Busy

I finally had the foresight to begin leaving my dictionary and thesaurus on the desk while I write.  And I have been writing many, many words lately.  Anyway, while the built in features of Microsoft Word usually work well, there are plenty of exhaustive synonyms and meanings provided on the pages of those reference works.  As a librarian, I likely should have realized that from the start.  It's always a delicate balance in writing, figuring out the words you should use versus those words you simply want to use.

Ideas

In the coming months, I'd really like to:

• Read more books.  An attainable goal, but not always easy to follow through
• Learn how to write a cover letter
• Figure out why my job search is so...stagnant
• Look at more old pictures; I used to cringe at seeing myself passing through various stages of awkwardness, but now it's not so bad
• Find something that I used to enjoy and learn to enjoy it again
• Be able to sleep again.  Seriously
• Watch more movies.  Again, a simple goal that takes real effort
• Rediscover honesty

Little Things

Sometimes the small things in life are the ones that provide the most happiness…

• The sound of rain on the roof (rain, mind you—not storms)

• Spontaneous laughter

• And in the same vein, laughter over a long-ago memory

• A new CD, book, or DVD

• A funny picture or status on Facebook

• An unexpected card in the mail

• Any mail that isn’t a bill!

• Old photos

• A favorite song on the radio

Currently listening to “Long Slow Beautiful Dance” by Rascal Flatts