- Have a dentist look at my teeth.
- Clean my whole apartment.
- Have to count one thousand toothpicks.
- Scoop cat poop for an hour.
- Teach five classes straight.
- Rewrite my thesis.
- Have to walk home from work.
- Listen to Donald Trump talk about what he would do as president.
- Eat a ton of paint chips.
- Sit on a giant ice block for an hour.
- Eat nothing but salads for the next three years.
- Roll around on broken glass.
- Find out I have bed bugs. Again.
- Have a stomach virus for a month.
- Rub poison ivy all over my body.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Dear Spring Weather in December,
I thought I wanted you–I really did. I spoke so often about how much I would offer to have you here. But I changed my mind. Please stop. Go home.
Love,
The allergic librarian
Thoughts From A New Yorker #95
The list of things that make me happy is growing and that in itself makes me happy.
Things That Make Me Happy #37
When a sunset on the High Line is so perfect, you can’t even.
The Storymaker’s Association #23: Bon Voyage
This week’s story comes from me (again). I wrote this when a roommate of mine kicked me out of “her” apartment after a year of hell. I really did write her a letter and burn it in a parking lot to help me forgive her for what she did. It worked.
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15 Things I Want To Do In 2016
Read at least 50 books.Lose 10 pounds.- Run a 10k.
- Make my apartment pretty.
- Buy a sofa.
Travel to a new state.- Finish my novel.
- Make art often.
- Visit friends in different states.
Write more postcards.- Keep Storymakers alive.
- Remind people in my life that they are loved.
Try at least one new restaurant.Find a more permanent bubble tea hangout.- Be really, really happy, really, really often.