Spring must be coming, because I want to clean.

I started my sabbatical officially in October 2009. However, I didn’t tie up most of my “loose ends” until pretty much the New Year. <internal musing>I wonder if that makes it okay to say that my sabbatical actually started January 2010…</internal musing> Since then, I’ve been doing pretty much what I thought I’d be doing. Nothing. Ohhhh…. I know that sounds bad. (Well, except for the people that do think that the words “going...

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Where to begin?

Here I am, it’s a Thursday morning, and I feel like I’m walking back into my office after a looooong painful holiday. That statement is partially true because I actually was away for the holidays, but the painful part is because upon my return, I came down with the flu. I did manage to make it into my office a few times, but I couldn’t do much that was worth anything (as you can...

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Putting things into perspective

So, in these first two weeks of the New Year, I’ve uncovered a few things about myself – my limitations and expectations, and how reality is meshing with them all. Especially over this weekend, since I’ve literally been forced to sit in bed with nothing more to entertain me than my own thoughts (well, when I wasn’t spiking a fever. Dang flu.) Number one is, this first couple of months of this sabbatical have...

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Changing the mindset for the New Year

Yes, I’m terrible. Here it is, January 4th, and I’m just now wishing everyone a “Happy New Year”. I had a reason, though… I wen to West Virginia to visit with my family and we were down there for almost 2 weeks. My mom doesn’t have a great internet connection and… well, we tend to not spend our time with electronic devices anyway. So, that being said, I get “Inglorious Basterds” as a...

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