today has been, among other things, a day spent creating order out of the chaos that is my life. ;-) i am pleased to report that much success was made on this front, not to mention i made a few discoveries:

- it's remarkably easy to fit $15 worth of change in a very small purse, apparently.
- i really need to come to terms with my addictions - namely sugarless trident gum and lip gloss, both of which have resulted in large collections of each. it's sad when i realize that i have ten different kinds of lip gloss stored in two bags. um ... yeah.
- things i'd previously thought of as long gone were really simply just in hiding (two pairs of sunglasses, a ring, necklace and bracelet - go me for finding them ... we'll focus on that rather than my ability to misplace them ...)
- i apparently collect boarding passes for southwest airline flights, as i wound up getting rid of the boarding passes for at least five different flights ...
- i did bring "white oleander" back to vermont with me ... amazing, as i thought i'd not simply left it in d.c., but actually returned it to the loc ... hey, extra reading material is a bonus, right?
- paul rules for the number of jason mraz cds/shows he's given to me, as i realized just how many i have (thank you paul, you rock the casbah!)
- i have far too many journals that i've started to write in and then abandoned for new ones. when they try to organize the collection of them following my death in order to publish them, they're going to have a bitch of a time figuring out the timeline ...

i'm on a mad resume-sending spree, feeling quite productive and happy about accomplishments made thus far. now i prepare to send/deliver more and await enthusiastic responses.

congratulations are in order for two of my favorite teachers! i can say that now, as they both will be shaping (corrupting) the minds of america's youth in the fall ... plymouth and bridport made the right decisions in hiring chuck and becca, respectively ... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! you're both going to be amazing and inspirational ... hurrah!

i was delighted to read the latest entry in averi's journal ... the biggest party on commonwealth indeed! chris writes, "we never had so much fun at a gig before and we’d like to thank everyone who came out that night." thank YOU, guys, it was a blast! the dancing during "this liminal life" is documented for the ages in photographs ... sure enough, you can see yours truly with my concert partners in crime, elizabeth and michelle ... good times, good times. such a fun night.

hmm ... what else to report? not a hell of a lot ... things are going well. after a couple of admittedly self-pitying days, i'm feeling positive and optimistic, convinced that karma will pay off for me as well as it has for my friends. i also had the ... interesting ... experience of sampling bernie botts every flavour beans, courtesy of ms. rebecca ... i'm going to pick up a box to torment my brother with them. bwahahaha ... it's something that must be shared with others, i believe. particularly when they don't know that they're bernie botts ... for those wondering which flavors i sampled, i'll provide the answer ... besides the typical and always tasty toasted marshmallow, banana and the like, i tasted sardine, grass, dirt and earwax. tragically (riiiiiiiight), there were no vomit beans left. weep with me. ;-)