Author Archives: Sonya Schryer Norris

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”

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”

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”

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”