Yes, this title is from the movie, "Dan In Real Life" starring Steve Carrell. Before this movie, I didn't even know who Steve Carrell was, but I knew that I loved the message of the movie. Plan to be surprised. The thing about life is that everything is always changing. You start out your day …
Category: Everyday Life
Fridays
I love Fridays. On Fridays, I usually get off work at noon. It is so freeing to have this privilege. I didn't always get off work at noon. For most of my working life, I got off work on Fridays at five o'clock - just like any other day of the week. On my current …
The Space Between
What happens in the space between each blog? What a reader sees is what a writer writes. But, most of the living happens in between the writing, out there somewhere, someplace. And, the living is what keeps a writer from writing more. Sure, it gives a writer more to write about. But, if a busy …
Thinking About Time
I started journaling again recently. Having finished one journal, I decided to use the pages of my unfinished journals before starting a completely new one. The one I picked up had only four entries in it during 2012. Each day (Feb 28, Mar 4, Oct 21 and Dec 30) I journaled about the same question: What …
Stay-cation
There's nothing like the anticipation of vacation when I'm on burn out from my job. And, it certainly was great to be heading out the front office door last Thursday. But now, on my last official rest and relaxation day, I'm feeling pretty mellow. In fact, I've felt mellow all week just knowing that my …
Me Time
Have you ever seen someone going about a hundred miles a minute in all directions? You know what I’m talking about. I see it happen around me all the time. The person looks like they’ll explode any minute if they don’t meet their deadline. At times, I fear they might collapse from their obvious display …
School Zoned
I know a lot of people who hate school zones. Sometimes I say that I hate school zones. They slow you down when you're in a hurry. The warning lights sometimes flash when school is not in session. Not everyone obeys the laws of school zones. You get a little happy somewhere deep inside when a speeder gets caught, get …
Virginia Alice Crawford 