Jesse, you've been doing tons of fun travelling along the coast recently. I'm awfully envious. Or is it jealous. What's the difference between the two again?
Easy way to remember: envy is when you want something (or someone) that someone *else* has; jealousy is when you don't want someone to have what *you* have (someone or something).
Hence jealous-feeling spouses if they feel like something is threatening to take away what they have and envying someone's vacation because you wanna go on vacation too!
It is tempting me with offers of champagne and chocolate at the finish line.
That's (almost) better than a finisher's medal! (Seriously, those medals are like crack to me.)
Chicago sucks. None of the runs I've done the past several years have had medals.
Chicago sucks. None of the runs I've done the past several years have had medals.
Seriously, we only seem to get poorly designed white T-shirts in a men's cut, which I always donate.
There was an electronics recycling event two blocks from me today. I got rid of SO MUCH STUFF. I have no TV! I get to act all smug and superior to y'all, until tomorrow, when I buy a replacement.
Also, I didn't realize it, but there's clothing recycling every Saturday near me. I was wimping out on decluttering my apartment, because it was so overwhelming to me, but it seems a lot more feasible now!
Tom, that's perfect! The hardest thing about decluttering, for me, is getting the stuff out without just throwing it away. The only thing better would be if people just showed up at my house and said, hey we'll take your junk. Oh, well, I guess that's what Freecycle is, though!
Getting rid of electronics junk is so much easier here than it was in DC. There's an electronics recycling place, which is just about on my way to work, which is open EVERY DAY. Because people don't just get rid of broken electronics every three months.
It's illegal to throw out electronics in NYC now.
So I'm at the big picnic of my college reunion, but my one friend is late and I feel awkward randomly looking to see if I know anyone else. Bleh. She'll be here soon enough....
My daughter is having a huge b'day party tomorrow. This morning at three a.m. she woke with 103 degree temperature. The next time we are free to host a party is July, when the weather here is disgusting.
