh!

Published by Jessica on March 22, 2007 in General. 1 Comment

Well, it’s been almost a month since my last entry and so much has happened.  I have been really overwhelmed by school.  This has, in many ways, been the most difficult term ever, and it’s not over.  I have so much to do and so little time to do it and I keep avoiding it because it’s kind of overwhelming. 

I think a great deal of my avoidance of the situation, however, has had to do with my prolonged illness and subsequent weakness.  I can’t even walk up a flight of stairs without needing a nap and now I can’t eat a thing without getting terrible stomach cramps.  On the plus side (or minus side) I have lost some weight as a result! Yay!  It will probably come back though, as soon as I can eat again. 

Well, my time here in Philadelphia is winding down and the weather is warming up–I think.  Who knows if it will sleet tomorrow, for today it is beautiful and springy.  I wish I had time to enjoy it but for now I am stuck inside writing papers and everyone is really busy anyways so there is no way we could do anything productive anyhow.

Oh, I also want to say a big congrats to Kate on being accepted to graduate school–she SOOO deserves it.  I am sooo proud of her and she has worked sooo hard.  She will make an awesome social worker.

Well, that’s all. I didn’t really have much to say, just wanted to write a little blurb.  I am sitting outside of the bookstore right now, in my car.  I am going to go home and clean off the dining room table and sit down and write my papers even if it kills me.

Ta-ta for now.

Jessica