Entries from January 2009

January 19, 2009

Mixed feelings.

Several bloggers have been writing about those general, non-specific blues that happen in the winter lull. January-April is tough on some people, and I include myself among them. Progress on the thesis is slllooooowwwww, which is just wearing me down as the stress builds. I am SO sick of thinking/writing/talking about this that I’m about [...]

January 11, 2009

As the tooth loosens.

We must avoid apples. We must eat only mushy things like macroni and cheese and ramen noodles. We must look at the tooth in the rear view mirror before buckling in. We must look at the tooth after unbuckling before getting out of the car. We must make phone calls to important people like Gram [...]

January 3, 2009

Eh?

Just wanted to let you know that I am on my second day of half-deafness. My right ear has filled up to the point that it feels like all available space between my eardrum and the back of my eyeball is full. It doesn’t *hurt*, but it sure isn’t comfortable. And I can not hear [...]