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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...
Day 38 - And Other Things in These Foolish 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 in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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? in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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?! in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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? in These Foolish Things
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! in These Foolish Things
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) in These Foolish Things
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 in These Foolish Things
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 ...
Day 20 - MLK Day. Inauguration Day. Polar Vortex Continues. in These Foolish Things
I’m easing into the day this morning, enjoying my coffee and reading a few entries. I’ll do my workout in a bit, shower, and then figure out how many layers I need to put on in order to stay war...
Day 19 - Nesting in These Foolish Things
Is it weird that I’m so excited about nesting for the next few days? We are getting the arctic blast that a good portion of the country is getting, and I have plans to stay inside (except for do...
Day 16 - Slacking Like a Boss in These Foolish Things
Just out of a long, long strategy meeting where I basically presented my ideas for what I’m going to be doing with the company for the next two years. My bosses were thrilled with what I’d put t...
Day 14 - All Over the Place in These Foolish Things
Okay, hi! I haven’t felt like writing in the last couple of days, and now that I let myself fall back to sleep this morning and it’s thrown my morning routine off, I feel like writing. Nothing i...
Day 9 - Bullies in These Foolish Things
Guess I missed a day yesterday. Whoopsie. At least writing an entry a day isn’t part of my challenge. Maybe it should be?? Anyway. I’m nesting while working. It’s cold here and we are supposed ...
Day 7 - Circling Back, Part 2 in These Foolish Things
(continued from last entry) More things I have been wanting to write about and need to circle back on: The Disaster Hotel: Around mid-October last year (I think?), I got an email from one of t...
Day 6 - Circling Back, Part 1 in These Foolish Things
Hah. Welcome back to work, everyone! Today’s the day we all circle back from all that shit we left undone last year. I love all the memes that have been going around, but I’m also guilty of doin...
