“Change is never easy. You fight to hold on. You fight to let go.”

i was all ready to start this post with something cute when i just saw a commercial for altoona first savings bank (that's altoona, pa, not altoona, ia) where a little girl is explaining that "a lady can be a doctor and a boy can be a nurse." i couldn't believe it. really? really? i'm so shaking my head that this is even still an issue. i wish i could've found it online so that you could see it. oh, man.

somehow, this daylight savings time thing has got me feeling like i'm totally jetlagged. though not quite as bad as when i came back from japan, i've still woken up every morning thinking that i could sleep for about 5000 times longer. i was actually just commenting on how silly i thought the whole daylight savings time thing was, when i found this washington post article that made me giggle. i'm glad i'm not the only one who feels like it's all a bit archaic, although to be fair, i never had a summer job walking beans and only spent that one day detassling before i was unavoidably detained at the pool for the rest of the summer (thank God).

lacey and i have come to the slow but unavoidable realization that our spring breaks are laaaaame-o. not that i ever went on super awesome spring break trips, but i also typically didn't intentionally avoid them. and now with jess in florida and dad in north carolina, well. . . where is my warm weather? i guess we'll have to be satisfied with time at allen street grill, making silly faces and taking pictures.

actually, in just a bit i'm heading to a pot luck dinner at caroline's and adam's place. i have an espresso-mousse pie in the freezer that i'm hoping will fulfill the expectation of my bringing something for dinner. it definitely has taught me 2 things:

1) if you're supposed to buy instant pudding, make sure you buy instant pudding. apparently not all pudding is instant and the non-instant kind involves a LOT of stainding over the stove and stirring. BORrrrrring.

2) soy milk makes otherwise not low fat things low fat, but if you try to drink it by itself, it is disgusting!!! yuck. honestly, even when it's chocolate. don't do it. not even on a dare.

i'm also two for two on good mail days so far. unexpected books and clothes. i'm loving it! perhaps that will be the gem of my spring break.

and love you all, of course.

rjb