Soon, I head out of state on a work trip. I’ll be flying for the first time since pre-pandemic and I won’t pretend I’m not ultra-conscious of the fact that there’s a current spike going on. I’ve decided to do what I can to protect myself and others, but not fixate on it. I want… Continue reading Thoughts on Travel
Category: Life & Family
Happy New Year!!
Today is when we shake off the past year and look forward to everything the next 12 months holds. I haven’t enjoyed much of anything since my mom passed a few years back, and I’m determined to turn that around this year. The pandemic and politics haven’t helped at all, but I believe in my… Continue reading Happy New Year!!
A Quick Recap
Hello Blog, long time no see. Just a few things have happened since I last wrote. In no particular order, a non-comprehensive list: Shane was transferred without much warning, we sold the house, moved to a new city in a new state that we had never been to, I got a new job in a… Continue reading A Quick Recap
Stress, Anxiety, and 2020
I think it’s incredibly interesting that the human body can react to stress and anxiety in so many different ways. The most obvious is a straight up panic attack, when your entire body suddenly reacts to a situation as if it’s life or death. Right now, in 2020, everyone is becoming more familiar with all… Continue reading Stress, Anxiety, and 2020
Creating a 5 Year Plan
Last week I thought I’d make a 5 year plan. I don’t really go in for “if you write/envision it, it will automatically happen”, but I do think that there’s something powerful in writing down the long-term vision of your life. After I did a ton of Googling and reading and thinking, I decided to… Continue reading Creating a 5 Year Plan
An Old School MySpace Survey
I got a MySpace profile my Junior (I think) year of high school and kept it through the Freshman year of college. I might have checked in on it later, but I don’t think I used it a ton after 2005/2006. Anyway, one of my favorite bits of MySpace was the weird obsession with surveys… Continue reading An Old School MySpace Survey
Reading Through A List of Authors My Mom Left Behind
The day my mom passed, I was standing in my parents’ kitchen aimlessly looking around. Under a magnet on their secondary freezer, I saw a couple sheets of notepad paper entitled “Grocery Author List”. I snuck it into my pocket as if my dad wouldn’t have let me have it if I had asked. I… Continue reading Reading Through A List of Authors My Mom Left Behind
In Which I Talk About My Mom
Next Wednesday marks a year since my mom died. Super positive way to start a post, eh? But it’s what I’m thinking about right now. What complicates matters is that my cat died the day after my birthday (back in March) and thinking about my mom makes me also think about him and it’s a… Continue reading In Which I Talk About My Mom
Remembering My Mom Through Food
I think about my mom a lot, sometimes I imagine the conversations we would have about whatever’s going on in my life. I’m lucky in that while memories hurt, I enjoy thinking about her. I still like to poke fun at her, to be honest. A lot of memories associated with my mom center on… Continue reading Remembering My Mom Through Food
New House Love
We bought a house! I’m not sure if I ever thought we’d buy one, to be honest. We have a ton of student loan debt which makes a purchase like this more intimidating, but renting a decent place wasn’t actually that much cheaper. On top of that, Shane was always fairly anti-being-a-house-owner for a really… Continue reading New House Love
Coffee & Crows 