blakspring

My library is a construction zone.  No, really, I kid you not.  Apparently there is a bathroom being built one floor above and the contractor needs to get in through the ceiling in the library.   They’ve taken down the panels, cordoned off the area, and put Caution tape all around.  Tables have been removed and [...]

I’ve been meaning to put up pictures from a bike ride along the Rail Trail in New Paltz that I did last month with some friends.  The leaves were at the height of their colors and everything was so peaceful and beautiful that i could forgive the biting morning chill and the pain in my [...]

This week has been a lot less intense than last week, so far, but I am still not getting anywhere near enough sleep.  I look like the walking dead (or is it undead…or…you know what I mean - I look like crap) and I’m running on fumes.  What’s making this all even worse is a [...]

The last seven days have been really hectic and non-stop.  There was almost no room to breathe, to have time for myself, because I was going like the Energizer bunny.  But while my body sped along, my brain seemed to slow down at a proportionate rate.  I wanted to write about what I was doing [...]

I love hearing random snippets of conversation taken out of context.  The ones where you do a double-take and want to hear the rest of the story.  I guess I hadn’t thought about how it would be if the tables were turned and I made someone’s eyes widen and neck whip around.  Like this morning [...]

I’m feeling extremely restless.  Last night I picked up my dad from the airport and I got the tingling in my stomach like I always do when I’m at airports.  It’s a good tingling, my airport high, the taste of freedom.  I’m itching to go somewhere, do something, get the hell out of my own [...]

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday.  I loved dressing up as a kid and getting a ton of candy.  And since I’ve always been a major tomboy, Halloween has been an excuse to really be one of the boys:

I haven’t dressed up in ages but this year I was going to the parade and [...]