Four Miles From Boring

Overheard In The Newsroom

"...the hooker I was talking to in the Police Station was telling me about getting licensed.."

Only in Vegas, Baby!

posted by Allison @ 3:44 AM 1 comments

More Good Quotes

"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want."

- Joseph Wood Krutch

"In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways"

- Edith Wharton

(Cleaning and purging can dig up some treasures, don't you think?)

posted by Allison @ 8:36 AM 0 comments

Conflicts With Sleep

My work schedule is all over the place. Actually, I take that back. For the first time since returning to news here in Las Vegas, I'm on the most regular schedule they've given me. It's just the hours that are irregular. And that is really starting to mess with me.

First, I'm finding that I cannot process things the way I used to. Even blogging seems forced and uninspired. I'm messing up words like a dyslexic -- the other day I said *soup* when I meant *soap* (or was it the other way around?). My stories are becoming repetative. My days are melting together. I'm actually at work less, but not really doing more at home.

Second, when I need to sleep, I can't. And when I want to be up I can't keep my eyes open. I'm alternating between a mix of different sleeping pills (in small, below the daily recommendation doses) just so I don't get hooked.

Yesterday, I actually got less sleep than normal and feel better than I usually do..how does that work?

Anyway, I'm not looking for advice or sympathy here...just posting a quick little bit to explain what's been going on in the past 16 weeks (they told me 6...but who's counting?).

I got lucky once here in Vegas...and now I'm hoping to do it again and win big by scoring the perfect shift that doesn't require driving to work when I should be tucked into bed.

posted by Allison @ 5:56 AM 2 comments

Something To Remember

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

- Robert M. Pirsig
Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

posted by Allison @ 6:07 AM 0 comments