Monday, April 21, 2008

and this too shall pass

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After a lovely weekend, it was time to make the three-hour drive back home. I know this drive well. I take the same familiar route almost ...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

live usefully, walk humbly

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"Still more wonderful is the feeling that we do not have to be specially distinguished among our fellows in order to be useful and prof...
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Sunday, March 09, 2008

"let there be jerks"

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If only God had left that ingredient out! Just checking in. Still alive. Still sober. Don't have anything else to say ...
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Thursday, February 07, 2008

need a job? apply directly to the website, apply directly to the website, apply directly to the website

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Apply at fifty thousand websites, and maybe you'll get a call back within the next year or so. At least, that's how it feels someti...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

a big change

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My boyfriend and I got engaged :) I haven't posted much because I've been so busy. Engagement and wedding planning etiquette has a...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

'tis the season

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"I'm ready for my close-up!" I'm grateful, very grateful. I was walking my dog the other night, and something dawned on me...
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Sunday, December 02, 2007

ALL of them?

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I went to a meeting about the 6th step today: "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." These defec...
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Sunday, November 25, 2007

in the cold

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This turned out to be a weekend of gratitude. I got to ride with my boyfriend on his motorcycle in the cold for the first time. The wind ch...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007

thanksgiving 2007 finale

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I cooked my first Thanksgiving meal today. Whoever says that Thanksgiving is a relaxing holiday should be shot. That is all.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

happy thanksgiving

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"Where's Big Bird?" My favorite Thanksgiving picture. Tonight's meeting turned into a gratitude meeting, which makes most ...
Monday, November 19, 2007

a dozen roses brighten any day

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And today, I am grateful ... to be sober that I still have my family that we all had a nice weekend that I got to have lunch with my wonderf...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

clocked out for the weekend

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Okay, so I made it through another week at Dr. Evil's Corporate Office. There is so much to complain about ... but there is so much to b...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

the lost Dr. Seuss poem

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I love my job, I love the pay! I love it more and more each day. I love my boss, she is the best! I love her boss and all the rest. I love m...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

eleven eleven o'seven

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"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself." --Albert Einstein When I read that quote today, it reminded me of the ...
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Thursday, November 01, 2007

murphy's law

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It's just been one of those weeks. The repeating theme of every day is that no matter how hard I try or how good I do -- something alway...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

used

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Well apparently I've done a very good job at work. I received an excellent job review and lots of praise from my supervisor and bosses....
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Thursday, October 11, 2007

and lo, the overtime cometh

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It's that time of year at work again. That wonderful time of year. Our jobs -- no -- our very lives -- exist for the sole purpose of ...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

and suddenly i was surrounded with champagne ...

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I was finally able to make it back in to work yesterday & today. The cold I had last weekend turned into a sinus infection, which is di...
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Monday, October 01, 2007

stuck between a rock and a hard place

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"Problems cannot be solved by the same level of consciousness that created them." -- Albert Einstein " ... unless this perso...
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Sunday, September 30, 2007

... and another door opens

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Every time a door closes, another one opens. A door closed for me, and I don't like what's behind the newly-opened door. I knew befo...
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Saturday, September 29, 2007

of colds and biohazard suits

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I'm so sick this weekend, I need one of these hats: And I have a resentment. I caught some sort of cold/flu/plague thing from a coworker...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

a beautiful ride

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This weekend, I went on my first-ever camping trip. I went with my boyfriend and several friends from his clean & sober motorcycle club...
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Monday, September 17, 2007

overlooked blessings

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I was sitting through heavy rush hour traffic this morning on my way to work. As usual, the slowpoke lolling drivers in front of me were all...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

september sixteenth

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Today, I am grateful ... to be 528 days sober for my family, loved ones, and friends cooler weather for a motorcycle ride on a beautiful day...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

choose wisely: a) struggle to the top of the heap; b) hide underneath it; c) explode

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"But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been e...
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laugh

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Sunday, September 09, 2007

keeping busy

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Well it's been a LONG few weeks. But things are going well. Right now, my life consists of two main time periods: Weekends and Workweek...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

she remembered me

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She lived halfway across the country, but that didn't matter. Every Christmas, she sent us grandchildren Christmas cards saying "I ...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

at some of these, we balked ...

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From page 58 in the Big Book, in reference to working the 12 Steps: "At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, s...
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

we did not like their symptoms and the way these disturbed us ...

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"We had to see that when we harbored grudges and planned revenge for such defeats, we were really beating ourselves with the club of an...
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