Needing to grow a pair...

So today it really struck me.  With everything going on, where do you squeeze in what is actually important to you?  I mean, we put in 40+ hours a week at the job, let's say 10 hours a week doing household stuff (groceries, laundry, etc), 6 at the gym... and the list goes on, and on... 

So, we spend the majority of our lives doing "work" (in one sense or another).  I often wonder why?  We only get one shot here on Earth (in my belief), so why waste it?  I'm thinking I should quit my job, drop out of school, and move somewhere amazing.  (Sorry Texas, this just isn't cutting it...)

If only I had the guts to do it.  Instead, I'll get back to my monotonous bibliography prep... 

The great name change.

So it's official.  After three months of putting it off, I went to the Social Security office to officially change my name.

I'm not dissing my new name.  But it's hard to make that transition after having my maiden name for almost 30 years.  My husband didn't buy my argument that the great name change is an antiquated tradition which modern woman should have a choice in.  And I couldn't bring myself to "hyphenate" or "go with both", so I made the change.  And now the federal government is going to hold me to it....