The AC in our office went extinct last week. We were waiting for a replacement part, only to find out the model of the our unit had also gone the way of the dinosaurs. In the meantime, I lost about 10 lbs. of sweat, without…
Author: elizabethev
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Today: Add a dash of cinnamon
I still haven’t finished reading Julie & Julia. I find myself skimming and skipping entire paragraphs, and in the meantime have finished two other books. Not a good sign. I loved Julia, but I just can’t seem to fall in love with Julie. I hate…
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Today: Detoxify
I have quit Diet Coke. Again. I know what you’re thinking, Heard that before. It’s true, I’ve given up the DC for six or seven Lents, several summers, and a week last October. This time, I mean business. While I love a good caffeine buzz…
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Today: Go it alone
According to a Meyers-Briggs personality assessment from late 2002, I am an introvert. And while I’m no hermit, there are some things I like doing alone. And then there are those things I would much prefer to do in the company of a partner-in-crime. Attending…
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Today: Break a leg
Once I had a soccer related emergency and went to the hospital. End of post? In your dreams. The people on either side of me in the ER had, respectively, a broken nose and several missing fingers. The second resulted from a man falling out…
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Today: Hit the road
This weekend, 2/3 of my family made a short road trip for my cousin’s baptism. My parents, my younger brother and I enjoyed a nice 4 hour car ride (round trip, let’s be honest) to semi-scenic CT. My sister and older brother were otherwise occupied,…
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Today: Have a happy Monday
Mondays get a bad rap. In college, we invented Monday Night Club to kick off the week with a little fun and festivity. In college, I didn’t have adult responsibilities that precluded me from being over-served on a weeknight. In hindsight, those late nights with…
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Today: Take a dining risk
Remember that joke (by joke, I mean revolting display of partially chewed food)? I do. If you want to hear another joke (one that’s more funny than disgusting), ask me about the pirate and the ship’s wheel. So. Every once in a while it’s good…
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Today: Prepare to be famous
Once a homeless man told me I was so beautiful, I could be on the cover of Us Weekly. Not Vogue, mind you, but Us Weekly. I guess that could be a springboard to something… less trashy. I had just bought the man a bagel,…