CN: Unhealthy work environments, a link to a former animal companion Once upon a time I used to spend Thanksgiving alone on a regular basis. I’d get a cornish hen and some blueberries and napa cabbage and then between checks on work I’d write, and write, and write. The first time it happened, it wasContinue reading “Day 258, with old holiday habits”
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Day 43, with Anniversary and Work-based Failure
I’m not gonna talk about Russia’s new 5k, or Lysol having to issue a disclaimer about something the President of the United States said during a press conference*. This post is a wee summary of a personal good and personal bad on the same day. First, I have been struggling to get an update toContinue reading “Day 43, with Anniversary and Work-based Failure”
Janus Gift #1 – The Practice of Practice
One of the things about being labeled – or branded – a gifted child (GC) in the United States is that you don’t get the opportunity to fail that much. Things come naturally to you, or you learn so fast, that being BAD at something feels like a moral failing rather than a straightforward processContinue reading “Janus Gift #1 – The Practice of Practice”
Holiday Week Hindsight
So this past week has been one for the ages as far as I’m concerned. Not only is Jon still recovering from knee reconstruction surgery (quite well, but still, he’s got a limited range of available activities) but I managed to do some fun damage over the course of the week: I somehow managed toContinue reading “Holiday Week Hindsight”
The Day Before
I imagine this as a test. “If you had only 36 hours left in the lifestyle you currently know, what would you do?” It’s in me to have pretty melodramatic reactions to shit. It’s a useful trait in a writer, after all, and a hella convenient one for a project manager in a dysfunctional organization.Continue reading “The Day Before”
Happy Moviversarmas!
Today is Moviversarmas in our household. “What the everlasting fuck is Moviversarmas?” you may ask. Move In Anniversary Before Christmas, it is. Jon picked his life up from Pittsburgh and we moved him to Brooklyn in a marathon 10 hour drive overnight, with 3 cats and 1 dog in the back of a big van,Continue reading “Happy Moviversarmas!”
The Experience Of Beautiful Beings Changing Your Life
Welcome to the post in which I squee over beloved members of my life like I’m a fangirl. (Actually, that’s kind of awesome – being a fangirl over people in my own life.) ((side note to my selves: take this on as a mantra.)) I have some of the most amazing beings in my life,Continue reading “The Experience Of Beautiful Beings Changing Your Life”
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