Category Archives: my edjumacation and me

Did You Hear the One About the One-Finned Sea Turtle?

My fish was complaining about his tank all day today—he said he was sick of swimming around in circles  He kept telling me how tired he was of swimming clockwise, and that all he really wanted to do was torpedo … Continue reading

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{Running on Fumes}

Doesn’t it kill you when you just get excited about a new blog you’re reading, or a fun new internet personality who updates regularly, and you really feel like you’ve got a good thing going, and then suddenly BAM!  The … Continue reading

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Timeline of Decline

*Posted as part of the Sprite’s Keeper weekly Spin Cycle* Remember when you were in school? Remember how, after months of attending lectures, and meeting with belittling professors, and receiving poorer grades than you deserved, and basically getting the life … Continue reading

Posted in change, failures, I hate change, looking back, mediocrity, my edjumacation and me, photos, what a nightmare, woe is me | Tagged , | 32 Comments

I Create My Own Adventure

Have you ever woken up bleary-eyed and blah, wondering what on earth you’re going to blog about for the day? Have you ever secretly wished—prayed, even—that something blog-worthy might come your way, so that you’ll have material for a new … Continue reading

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Nobody Calls Me a Quitter {Unless it’s Behind My Back}.

It has been weeks since I’ve answered a reader question here at Archives of Our Lives.  In fact, I’m pretty sure I skipped all of February—but in my defense, it was a short month.  Anyway, there’s no time like the … Continue reading

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Your Mom Has Potential.

I cringe when I hear the word “potential.”  I hate it.  (I don’t use “hate” very frequently.) For as long as people have been judging me, I’ve been told I have a lot of “potential.”  I have the potential to … Continue reading

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The Millionaire Adventurer {My Calling in Life}

Remember Steve Fossett, the Millionaire Adventurer who died in a plane wreck in September of 2007? It’s okay if you don’t; my own head was kind of exploding when it was being reported, so I didn’t hear anything about it … Continue reading

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