Sonya Schryer Norris

Greenpeace

As long as we’re on the topic of my early employment with posts one and two about my time with Burger King, McDonald’s and Pizza Hut, I thought I’d wax a bit about my time with Greenpeace. I’ve mentioned this before, with how I was when Clean Water Action came a knockin’. I started inContinueContinue reading “Greenpeace”

Mirror Choices

This summer I made some bad choices. Not important bad choices. They only affect me when I look in the mirror. When summer started I found I didn’t have lightweight non-work clothes that fit so I bought two pair of capris and two tops. The capris are great. The tops are the problem. They are,ContinueContinue reading “Mirror Choices”

16 Weeks

Well, I’ve made the 16 week mark at Weight Watchers. Statistically, my chances of success just went way up. That’s good. Here I am. I like the program a lot and would recommend it. Many thanks to A. who recommended a great group leader (at WW you go to a weekly meeting and learn aboutContinueContinue reading “16 Weeks”

On Sleeping

Most of you know me for the pumpkin that I am In college being a pumpkin meant simply that I turned in ahead of most of my friends. Nuthin’ personal, y’all, I’m off to bed. I pulled one all-nighter in my early twenties: when I was jail-sitting after a Take Back the Night Rally. AContinueContinue reading “On Sleeping”

Taxing

In high school, when I was fifteen, I wanted to be friends with Angie H. and this other young woman whose name I no longer remember. In between classes, they would go into the fire escapes or out the back door of the school and smoke. The other young woman smoked camels. I don’t rememberContinueContinue reading “Taxing”

Bethesda’s Lion Cut

Success

I’m finishing up my second week in PT now. Two days a week I’m in traction followed by 45 minutes of pool exercises. The traction is marvelous. The pool exercises are somewhat more frustrating. The first day in the pool I noted that I was the youngest person in the water. I have noted thisContinueContinue reading “Success”