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Day 104 - The Best Part in These Foolish Things
Monday again. Sipping coffee and getting ready for the week ahead. So here we go with the morning routine… I’ve finished my latest 6-week weight training program, so today I’m starting this o...
Day 103 - Structural Integrity in These Foolish Things
I met “the girls” at the thrift warehouse at our designated time of 3:30 yesterday (see previous entry). They were a little late, as expected, and I was a little early per usual. So I’d already ...
Day 102 - Spring's Favorite Pickles? in These Foolish Things
Daffo-dills! Ahahaha! Good morning, glories! It’s Saturday. It’s 6:30am and the birdies are chirping, and I’m ALIVE again today. I have a lot of things going on today, and my mind is on refres...
Day 101 - Return of the Red in These Foolish Things
My cardinal is back! I tried to look back in my entries to see where I wrote about the cardinal who smashed into my window and fell to the balcony floor in a splat, wings splayed and stars danci...
Day 100 - Upstairs Downstairs in These Foolish Things
Ahhh, I haven’t talked about my neighbors in a while, have I? Honestly, there’s not a whole lot to write about since I don’t see my neighbors a lot. This little community where I live is not a ...
Day 99 - "Am I Going...?" in These Foolish Things
I didn’t call my mom and dad last night as I was so freaking tired for some reason that I went to bed at 7:30. Got a great night’s sleep, and have been churning several work projects out all day...
Day 98 - The White Lotus of it All in These Foolish Things
Hey, Mike White, have you been reading my diary? I’m not going to post any spoilers for the three of you who haven’t watched Season 3 of The White Lotus yet. I was fascinated by this season’s...
Day 95 - Updates/Thoughts on Various in These Foolish Things
Brunching: When I get something stuck in my head (see: brunching from yesterday’s entry), I fricking DO something about it. I wish I’d get some other things stuck in my head as strongly as I fee...
Day 94 - Craving All The Sparkles in These Foolish Things
Kinda digging my new morning routine - the one where I drink my protein coffee before working out. The thing is, I won’t be able to do this routine when I get my amazing new job and have to wo...
Day 93.2 - More Work Drama and Tariff B.S. in These Foolish Things
See previous entry, where all of this bitching began. Ah yes, a few more things to say about Head Cat, only because Kitty Cat (CEO) spilled the beans to me the other day, and where do I put th...
Day 93 - Work, AKA The JOY Ride in These Foolish Things
I’m at the point at work right now that I have to finish up my reports about the Trade Show trip and put everything into action. It’s always such a frantic time leading up to a show, then you’re...
Day 92 - Up and At Em, Now with Protein! in These Foolish Things
April 2nd - we are well into Spring at this point. Does it feel like Winter kinda skipped us this year, or am I just at that age where the seasons fly by? I don’t want them to fly by. Speaking...
Day 83 - I Have Forgotten How to Pack in These Foolish Things
Day 1 of first biz trip of the year. It’s a long-ish story, but today I’m spending the day working at an Airbnb back in my former city, very close to the huge airport, because I have an early fl...
Day 77 - FB Fuckin' Me Over in These Foolish Things
I got a new iPhone AND a new iPad in the last two weeks. It’d been three+ years since I’d gotten an iPhone upgrade, so I figured it was time. I financed it through AT&T, so now I have to s...
Day 75 - Last Day of Vintage Challenge! in These Foolish Things
Today is Day 75 of 2025. It’s also the last day of my Vintage/Thrifted Fashion Challenge! It would also be the last day of my 2nd 75 Hard fitness challenge (mental and physical), but even thou...
Day 73 - It's Been Five Years. in These Foolish Things
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? in These Foolish Things
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' in These Foolish Things
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! in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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" in These Foolish Things
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. in These Foolish Things
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...