Year: 2024
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Dystopia Here We Are
I went to bed last night at almost midnight with a pit of apprehension in my stomach. I woke up at 4am to be slapped in the face with the greatest of all my fears coming true. Another four years of staring into the abyss and wondering what fresh hell awaits us. I couldn’t go […]
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Who Needs Sleep?
I mean really, who needs sleep anyway? 🙄 So insomnia has been a companion of mine for quite some time. My particular friend comes in many different forms, just to keep things interesting. Sometimes it’s a “can’t fall asleep” kinda thing. Sometimes it’s a restless sleep/vivid or uncomfortable dreams kinda thing. Sometimes it’s a “wake […]
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Growing Pains
I think one of the hardest parts about having kids is not knowing when it will be the “last time” you do something. Most things kinda sneak up on you, and one day you just suddenly go – “Wait, when was the last time I picked him up?” Or “when was the last time he […]
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A New Beginning
It’s been over a year since I’ve written anything other than blog posts. I just haven’t felt inspired at all, and I’m the kind of writer that can’t just write for the sake of writing. I have to have an idea for what I’m going to write. But in the middle of the night a […]
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No Title
I have no title for this one. I tried for almost a day, but I couldn’t come up with one. So let’s just call a spade a spade, and let’s not even try anymore. There is no circumstance, regardless of the details, in which talking about someone passing away will ever be easy. My oldest […]
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Stories Of The Besties
There are many reasons why having a bestie is super awesome and important. Being alive is hard y’all. There’s responsibilities and expectations and requirements. And that’s all a bit overwhelming. Also – even if we travel through this space we call life with people who are close to us, we rarely find ourselves in the […]
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Tales Of The Unemployed
Being unemployed means I can basically do whatever I want to do whenever I want. (Okay, that’s not entirely true because I still need to take care of Eli/Dave/Ollie, but it’s mostly true.) If I want to nap, I nap. If I want to craft, I craft. If I want to read, I read. And […]
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A Year In Review
So today marks seven years since that horrible day when it all nearly came to a screeching halt. The year’s been full of it’s up and it’s downs. This year is the first year I am able to say that I’ve been home for the whole year. I’ve enjoyed my time being my own tremendously, […]
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Happy Puppy Gotcha Day!
It was one year ago today that Daisy came into our lives! We lost Tikka in the winter of 2022. It took us almost a year to be ready to even consider another dog. She’d just been with us for so long that it was hard to imagine anyone in her place. But when we […]
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Busy, Busy, Busy
Needless to say, many of my days can go by without much fanfare. Get up, make breakfast for the boys, chill, make dinner, rinse and repeat. It can get a little monotonous. So some things are a foot. First, I started doing lunch every week with an old friend of mine. Sadly we have to […]
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Hindsight is 20/20
This post has been bopping around in my head for a while but I’m still struggling to fully get my hands around it. Let’s give it a try anyway. So, work. It’s been almost a year and a half since I left. Honestly that first year is kind of a blur. Most of it was […]
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Up, Down, and Sideways
January (into early February) has been a bit of a month. I know I’ve been lax about posting weekly like I promised, amongst other failings these past few weeks. But it all kinda came to a head the last few days and I’ve been paying dearly for shoving stuff down and away for too long. […]
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To Read Or Not To Read
I’ve been a reader since second grade. I fell in love with the Little House on the Prairie book series, and when that was done I just kept reading from there. Reading defined me through most of my child, preteen, teen, and adult-hood. I used to get in trouble as a kid for reading too […]
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Away and Back Again
So this week saw Eli and I once again without Dave as he set off to California for work. He was basically gone 5 days this trip, but honestly, both Eli and I agreed, for some reason this time it felt so much longer. We’re just glad he’s home. I slept better last night than […]
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