In Which I Am Alive

So, I promised a friend I would have something substantial up here by tonight. Another friend told me that I needed to post soon, because...MY READERSHIP! I didn't know I had a "readership" but if I do, I'd hate to disappoint them! So here goes. Lately, I've been getting a lot of questions about whether or not I'm dating anyone, or if I'm still dating "that one guy" (which has been used in reference to both the man I stopped dating about a month ago, and the other fellow I stopped dating over a year ago), or simply condolences that things didn't work out with some relationship or another. These questions and condolences are often coupled with the idea that I'll "find the right guy soon," or "I met my husband right after a break-up," or that "if it isn't right, it isn't right." And while I don't disagree with any of those statements, I also feel that these relationships and subsequent breakups,...

Guess who learned to juggle 3 balls today? This girl! And guess who did a headstand, a forearm stand, and a handstand today with only minimal spotting? Also this girl! And guess who started a paper that isn't due until Saturday night on Wednesday ? Oh hey...this girl! It's the little things, my friends.

I am trying so hard to be nonpartisan and to see the good in both parties. But it is so hard when I see things like this all over my facebook: "Congratulations America, you've just reelected a terrorist." "Santa Claus sees you when you're sleeping, knows when you're awake, and wears way too much red to be a liberal. Vote wisely." "Mortality rates are only high for people who bring it upon themselves in this country." (when confronted with the fact that many of Europe's "socialist" countries have much lower infant mortality rates than the U.S.) "I can't believe America likes a socialist, evil, thief who doesn't care about them." I mean....I don't agree with everything the Democratic party espouses. And I definitely don't think that Obama is the greatest president we've ever had. A lot of my dearest friends and family are Republicans. And I love them for the firmness of their beliefs, even w...