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Time to break out the nursing bra

So – you all know I’m one claw away from being a cray-fish, right? I’ve talked (incessantly, I know!) about my anxiety. I over-processed (no; no such thing) in this space my horrible, no good, very bad...

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Now that I’ve eased you back in gently (twss)

It’s time for everyone’s favourite game: NAVEL GAZING! The drugs I’ve been taking since early September are working great. My kid is healthy again. The architect is super. I have wonderful new people...

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Enter the End

December 1. The beginning of the last month of 2015. Overall, it’s been a decent year. There are some job things that aren’t quite as good as one might hope and I’m 23 books short of my 2015 reading...

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This Time, It’s All About Me

It’s that time of year again. Many of us reflect on the year that is nearly past and start looking forward to the next year. It’s a time of endings and new beginnings. I try not to do resolutions...

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Happy New Year!

So I’m a little bit late. Twenty-one days late to be precise (and I love being precise). The last 21 days have been a bit on the rough side for reasons that I’m not planning on sharing with the world …...

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Sick of Myself

I’ve been sick for about a week and a half. This is honestly the sickest I’ve been in my recent memory. Sicker than the two times I got bronchitis last year. Sicker than the time last year I had...

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Gotta Have Goals….

It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that I am extremely goal oriented. I like spreadsheets and gold stars and checking things off of lists. In the last year, some of my spreadsheeting behaviour...

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Four Things Friday – Bitchfest Edition

You know what’s fun? Drug withdrawal. Super fun. I didn’t get enough of it last winter, so I decided to try again. Apologies to everyone who has to deal with me during this process. I’m hoping to be...

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Whiny Wednesday

This could become a thing. Book Review Tuesday (or book reviewsday, if you’re being clever, and I always am), Whiny Wednesday, Three Things Thursday, and Fuck Off Friday (that might be a new...

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Three Things Thursday – Heartbroken Edition

Every time something like this happens, I think I’ve finally reached the point where I’m too numb to be surprised/shocked/devastated. Turns out, whether to my credit or not, I continue to be...

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Fuck it Friday

I don’t even have more words for today. Just done with this shit. Instead of saying more words, I will allow google mined pics to illustrate my attitude about today.              

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Back at it…

I made it back from the snowy wastelands, although for a while, I wasn’t sure if (or at least when) that would happen. Our last day in Breckenridge was good. We went to the Big Beers Festival, sampled...

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Motivation Monday

I haven’t been to work in just over four months. This is full of the crazy. There are just a couple problems –  I love it. I love not having a job. I am not bored. I’ve been writing and … Continue...

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Conspiracy Theory

I am a wee bit sick. Not horribly sick, and I’m mostly feeling better; but not at the top of my game. In addition to the mild chest cold that I’m on my way out of (but whose effects will … Continue...

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No Words

Today, I mourn. Tomorrow, I fight.

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Monday Musings & Health Goals

So, here we are ten days into the new presidential administration. I can’t even with everything that’s happened. I’ve been too sick to go to any marches, but I have made a couple of phone calls and...

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The day is getting right away from me…

This weekend was so busy and my week isn’t looking any less so! Thursday evening, I did my best to take myself out. (Part of that included literally taking myself out.) I cut my right pinky on a pair...

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Here goes something…

I am at work. Probably. Unless I got lost and took the wrong bus and ended up in  Gresham or something. That seems unlikely, but you never know with me. When I first moved to Portland, I would...

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Three Things Thursday: mental health as told by Dean Winchester .gifs

I’ve been at the new job for a month. Although there are some things I don’t like about the job (98% of those things are “having a job;” I’d prefer to be independently wealthy), I feel like a...

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Three Things Thursday: Health & Wellness Edition

Funny story! I’ve been having some…uhhh…issues with my lady bits for a few months now. As soon as I was re-hooked up with health insurance, the very first thing I did was make an appointment to get...

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