I'm just going to start walking and see where the road takes me.
This journal begins on Jan 01, 2009 with 1 word, and continues until Dec 31, 2009. During these 365 days Melissa Maples will write a total of 66,795 words.
Implications, inferences. How easy it is to take a perfectly good morning and scratch it, mar it with a few choice words. I have no idea why I would let such things get to me, and it is my goal... More »
Ah, a Saturday, a wonderful Saturday! I have devoted myself to having the day off today, but of course I'm already compromising on that deal, because there are some things that just need doing every single day, come rain or... More »
It doesn't mean a thing, this nostalgia is not real, I know that. I can hear his voice as much as I want, or picture myself sitting in those plastic chairs, my legs too short to bend at the knee... More »
For once in my life, I'm actually saving money. This is good, this feels like I'm making progress toward a goal. I need a new computer, a good one, and it's time to start thinking about the practicalities of that.... More »
So here we are, and I'm motoring along once again. There was a squirrel outside the window this morning, hopping around under the oak tree and doing some general frolicking. I envy him. He darted up the tree and back... More »
I need to reconnect with my body. I feel that parts of me are not a part of me anymore, if you see what I mean. Specifically my lower abdomen, it feels like it belongs to someone else. Not in... More »
At long last, I kind of sort of feel like I'm finally catching up a tiny little bit. It may be an illusion, it may be psychological, but nonetheless the feeling is there, and I am going to run like... More »