Day Ten

 
I’ve lost 7 pounds in 10 days. It isn’t healthy. What’s interesting is that I am actually quite pleased. Before this project I had already started changing my eating habits and began exercising more in an effort to lose about twenty pounds. Although the motivation for this project has nothing to do with losing weight, monitoring it has [...]

Day Nine

 
At school today it took me all of lunch to eat half of my PB&J sandwich. I did not eat the second half until after school. This is not because I was not hungry, but more because the bread was dry and this has become my least favorite meal. I am tired of PB&J (although [...]

Day Eight

 
Forget the fact that we are in a historic presidential race for the white house. Forget that Joe Biden is courting Green Bay Packers fans. Forget that the creationist, anti-choice Sarah Palin is now gracing the cover of women’s magazines nationwide. Forget all of that.
 
What really matters is that today marks the one week anniversary of [...]

Day Seven

 
I woke up this morning to Christopher sitting on the edge of the bed with a devilish look in his eyes. He told me he had a surprise for me and then produced three individually sized packages of maple syrup. Two from Burger King and one from Mc Donalds. I did not even know we [...]

Day Six

 
Having stayed up too late watching The Queen, I slept right through breakfast time. Big mistake.
I awoke with a minor headache and pains all over. By the time I was ready to start the day there was no point eating breakfast. I’m not sure if this has anything to do with our diet, but by [...]

Day Five

 
This is a true story. Several years ago, I was on the phone with my younger sister and she was complaining about some ailment that she was sure was a sign of a serious disease. I told her gently that I thought she might be a bit of a hypochondriac. The next day she called me [...]

Day Four

While the nurse jabbed her needle into the soft part of my upper arm, I hoped I would not be the one in one hundred and thirty thousand that has a serious reaction to a yellow fever vaccination. Staring at the pictures of happy globe-trotters in the small room of the travel clinic, [...]

Day Three

For the past three days I have been thinking about my toothpaste. I use Tom’s of Maine and it costs between $3.99-$4.99 depending on where we buy it. In fact, we buy it at the place that is slightly more expensive because they carry the one we like best.
When we decided to [...]

Day Two

 
So today I was called by two different casting departments in Hollywood. That’s right, there’s a chance I might be making my way into your homes via satellite. For my students who are reading this, there is no escape, I am everywhere.
I got to thinking about these new television opportunities today while we ate dinner. [...]

Day One

At the end of last school year Christopher and I were loaned the first three seasons of Lost and were immediately engrossed in the happenings on “The Island.” Charlie is one of my favorite characters; as we watched I would frequently comment that he is now my favorite hobbit as well (Sorry, Samwise Gamgee). In [...]