The sky is NOT falling! Not surprisingly, the midnight panic that had it’s grip on me last time I posted has passed and I now re-read that post and feel both a slight tinge of embarrassment and good humored self abasement. Silly Jenny, life will work out. This is what my friends and Chris told … Continue reading »

So I need to admit some things in order to come to terms with them. Meaning, it’s late night confession time. I am in a panic. I am crying alone in my room. So you know it’s the perfect setting for a late night blogodrama. The main confession begins with the realization that I’m dealing … Continue reading »

Daniel is another Davis-Midtown transplant and he has yet to discover the wonders of the Sunday market under the 80. So in the morning I get a text from him, asking me to take him to the market. My first reaction is to say no, because I have plans to go to my dad’s today … Continue reading »

…So Ashley and I decide to hang out for the day and her friend Jessica is coming over too since they already have plans. I’m adding myself into the mix. Jenn comes home too so we all head to Sugar Plum for lunch, which is awesome and filling. We go to the record shop across … Continue reading »

1:00 rolls around in no time and by the time it’s five minutes past, I’ve sent in my last assignment and I’m racing for the door. I’ve officially managed to check everything off of my to-do list, at least for that day in the office, so I’m feelin pretty good and the sun is out. … Continue reading »

The couple that lives across the courtyard is arguing outside my window so I slide it shut and play this song: It’s Wednesday so I worked in the office finishing up the meeting minutes and drafting the newsletter and typing up mountains of evaluations from this weekend’s event. Some mundane stuff, some engaging, but all … Continue reading »

And that good Samaritan is my roommate Nick. Sunday afternoon he barges into the apartment as Chris and I are napping on each others’ knees in the shape of a Pisces sign, two fish in a 69, basically. “Oh my god you guys, the craziest shit just went down!” He declares. The story went like … Continue reading »

As soon as the crowd begins to applaud the conclusion of the plenary debates, I make a beeline through to the front of the ballroom to snatch the last of our supplies from the stage and head out to pack up the cars. Just as soon as everythings loaded my coworker heads out but my … Continue reading »

It was Friday and all the work of Session had basically ended, sans for the madness of elections day tomorrow morning. I was sent up to my room with a bottle of a cab and a coffee cup of chocolate covered strawberries, my belly already bursting with wine and fettuccine. In the city with an … Continue reading »

As the general session gets out people come flooding into the hallway from the ballroom doors, scatter like scarabs towards afternoon coffee and sugar before meandering into their separate conference rooms. The Foundation president is looking for Julie, who is still in the ballroom running around doing things and I help a few people with … Continue reading »