Insight from different places

September 21, 2007

You never know where you’ll get insight, do you? Last week, I had a meeting with a coworker to go over something. She and her husband had recently sold their house and bought a new one, and she informed me that the deal had fallen through on their house, and the house was back on [...]

Secrets of the wealthy

September 20, 2007

When I got home from work a couple of days ago, I went to see my dad because I was feeling discouraged about the paper I was working on. After telling me he had an article for me to read, he did his usual work to inject me with some confidence in my abilities and [...]

How anally retentive are you: dish washing edition

September 19, 2007

I know I will make a good mom, if by mom you mean She who nags you mercilessly, and has only one correct way of doing anything-her way. I’m not sure how I got to be the way I am, but I suspect my own mother has a lot to do with it, that and [...]

Too much work

September 17, 2007

Instead of spending weekends like most people do, relaxing and taking a break from a busy week, I decided to follow my greed and take on some work. In addition to working at the part time job, I took on a writing job for someone I work with, thinking that all my experience would make [...]