Author: Sarra Cannon

I promised myself that I would get off of my lazy ass and go to Jazzercise three times a week, no exceptions. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So far, over the past two weeks, I have stayed true to that promise, and it has paid off. I have definitely felt more energy and had some positive changes in my body already. In a way, I think I am writing this to sort of physch myself up for going today. It’s Friday. There are no acceptable excuses for not going. I realize this. But I don’t want to go. The period has…

Isn’t it funny how this used to be just another day to all of us? A day of no real consequence unless it happened to be your birthday or something like that. Now, it’s a day that haunts everyone in this country, and perhaps even around the world. It’s a reminder that even the toughest, most untouchable countries are vulnerable to terror. It’s almost hard to believe that was 7 years ago. There are other things on my mind today too. The rain, for example. We have gotten so much rain lately, and today is no exception. It’s cold as…

Why is it so hard sometimes for me to maintain? What I mean by that is… well, for example: I have a large L-shaped desk where I spend the majority of my time. I feel like I am cleaning it up all the time, and yet I also feel like it is always a mess. The same thing goes for my closet and my bathroom. I just cannot seem to get them super clean and then maintain that level of clean for any significant amount of time. G and I recently spent a couple of hours seriously cleaning out our…

I did it again last night. I thought, “Oh, I’ll just read for a few minutes before bed.” And then I stayed up past 4 AM to finish the book. The whole time, I glanced at the clock and knew with a sinking heart that I would be tired and would not get as much work done as normal, but then I would go back to reading and it wouldn’t let me sleep. It was as if it had kidnapped me for a few hours against my will. The book I was reading was “Trading Up” by Candace Bushnell, and…

As you can tell, we didn’t float away this weekend. Thankfully, all we got from Hurricane Hanna was a lot of rain. Instead of the terrible storm I was expecting for the weekend, there were actually some good things that happened. Last year around this time, or maybe even closer to school starting back, G and I went to K-mart in search of cheap notebooks that were advertised on the radio. 10 cents each. That may not be very exciting to most people, but ever since I was little, I have had a secret obsession with school supplies and office…

All of the coastal counties in North Carolina are under Hurricane Watch/Tropical Storm Warning. Hurricane Hanna is supposed to hit the North Carolina overnight tonight, with possible winds here in Raleigh at 50 mph. They said on the news this morning that tornadoes are definitely the biggest threat, which scares me to death. Wind and rain I can handle, but a tornado is just scary. I guess I should go and get a gallon of water and some basic supplies today, just in case we lose power. The bad news is, Hurricane Ike looks like it might be headed this…