Pencilwood gets stuck in your teeth, hon, so don't eat those.

I don't know how you teachers do it. I'm just coaxing a student along one hour a night. Oy. When she needs to be literal, she's abstract. When she needs to think abstractly, she's literal. We do a lot of discussing stuff. I hope I'm not confusing the hell out of her.

I can fit the pita chips in this slot here. Does the hummus go in through the vents on top?

Oh good grief. Peeling a bandaid off? Bruised my skin. Not badly, but ...good grief.

I got another fan letter!

How much do I love that? THIIIIIIIIII...(hours later)...IIIIS MUCH!

Well deserved.

Yay fan letters!

Don't feel too bad sarameg. I get bruises just from looking at myself funny.

Congrats, paperdol!

paperdol, crash diets are not good. If you go too low on the calorie count, the body goes into emergency mode and lowers metabolism. Bummer. (Mmmmm...hummus good, but baba ganouj better. For me. Aladdin's has the best baba.) Try foods that are low fat but high nutrition--whole grains, legumes, fresh veggies and fruits. You can fill up but not with calorie dense foods. (And remind me, please, to follow my own advice. Here I am sipping wine and eating fresh mozarella. Bad.)

While not excellent at following my own advice, I do have some great recipes.

And mazel tov on the fan letters.

paperdol, I pimped your book at my local comic shop. The owner is going to buy a copy. Whoohoo!

Since I just got done with an interview today, I found a lot of what's being talked about interesting. Particularly the goals question (I hate that puppy with a fiery passion - I want to frigging retire with enough money to survey without SS, okay?) From what I've been reading I think I've been handling that so-so. The flaw - I'm too picky, I'll stay forever to do the job right. What I liked about today, though, was that I talked with the department heads first and then HR. I got to talk to the people who mattered about the actual job and its duties. But, the cool thing is, even if I'm not selected for that particular job, the HR rep felt I had a lot of transferable skills and suggested I apply for a couple of other positions, so she's going to put my resume in front of those department heads, too. And you know what did it? When I asked if they used SAP for their production operations software and she said they just started using it in January, while I've got two years experience with it. I felt a lot better about the entire process with the way this company handled it. It would be nice if more of them worked that way.

Goals. I,too, hate goals. My goal is retirement. Not that it's happening anytime soon.