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state of my head in 2015
As it turns out, I went into the OBGYN Wednesday morning to inquire about the change in my insurance. Not only do they still accept my insurance, but they got me in for an ultrasound within the h...
beauty and rage in 2015
I’ve been listening to that album a lot lately. It has to do with creative stuff. I just needed a title. I found two pennies today. Again. The last three days have been, essentially, what it was ...
yeah, i'm alive--edited with results (negative) in 2015
Turns out when things change in a big way, I’m really bad at updating. It all feels too big, and I can’t just sit and write it out because I’m either too busy managing it or too busy enjoying bei...
the kids aren't okay in 2015
I had a lady doctor appointment today. I’m off the Lo Loestrin as of yesterday because of the uncontrolled high blood pressure. I’ve been struggling with allergies since Monday and I’m not allowe...
endless night in 2015
The research clinic, bless their lovely hearts, sent me my lab results! I have the most nerdy joy in looking at lab reports. (I minored in pre-med for the lols, remember? BIOLOGY LOVE.) There wer...
nothing's fair in love and war in 2013-2014
So… stuff. When we went to Fort Sumter the day before the wedding, Aaron was very interested in the Park Passport program, where you get a little passport of national parks and each site can stam...
(This isn’t an entry. This is me taking notes on a sermon for lack of a notebook.) I miss Waumba Land. I miss singing and getting chills and everyone singing their hearts out. “We tend to hold on...
feeling 22 in 2015
…if by 22 I mean, staying up too late to listen to new albums. Anyway, just a few things today: I forgot my running shoes and clothes at home, so I slept in my car during lunch. It’s either run o...
here come the vultures in 2015
I have recovered from my exhaustion! So much so that I ran 5k’s on both Wednesday and Thursday during lunch! And it was hot, and sweaty, and fabulous, and I really need to get some baby wipes a...
i will fight to forget in 2015
GO SEE THE ACTUAL WEDDING ENTRY ONE BACK. THIS IS ABOUT FALLOUT. Okay, so to be super blunt right up front, I was a virgin and Aaron is hung like a horse and we have been having logistical issues...
mr. & mrs. in 2015
That is, in fact, a song title and I didn’t have to look it up. Group 1 Crew. So there. We have been married for a week. It’s a very strange word, married. It doesn’t feel any different, honestly...
is married. in 2015
still processing. should probably change name on Facebook? Nieces superfuckingexcited that it’s official and we’re official for-real family. Also that I can make them baby cousins to play with. I...
of beauty and rage in 2015
I just want to gripe that I might be the only person I know who gains weight when she’s sick. And by gains weight, I mean ends up eating lots of crunchy starches and carbonated beverages to contr...
let the story begin in 2015
Today, I went to a gynecologist for an annual exam. Which is a really nice way of saying peeing in a cup and getting fondled and penetrated by stuff. My period was just ending, so I was apologeti...
lights in the dark in 2015
Dear friends and family, Yes. I’m a little scared. I’m getting married in 15 days. 14 now, technically. Two weeks from now is my wedding date. It’s a big change. It’s a big emotional development....
yours again in 2015
My aunt called me while I was working late tonight, the only person up front. It was dark and raining, and I talked to her about wedding stuff while I finished up a billing spreadsheet. She doesn...
not in it for the fun of it in 2015
I have this reasonably calm assurance that as usual, we are doing everything wrong, but it will come out perfectly right. Unfortunately, that sucks/is inconvenient for some other people, but it’s...
[today, i saved a doggie] in 2015
(This entry blatantly stolen from my accounting to friends via Gmail this afternoon.) “So it’s 39 degrees right now, windchill of 32 (0 C), and dropping as the cold front passes by. Everything is...
i would still belong to you in 2015
Dear Prosebox, I am here. I have the new job, where I was promoted two weeks in. That’s got to be a standing record. I go permanent full-time sometime in June. It’s pretty decent. I get to be an ...
this is a wakeup call in 2015
Why the hell is everything white? I hate glaring white space. Will be back with entry when my text box isn’t two lines big and nothing but glaring white space.
canceling the apocalypse in 2015
I write a lot about the struggles, but right now– We’re (actively) crazy about each other, full of excited chills and impatience to get married, and completely happy. And it is good. We are those...
what have you done now in 2015
Last week, I sent a thank-you email to the engineering firm that had interviewed me right before Christmas. I promptly received a miserably apologetic email from the HR rep who had phone intervie...
we can be immortal in 2015
Yesterday, I found two pennies in the early morning. Last night, Aaron and I watched the ball drop, drank champagne, and kissed at midnight–and we completed the American winter holiday trifecta f...
[random wedding thoughts] in 2013-2014
Courtesy of a bottle of wine and the unsettling realization that things are getting Close and Serious and it’s not next year anymore. * I love offbeatbride.com. I still don’t feel squealing or fa...
you're hiding all your hopes in 2013-2014
As we prepare for Aaron to move in next week, we’ve discussed how to accomplish that. What we need, what we need to get rid of, what to move, what to squeeze where, etc. There are also things tha...
