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Day 73 - It's Been Five Years.
Five years of Covid. It’s still a fucking thing. And it’s not a minor thing, either. My mom has it again. I hope her body can handle it. My poor dad is struggling with alllll of her medicati...
Day 72 - Why Am I So Scared to Be Direct With Her?
Do you remember me writing about my friend Anni? She’s the one who gets fall-down fucked up and gets mean to me on our girls trips and it’s become really, really upsetting to me. She had invited...
Day 68 - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Good late morning! I have done nothing but eff around this morning because I want to! We lost an hour last night due to daylight savings (ughhh), and so I decided to be lazy this morning and rea...
Day 66 - Dress in Blue Today! *Now With Gory Details!
I started writing a whole Updates on Various entry and this was one of my bullet points, but I decided that this important subject needs its own entry, so here you go: March is Colorectal Cance...
Day 55.5 - People are Dicks
Head Cat had to reschedule my weekly meeting with me for some bullshit reason, so it was rescheduled to 4:30pm today. The man/diva is never, ever, EVER on time and I knew the meeting would run o...
Day 55 - Minor Setbacks
Ugh. The cold weather of the last week truly did a number on me. I guess I didn’t realize how much. I mean, my last entry should have been a sign. I was so OVER being stuck inside and couldn’t W...
Day 53 - Last Day of Hibernation
Okay. This is it. The dog and I are going stir-crazy. This will be the last day of hibernation for us for the winter. I’m documenting it right now because I mean it! In fact, when the weather s...
Day 52 - Hibernating
It’s been exceptionally cold and blustery here, and it will continue into Sunday. I haven’t left my apartment since last Sunday, except to take the dog out for her walks. I literally haven’t...
Day 48 - February "Holidays"
Good morning. It’s President’s Day, and therefore, I have the day off? I don’t remember getting this day off with other jobs, but we get “post office holidays” off - I guess that means Federal H...
Day 41 - Mind. Body. Age.
Saturday, I took Martini to daycare bright and early and then set off on the 3-hour journey to see Mom and Dad so I could take them to lunch. As always, I listened to podcasts. One in particul...
Day 38 - And Other Things
I love how something as simple as a coffee date can become such a debate! The notes on my last entry are wild! I actually had to BLOCK someone for being kind of a dick. I don’t mind debates - ...
Day 37 - RAD: Mexican Smoothie
Name: Mexican Smoothie Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 54 Relationship Status: Not sure? Assuming divorced? Has at least one kid who is in high school, but we didn’t get into relationshi...
Day 35 - World Cancer Day/My Golden Cancerversary
February 4. Today is World Cancer Day. It also happens to be my 4-Year Cancerversary: the day I found out I had The Big C. So that makes today my Golden Cancerversary. I wrote this entry on a...
Day 34 - A Fresh Batch?
Yesterday’s volunteer event with the thrift organization was just …off. First of all, the founder sent me a calendar invitation saying that the event would start an hour later than it normally d...
Day 33 - Pre-Loved Love
Really beautiful day yesterday. I mean, like the most perfect weather imaginable. I got dressed in my normal “Vintage Challenge” fashion by wearing at least one pre-loved piece. This time, I w...
Day 31 - A Look Back at January
What a month, huh? Started with my super unreliable friend, C. fucking around with my New Year’s Eve by not showing up until three hours after he told me he’d arrive. Lesson learned: set b...
Day 30.5 - WHY?!
Why does this shit keep happening? This time with the Hip Nerdy Atty. We had a fantastic coffee date that lasted a good, long time. The guy was sending me good morning texts every morning since ...
Day 30 - The Knock on the Door
I had a dream last night that someone knocked LOUDLY on my door in the middle of the night. In my dream, I was living in my old Treehouse (the place where I lived before I moved to my current pl...
Day 29 - Updates on Various
Good morning. Time for some tidbits! Never heard anything back from Mr. Buy-Your-Own-Coffee. Appreciate all of the perspectives! Sure, I normally suggest paying my own way in dinner date si...
Day 26 - RAD: Mr. Buy-Your-Own-Coffee
Name: Mr. Buy-Your-Own-Coffee Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 57 Relationship Status: Single, no kids. No idea if he’s ever been married. Didn’t sound like it. There’s obviously nothing ...
Day 25 - RAD: Hip, Nerdy Attorney
Name: Hip Nerdy Attorney (HNA for this entry) Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 57 Relationship Status: Divorced for some time. Not sure how many years, but I can tell it’s been a while. T...
Day 24 - Anger Issues?
So…Dad is doing well so far! Thank you for all the notes yesterday. We were even able to joke about it a little bit. He said he told mom to keep her hands off him for a while, HA! So cute. I’m s...
Day 23 - Circumcision!
I’m back on the front page, so I wanted to add a bit of a trigger warning for this entry. Don’t click if speaking medically about one’s elderly parents’ privates skeeves you out. . . . . . . . ...
Day 22 - Coffees (Plural)
Good morning, friends! Another arctic morning. I’ve done all of my morning routine, taken the dog out to potty, and now working (mostly). It’s going to warm up this afternoon and I’m looking fo...
Day 21 - Of Butternut Squash
Oh, the comments about how to fix, cut, roast, and enjoy butternut squash! THANK YOU! I wasn’t even going to mention the tidbit about my soup because I thought perhaps it was a boring read, but ...
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