Miss Shirley

I feel ya.

I’m about to leave my grad school NP. She’s not really my ideal (a bit chatty for my taste) but due to my prior non-insurance clinic lifestyle, she’s the only one I’ve ever seen more than once. […]

I suggest no podiums at all. Presidential debate in the round, for a full range of 360 degree motion.

That sounds perfect.

Colored tights are a great idea. Or, if it is too warm, maybe some concealer? I know it might feel silly to put it on your knees, but what the hell.

Or, failing bare knees entirely, do you have black pants? You […]

IT’S COMING.

Today I am writing the major methodology section of my master’s thesis. I’ve read the methodology books, I’ve done the work, I have it all outlined before me, ready to go, and yet-

I’m scared. Scared to write […]

Oh BALLS. Balls to that.

Yesterday one of my bus drivers saw that a bus some of us may have needed to transfer to was getting to the stop just soon enough that we’d all miss it- so she let us off on the wrong side of the intersection, so […]

Woo! Congratulations!

I ask you: what is the use of having big heating vents if you don’t have the heat on during what could readily be classified as winter?

(I’m sitting in this library. It’s cold outside. It’s cold inside. The […]

Ok. On the one hand, this is a dreamy combination of some of my favorite things.

On the other, my kitchen provides no space for things like kneading dough.

Clearly, you’ll just have to ship me some.

Ohhh, he’s so handsome.

I figure sometimes the time is right for that sort of effort, and sometimes it’s not. As long as it’s not making you unhappy, no harm in trying. I mean, worst case, you get some stories. My last one: he was an […]

Ohhh, I am not ready for the week to be over. My thesis deadline is approaching far too fast.

I’ve given up on it again. I noticed that I’d stopped responding, stopped feeling any optimism or positivity about it. Every time I had a new message alert I sighed and wondered what would be awful about this one, […]