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Day 116 - Big Bad Boss Bitches in These Foolish Things
Hello from a coffee spot in the shopping district close to my home. The weather is beautiful and it’s going to be a gorgeous Saturday evening - I imagine there will be lots of dates happening in...
Day 115 - Feline Frustrated in These Foolish Things
Yesterday, Kitty Cat asked me to attend a meeting with a consulting company that essentially does what I do. I know she was curious about the tariff situation and maybe if they could help us wit...
Day 114 - Dreaming of Drinking in These Foolish Things
I’ve been having this recurring dream. About once a month, I dream that I’m having an alcoholic beverage of some sort. Like, I am in a social situation where I say, ok! I can have a drink, and t...
Day 113 - Blink in These Foolish Things
I’m back from my 4-day trip to my former city. It was great, and it was only four days, but it WORE. ME. OUT. Why? I have no idea. Was it because I was sleeping in someone else’s bed? Was it ...
Day 111 - Weekend Recap in These Foolish Things
Good Monday morning! Coming to you live on a beautiful day from the patio of a breakfast place that I love! If there’s something I’ve gotten pretty good at with myself after all of these medical...
Day 109 - Hot Oncologist in These Foolish Things
Thanks for all the good luck notes on my last entry. Oncology visit went well. All of my blood reports came back while I waited - except, of course, for the tumor marker numbers because they tak...
Day 108 - Daytrip to Oncology in These Foolish Things
Sitting in a coffee shop in [former city] as I got into town early. It’s a 3-hour drive if you don’t stop at all, but normally I stop every hour to stretch my legs and let Martini potty (and me ...
Day 107 - On Safety in These Foolish Things
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what it means to feel safe. One definition of the word safety is as follows: Safety is a fundamental human need, recognized as a core element of Maslow’s Hierar...
Day 106 - Prep for the Worst, Hope for the Best in These Foolish Things
Morning. Just out of my meeting with my agent in China. What a disaster these tariffs are. I may end up getting tariffed right out of a job! Fucking motherfucking Trump can suck it right now. ...
Day 105 - It Grows on You in These Foolish Things
Mentally prepping for today. Maybe this is a little thing, but it’s not so little to me. I gotta get my head right about yet another spot found on my skin. The derm was able to squeeze me in t...
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...