Not quite entirely fallen off the blog wagon, but damn near. Look at the last post date! The commute hasn’t killed me, if you’re wondering. Like how I’ve been telling everyone. The drive doesn’t hurt me. I like to drive. And what you call “traffic” is nothing like where I grew up in. 3 miles in 3 hours one rainy afternoon would teach you to appreciate 20 mph crawl on the 110 from the 105 into Downtown LA. At least you know you’ll get there in about an hour. After being in front of the computer all day, I didn’t...
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The conversation we had last night as we settled into bed. Brandon: I want to get some gold fish tomorrow. Oakley: Okay. Sure. Brandon: Because I’ve been kind of snacky at night lately. A second of pause. Oakley: Ohhh! You mean, GoldFish as in crackers. Brandon: Yeaah…what did you think I mean? Brandon chuckled, shook his head, and went back to his book as I fell into a fit of laughter....
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Not much to say lately. I’m trying to focus my energy on writing for the workshop. 🙂 The workshop is going really well. At least I think so. It’s a bit odd being back on campus, hanging out with the kids. Other things to report: 1. We bought the Santa Fe. Money will be super tight around here for a while, but at least we don’t have to worry about the Exploder now. Haha. 2. My nose finally stops going crazy. Just the usual. Even the usual is a little less while I’m in the house. LivingAir purifier is working...
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I left the house with super itchy, sneezy nose. So I took an Alevert. Super itchy, sneezy nose instead turned into a super stuffy nose. So I took a 24-hour Sudafed with 240 mg time releasing pseudoephedrinewhateveritis. Super stuffy nose instead turned into a jabbingly painful, massivly annoying muscle spasm on the right side where my back meets my butt. So I further self medicated with chocolate chip cookie. Achoo! *Sniffle* Ow. Wooooooooooh (suger + Sudafed. A speedy high unlike others!)...
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Ah Splenda. Finally a fake sugar that doesn’t leave a bad after taste. I am not a diet soda drinker, but I wouldn’t turn away something that is sweetened by Splenda, or using it to flavor some bland iced tea. I don’t know if anyone else react that same way to Splenda. But after a can of 7-Up Plus, my body is SCREAMING for real sugar. I am diving into the chocolate bowl here at work. Nothing sounds good to snack on except sweet stuff. Perhaps it’s just my sugar processing body freaking out by sugar substitute. My poor body...
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Merlin, my royal blue 96 Corolla, is in the shop this morning. He has been choking at start for about month now. At first I thought it may be the battery again, but when the radio comes blaring in, and he didn’t do the click click click click sound like when the battery went out, I knew it was something else. He just plain wouldn’t turn over. But, a few seconds later, he would pick up and purrs like a kitten all over again. Merlin has been like this for about a month. It’s a hit-or-miss situation. I could go...
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