All my life I’ve been known for my poor memory. I can remember the really important stuff, like dog breeds, programming code, character actors’ names. But when it comes to the trivia of life – your birthday, the vice president or the current month, I’m hopeless. My cousin and I…
After seven years of trying to like the doctors at Johns Hopkins, I gave up and went looking for one that would actually listen to me. I was spoiled in Vegas because Dr. Cruz took all the time I needed to go over my health issues. I don’t have anything…
I’ve mentioned before that Harley is a genius, haven’t I? Let me tell you three new stories to illustrate. Sunday I was sorting and filing huge piles of old papers. I sat on the couch with a folding table set up in front of me and rat terriers piled up…
It took longer than expected, but I managed to get all of my filing done. Everything is sorted and neatly labeled and organized (using methods that only make sense to me and meth-addicted leprechauns.) This was the single chore left over from when I moved into the house two years…
As part of my “Don’t Break the Chain” initiative, I decided to pull out boxes of old papers and finally get them organized. It’s something I’ve been putting off for a very long time, and now I remember why. The early stages weren’t bad. Copies of recent utility bills, most…
A valued coworker left for a new job today. We had a nice farewell lunch at a local Italian restaurant and I had fun ribbing him for the last two weeks about deserting us for a new job. He has been a good friend and will be missed. It made…
I recently finished This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett. It’s a fabulous book, with charming and funny anecdotes about her life and career. I stayed up way too late a couple of nights in a row, wanting to read just one more story. In one chapter she…
Have you heard of this productivity technique for setting and achieving goals? You can read about it here, but it is really simple. You pick something you want to achieve and then you do a minimum amount towards that goal every day. To keep track of your efforts, you mark…
I am going to be a mom. Not right away, because you know these things take time, but hopefully in the next year I will have at least one daughter. I’m hoping for two. I don’t have the words to describe how odd this feels. It’s something I knew would…
