A Poem

You are emptiness
You are space
You are disappointment and half formed hates
You are loneliness and nagging aches
You are maybes and likes to take
Quietly average
My heart breaks

Reasons Why Being Single is Better

1. I can wear glossy, glittery, flavored lip gloss and there is no one to complain about it.

2. I don't feel obligated to shave my legs every day.

3. I save money!

4. I don't have to pretend to care about cars, car parts or anything related to their maintenance.

5. More sleep!

6. Healthier meals!

7. More time with friends!

8.I'm free to travel and meet new people.

9. I can go to Grad school and not have to worry about fitting in time for a boyfriend.

And most importantly...

10. I'm back in control of the remote.

Bathroom Fail

So today, I innocently wander into the work restroom to take care of business only to somehow break the toilet so that it doesn't flush. I keep calm (a hard feat when changing medications, as I always turn into a rager whenever I am transitioning) and take apart the top of the toilet like my co-worker so patiently taught me recently. I roll up my sleeves, grit my teeth and plunge my hand into the murky tank water to grab the detached chain. As I do so the bathroom air freshener falls with a loud clatter and sickening splash into the pee filled toilet bowl. Naturally I let out a rather forceful expletive this point after which I resigned myself to fishing around in urine water for the can. Somehow I managed to reassemble the toilet and spent about 10 minutes washing my hands. Imagine my horror then, upon discovering that the entire ordeal was overheard not only by my boss but her boss as well. I may not have a job by the end of today.

New Adventure

Assuming I don't blow the GRE in three weeks, I've been offered provisional acceptance to graduate school to study counseling. I'm terrified and ecstatic all at once!

More Food for Thought

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
- Bertrand Russell

Snapshots from the last few months

Growing Pains

Every woman fears that she will gow up to be her mother. While my own mother and I share many traits in common, I have always taken comfort in the fact I do not own a huge purse or take a million vitamins. Sadly, that is no longer true. Here is picture proof that I have indeed become my mother:

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Good thing my mother is actually a pretty cool lady that I'd be lucky to be mistaken for.