I kind of want this to mean Dana has to snort cocaine every morning to get going because she hates her job that much.

Capitalization goes when I am sleepy.

The good news is that they replaced our old crappy vending machine. Bad news is that the new one doesn't have Coke Zero, so I was obliged to drink Diet Coke.

We talk about this a lot in therapy.

It's a powerful influence people don't think to scrutinize because the beliefs are established as 'the way the world is'. Why would you think anything else?

The root of my work is to help people learn how to learn how they learned. THEN, you can make decisions about what aspects of that learning work for you now and which do not.

When you find thoughts that no longer fit with your life, you can over-write them with more productive choices.

I love it so much.

Husband has a second phone interview with the Nashville people on Monday.

I realize I don't live in Nashville. But I am really really pulling for this to happen. If it does, I will come visit you this summer! (Actual people already living in Nashville: I will come visit you this summer!)

Go, friend of meara! You don't have to feel guilty, though, this is her call.

Hil had mentioned on fb about someone giving up Skyline for Lent, and I was about to comment on how I'd tried and failed to give up coffee, social media, and booze for Lent this year. Then I remembered that I have people on there who wouldn't like that I drink at all. Then I remembered that I was on social media. Ha.

So yeah, I fucking suck at Lent this year. The coffee, now that I should have realized. The problem with giving up coffee is that I'm not coherent enough before my coffee to remember that I was giving it up. So I'm not trying that one anymore. Social media has proven somewhat difficult, plus I have some promotional stuff I need to do. So I've resigned myself to cutting waaay back on time spent over there. (Y'all don't count. You're not social media; you're just my peeps.)

But the booze, man, I just dunno about the booze. I brought a bunch of my good beer to rehearsal, figured the boys might as well drink if I wasn't going to. And then the place the SO took me for Valentines had a really nice selection of craft beers, so I had one that night. Other than that I've been clean, but I'm coming up on one of my big songwriting conferences, and man, I did not know this before, but songwriters motherfucking drink. And I got really tied in with the organizers, so there's going to be a lot of parties. And I dunno. I lost my non-drinking buddy, he just had hernia surgery and won't be there. He's like me, with the Asian genes, so he just doesn't drink at all. I just drink and get drunk faster than anyone else. Possibly he has the right way of it.

I'll have to play it by ear, I guess. But the point of Lent is still going well. I'm using the time freed up from some of those habits to build in some better practices. So I guess it's ok.

Liese, was the Valentine's dinner on Sunday? You can take Sundays off and still consider it keeping Lent, right? (I basically figure Lent is a Catholic thing, so you might as well keep Catholic rules, but that's just me.)

But the point of Lent is still going well. I'm using the time freed up from some of those habits to build in some better practices. So I guess it's ok.

But that is the real point anyway.

I am on the struggle bus today. I still have two classes to teach after lunch, which is unfortunate since I'm kind of done working for the day already.

Huh, I have no memory of taking Sundays off during Lent. Not that I ever really gave up things.

It wasn't! It was on Not Actual Day because he was working then. But thanks for the effort, ha!

Yeah, I'm not Catholic either, and any observance I, uhhh, observe, is just me hodge-podging it together.

I'm sorry about the time squeeze and home friction, Gud. Do you think you could divert some of the money that was going into the mortgage to some sort of at home help to free up some of your time for writing and other book work?

I didn't give up anything at Lent, since I'm not really much of a Christian. (Fan of the namesake, though.) I did get started with a stationary bike. I did a good job of upping my bike time and effort while keeping my diet pretty stable. My waist size increased by half an inch over three weeks and I'm super tired. Sort of the exact opposite of what I'd hoped for. But I'm enjoying watching Star Trek TNG while peddling.

It's a little weird to be editing an article that lists 3 authors on page 1, but at the end of the article, where they list the affiliations, etc., suddenly adds a 4th author. GUYS YOU ARE KILLING ME.

Liese, was the Valentine's dinner on Sunday? You can take Sundays off and still consider it keeping Lent, right? (I basically figure Lent is a Catholic thing, so you might as well keep Catholic rules, but that's just me.)

That was what I was about to say! Growing up we always took Sundays off of Lent.

Though I don't think I've actually given anything up for Lent since freshman year of college (when I gave up caffeine--but that was before I drank coffee, so it was just sodas)

Do you think you could divert some of the money that was going into the mortgage to some sort of at home help to free up some of your time for writing and other book work?

Excellent plan! I'm also sorry to hear you're so squeezed.

I myself am thankful today that I work from home and thus can do laundry. Because since I was out of town Weds-Fri, busy the weekend, and then gone again Mon-Thurs, my laundry pile is the pile of DOOM.