lifeinflux

175 days and counting

175 days ago, I posted the 101 things I would accomplish in 1001 days. And wow, have the last 175 days been exciting and overwhelming and tumultuous!   And in case you think those SAT practice tests don't do squat for you, you're wrong.  I just used TWO SAT words in a single sentence.   The first thing I did was give up soda for 1001 days. I thought it would be hard and for the first week it was.  Then on the 19th of October, it stopped being all headachy and insane and I started feeling bette...

Of cats and paper

I'm a paper whore.  There.  I said it.   A nicer way to put it would be paper "pack rat" but I don't think that quite describes the overwhelming need of having tons of paper a mere arm's reach away.   Sure, it has to be neat and filed or in its proper cubby in my hutch, but it is there and readily available when I need it.   To say that I love paper is putting it mildly.   When you walk into my house, the first thing you notice is that I decorate with books.  Nothing is nicer in my opinion than ...

Amending the 101…

I'm not entirely sure how to sum up the last seven days of my life.   It feels a bit like teleporting.   At least, it feels like I'd imagine teleporting would be.   You know, you start in one place and then you feel yourself get all split apart and then all of a sudden you're in an entirely NEW and different place but are all together.   The latest, newest and biggest news is that the Gloeges have gone all "I Can't Believe We're Not Vegan".    And by that I mean we're not truly vegan because we ...

Denial

The Kübler-Ross model, better known as the five stages of grief, can really be applied to all areas of life. For example, while writing my 101 goals in 1001 days, I was definitely in stage one, denial. It's not that I was unrealistic in setting my goals; and even after a week's contemplation I still believe I will meet and, in some cases, surpass my goals by July 2012. That said, I think I was smoking something illegal when I came up with a few of these goals. There is really no other...

Thirty five is a very attractive age…

At least, so says Oscar Wilde. I'm inclined to agree for purely personal reasons. T.S. Eliot once said: "I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates." Stagnate was a great way to describe my mental state for the past few years.   In 2004, I was 30.  I was separated from Jason and trying to make it on my 1997 salary after several years out of the traditional job market while at home caring for Drue.  In 20...

A simple(r) life…

There are so many good things that came from leaving the 9-to-5 grind that I find it hard to define the "best" one.   Surprisingly, cutting back has become less of an obstacle and more of a challenge.   Sure, I freaked out a little when I realized that dropping $25 a week on hair product that just sit on the shelves in my bathroom was no longer going to be the norm.  And by a little, I mean I sat in the back aisle of Ulta, clutching my basket filled with gel and spritz and hair wax in one hand a...

I’m not an interesting person?

In recent months, I've discovered I'm a relatively uninteresting person.  I can talk about things I do did at work, I can discuss the book I'm currently reading, the cool stuff I did in my early 20s, every moment of my child's life and I can stretch conversation about the weather to three minutes.   Once the conversation moves beyond these few topics, I'm at a loss for what to say and often say something inappropriate or stupid. My doctor tried really hard to blame it on Asperger's (which I do...