this is just a quickie update…back from montreal! i got to hold and feed Aidan tonight (my new nephew!)  he’s so tiny and cute. lauren is having anna on thursday! exciting huh?

Well, it’s my first official day back to my new definition of normal…and of course with all of the stuff going on last week, in addition to the gorgeous weather outside, I’m in one of those moods.  One of those moods where I wish I was a full time grad student, living up here, sitting @ the Peanut Barrel drinking an Oberon or a long island.  I know what my definition of reality has to be, but that doesn’t absolve me from momentary lapses of self-doubt and frustration. Once I get all of my papers out of the way I’ll feel better again…but for now, I’ll just close my eyes and pretend I’m someone else. :)

You know you’re old when you are asked to talk at career day.

my dogs are going stir crazy

do NOT try the Target version of Crest Whitestrips

In my head right now : Time isn’t holding us, Time isn’t after us, There is water at the bottom of the ocean

I have an iPod shuffle…it really is amazing.  Go ahead, call me a sucker for the marketing if you wish…you put one on for FIVE minutes and you’ll be sold too. 

i’m only updating so i can have SOMETHING to check off of my never ending to do list, would you like to see it? that’s what blogs are for right?   i started keeping a .txt to do list on my desktop (instead of my palm which i never use)

• UCRHIS
• check in on deb r. for ppt
• play w/impatica for carol d., e-mail carol d.
• fellowship applications
• educause paper – finish
• 924 essay
• space camp chapter
• update blog

ha!

or, how DO they do it? i flew to and from D.C. yesterday…just for the day, and boy are my arms tired.

I’ve had strange dreams the past two nights, and I remember them very vividly, which is also sort of strange.  Both dreams had the same theme, reconciliation.  The dreams were situated in the present tense.  In both dreams I was reacquainted with someone I had had a conflict with in the past and the whole dream was spent making amends for things that had happened.  Not exactly sure where these are coming from, but I think they’re important enough to mention here…

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It seriously is frustrating when you lose a post…I guess I have to remember to save more often.

Basically, I was saying that I’ve been living my little fantasy job in my head.  I thought it would be SO COOL to be the music director for all of the FOX or WB teen dramas…they always picked the perfect music for the moment…so, I’ve been doing that for my life this week…here are some highlights from "Leigh’s Life, Episode one"

Rufus Wainwright – I don’t know what it is
Ben Folds Five – Mess
Beth Orton – Concrete Sky
Sarah McLachlan – Path of Thorns
Sarah Harmer – Don’t get your back up
The Cure – Halo
Paula Cole – Me
Patty Griffin – Rain
Dar Williams – Better Things

Well, it’s here…my last birthday in my 20’s…I didn’t think that it would bother me…but it does. I’m not exactly sure why, for the most part I’m happy with what I’m doing…I’ll get over it! I wonder what I’ll be like when I turn 39..only 10 years from now…AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO TYPE FOR 6 DAYS IN A ROW AND ONLY COME UP WITH 7 PAGES…FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS, I’VE BEEN STUCK AT 7 PAGES….I KEEP TYPING, AND TYPING, BUT STILL SEVEN DAMN PAGES.

life has been interesting to say the least…i really feel different, i’m finally ‘coming to my own’ or developing into something…i’m definitely a different person than i was a year ago…i’m not sure if i’m getting back to the old leigh, or if i’m a new leigh…my life has been filled with a multitude of ups and downs over the past year and finally i’m starting to feel a sense of purpose beginning to come over me…many more changes ahead…stay tuned.

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