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When I started law school, I thought it would be a bit like undergrad.  Sure, everyone told me how different it would be from all of my oth...

Yesterday I spent the entire day helping my dad move his office down a floor in the hospital.  It was hours of lifting boxes and pulling car...

I rarely make potatoes.  After making this last night and having my mind properly blown, my only coherent thought besides, "I want mor...

I went to the doctor's earlier this week for some tests, and was put in one of those God-forsaken hospital gowns.  They're always ma...

I never used to like Mexican food.  Growing up, I would always complain when my parents would take my brother and I to the local Mexican...

I've been sick the past two days with a stomach bug, and I have never been more grateful for leftovers.  Usually I end up sick when I ha...

I don't understand the weather in Chicago.  Two weeks ago the weather was in the 80s and I was prancing around in sundresses and flip fl...

I read an article in the Chicago Tribune yesterday that said eating red meat significantly increases your risk of premature death.  I guess...

As you might remember, I'm taking a fiction writing class.  My piece was peer edited on Tuesday and after weeks of worrying how the clas...

Hiya friends.  This is going to be a quick post because I'm a bit under the weather.  Just last week I was happily remarking to my paren...

I hope you all enjoyed the bar edition of Pet Peeve Wednesday , yesterday.  I had a little too much fun writing that, but people just get th...

I have a slight problem. Lately, I have been putting coconut in everything. Oatmeal? Sure, why not! Yogurt? Can only make it better! Mi...

Hello lovelies. I have a little story for you all this Thursday morning. And if you absolutely cannot stand to hear me ramble for a paragr...

After t hree finals, f our presentations, t wo papers, a nd a potentially dangerous amount of coffee... I AM DONE WITH FINALS! And I cou...

While making this recipe I realized two valuable things: 1) My life needs more pesto. 2) My life needs more puff pastry dough. My thighs tol...

How was everyone's Halloween?! Did you all dress up? I was planning on being a homicidal housewife but when I heard that the fake blood...

Soba noodles are my new best friend. Yes, they are made of buckwheat. Yes, they are healthy. Yes, they slightly resemble worms. Dressed...