molly pocket and meth labs

AD: What is that?
Me: The cap to my flash drive.
AD: Oh, it looked like a little Molly Pocket purse or something.
Me: You mean Polly Pocket? Yeah, I just have tons of her stuff lying around.
AJ: Or it could be a mini meth lab.
Me: What, in this little thing?
AJ: I said “mini.”
AD: So, wait Polly Pocket [...]

my ‘lifestyle’

Last Friday, I had my in-home interview for the local mentoring program. I’d spent the entire week preparing my home–and myself–and thought I was pretty much ready for anything. The interview started off well, then came this question:
“How do you plan on talking to your mentee and their family about certain aspects of [...]

sorry for the delay…

Things have been a little hectic around here lately.  I’ve had a few posts in draft form for a few weeks now, but with a survey to prepare for at work, friends visiting from out of town, dealing with top-secret work stuff, and being the manager on-call I haven’t had a lot of time to [...]

obligatory new year’s reflections post

When I sat down to write this post, my immediate thought was to begin with: “I don’t usually do New Year’s resolutions, but…” As soon as I typed it, however, I realized that every New Year’s post I’ve written on any blog I’ve ever had began with a similarly worded phrase. So I [...]