Bitches winning big lotto jackpots.

Just want to voice my support for this scenario.

One of the hardest things is coming to grips with the fact that not everything is going to come to you easily from now on. You're used to over-achieving, and it takes a little while to acclimate yourself to what happens in the real world outside of high school and undergrad.

This is what happened to me. When I was in school I knew what my life was ahead of time (in 3 month blocks, of course). After I got out, got a 9-5 job and had all this free time on my hands after work. At first it was awesome - I could watch movies all night and it didn't matter. After a few months, though, I began to feel that there had to more to life. I'm still working on finding out what that is.

I hereby decree that the babies should give you 24 hours worth of peace

All we can do now is fill up countless posts about how we wish vw was here.

P-C, very few people really know what they want to do when they grow up and I'm not convinced that a lifetime career is either possible or desirable. I have, over my lifetime, wanted to be a paleontologist, a medical illustrator, a doctor, a journalist and a novelist. I have been a cashier, newspaper reporter, newspaper lifestyle editor, magazine editor, publisher, student publications adviser, corporate communications specialist, freelance writer, graphic designer and webmaster. Most of the stuff I do these days is web related, and when I was in college, HP calculators cost about a tenth of the price of a car and an IBM Selectric was the latest, greatest thing. Do what you're good at--and you're good at writing--and it will take you strange and wondrous places. You don't have to have it all planned out.

Feel-better vibes to meara.

My goodness, Gud, I'm so sorry things are rough right now. Here's hoping the lunch with your MIL will help a lot to start smoothing things out. You do so much for your family, it shouldn't be up to you to do it all.

P-C, you've gotten very good advice here, and I'll echo, "what they said." It may also help to realize that panic at lack of structure is normal. As soon as you establish a new routine for yourself you'll feel less panicky.

(((Deena))) darling. Ease-ma to you, and feel-betters too.

I am waiting on a phone call before I can go run errands that need to be done today. My phone's not ringing. Why isn't it ringing?

One of the hardest things is coming to grips with the fact that not everything is going to come to you easily from now on. You're used to over-achieving, and it takes a little while to acclimate yourself to what happens in the real world outside of high school and undergrad.

Uh huh. This is it.

Bitches winning big lotto jackpots.

Just want to voice my support for this scenario.

Mine too.

After I got out, got a 9-5 job and had all this free time on my hands after work. At first it was awesome - I could watch movies all night and it didn't matter.

You mean that gets less awesome? Crap. I'm looking forward to having official me time allotted.

Me time is wonderful, P-C! Enjoy every second of it you can.

t mentally forces Beverly's phone to ring

Did it work?

You mean that gets less awesome? Crap. I'm looking forward to having official me time allotted.

Not at all! The watching of movie awesomeness has not waned. The TV is pretty much on from 5:30pm (when I get home) to 12:30am (when I go to bed).

Currently in my DVD player: Firefly (I've been watching it incessantly)

After I got out, got a 9-5 job and had all this free time on my hands after work. At first it was awesome - I could watch movies all night and it didn't matter.

I feel it continues to be awesome. It was awesomest at first, though, because I would think to myself, wow, there's nothing I'm Not Doing, or Should Be Doing, and w00t! And then I'd drink a beer and watch the Simpsons. Awesome. Hello to simple pleasures.

I called in sick today. I just couldn't get out of bed. Bleahhhhhhh

This was me yesterday.

it ought to be due to Bitches winning big lotto jackpots.

There's a good thought.

voice of doom

t Visualizing a Maria scowly voice of doom. Am charmed.