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The glass is half as filled as it could be

November 8, 2007

I know I’m not supposed to spend too much time waxing poetic anymore, but I’m in such a weird place it’s applicable. It seems like everything in my life is in this weird dynamic of good and bad, happy and sad. Work is stressful and management sucks, but I’ve been successful at new tasks and I enjoy most of what I’m doing. The house is in flux and things aren’t repaired yet. But with all the issues in the housing market I am feeling grateful I bought when I did. I feel surrounded by friends and yet still alone. I think it’s about time to make another push in that…

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The Label for ‘Sad’

October 30, 2007

I have a funeral to go to tomorrow. A coworker of mine was diagnosed with cancer of the kidney about three months ago. Initially it looked like it would require surgery and chemo, but the prognosis was good. Sadly, a few weeks later the doctors discovered cancer in his liver, then lungs and eventually the brain. They gave him a year, but after several strokes and seizures he went downhill far faster than anyone expected. He died last Sunday, about a month after his one-year diagnosis. Earl was not always the nicest guy; I think he sometimes just forgot what tact was. Regardless of his faults, I knew and worked…

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Episode III – The Evil Empire

October 28, 2007

All right- to finish this off, let me start by providing you with a list of known items that were damaged or destroyed. To date. Because I’m still finding things. TV DVR/ cable box stereo microwave computer VCR refrigerator (still runs but can’t stay cold anymore) The Progress Energy Claims guy who has been assigned to me has told me that they will pay only for what the items would have been worth when destroyed. So essentially, what would I get for my two-year-old TV on Craigslist (pre-smoking and sparking). Unfortunately, I still have to pay full price for the items I have to replace. Like the $64.99 (plus tax)…

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The Hunt for the Red-Hot Neutral

October 26, 2007

Ok, yeah I didn’t post last night. Sheesh. Apparently all you have to do to get people interested is end with a cliffhanger… When last we saw our heroine she was making her way through her now-darkened, smoked-filled family room. Obviously I needed to call an electrician (this should not actually be considered “obvious”; more on that later) but my first thought was “How can I find an electrician without the interweb?”. Fortunately I had a phone book holding open a door somewhere so I used that and, on my eighth call I finally found someone who would come out (they all say “24 Hour Service” but no one was…

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Pop, pop, fizz, fizz

October 24, 2007

You know, when it rains, it pours. I’ve had so much fun over the past few days and have oh, so many stories to share with you! I’ll have to split everything into multiple posts but I know both of you will be on the edge of your seats. Monday afternoon I came home from work early to do some cleaning (Mom was coming into town that night). I turned on the washer and tried to start the dryer but it wouldn’t quite start and then the laundry room light flickered and dimmed. I was just starting to get annoyed and a little teeny tiny bit worried when I heard…

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Ramblin’ Woman

October 19, 2007

So my roommate has a theory that if you’re going to turn 30, and with that of course freak out and be miserable, you might as well have something to look forward to. Her suggestion was a trip so we compiled top ten lists of places we want to go and looked for overlaps. We haven’t ultimately decided yet where we’ll go but we’ve narrowed it down to somewhere in Europe potentially any two or more of the following: Spain France Italy Ireland Scotland Czech Republic Greece Germany I think we’re doing this in a pretty smart way. We have about a year and a half to plan and save.…

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Headline News in Sucksville

October 16, 2007

So I’m really pretty positive no one is reading this or will ever read this. But the point has been to keep people I don’t talk to that often well informed. So here are the latest news stories in Life o’ Marit: Brother shaved head, not actually a cancer victim Intense work frustration leads to job search Heat wave ruins joys of fall Work stress, apathy leads to academic decline Cholesterol Test Wednesday; Panic ensues Frustration and depression summit this week ‘Caveman’ worst comedy since invention of wheel Have a great week ya’ll!

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The Tale of the Keys

October 9, 2007

Once upon a time, in fact on the very night before our heroine was to move to a new house, she lost her keys. Now this was significant problem since it had both her keys to her current place and to her new place. Her keys to her current mailbox and the new one. It also had her parent’s house keys, her brother storage facility key and her key drive with lots of important files. Oddly enough the thing she missed the most was her Harris Teeter VIC card. (What? They’ll issue you a new one but then it doesn’t know what kind of coupons to give you.) Then one…

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Car Closure

September 30, 2007

As you know if you read my blog regularly (and let’s face it, you probably don’t) I traded in my 1992 Honda Accord for a shiny new 2001 Honda Accord about a month ago. Now my old Honda has been cleaned up and put up for sale (see link in title). I’m really glad they didn’t just send it to the junk heap. It was a good car and I hope it will be a good car for someone else. 🙂 And since I usually use my consumer feedback powers for evil rather than good (I whine a lot) I thought I should shout out to the company that gave…

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marit’s week in review

September 28, 2007

I’m a little behind so here’s the week recap. Weekend: ‘rents had the annual Oktoberfest. Tasty beer, tasty food. Neighbors brought over a 1961 bottle of Crown Royale which, other than making my dad a bit sad to stop drinking beer, made my parents very drunk and happy. Conference in the ATL: here’s my consumer report– Sheraton Buckhead was not good. Power went out at the hotel (only the hotel, thank god the bar down the street was unaffected) for 8 hours. Whether because of that or something else the lobby and basement (where the conference sessions were being held) was without AC for the second day of the conference.…

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