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Up and waddling
After several months of being salty over my unsuccessful transition into a new career in web development, several more months of trying to find the ambition to build my personal site and several more months after that of deciding to actually deploy said personal site (I actually built this at a pretty respectable rate), the site is up and ready to rock! Now the trick is to actually use this to make it more worth-while. Not so much in a “hire me immediately as a web developer” way but in a therapeutic thought journal type of way. The good news is that I’m now in a very different spot in…
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The Grief Monster
Grief sucks and it’s truly the gift that keeps on giving. I’m not going to even go there about the 5 Stages because that almost makes it sound like there’s a clear beginning and end to it all, and there’s not. Grief is a nasty, non-linear journey that will have you feeling like a perfectly grounded warrior of coping one minute and then directly send you into feeling like a massively unstable welder of chaos the next minute, usually without fair warning. The sad part is, dying is just an unfortunate part of life. As a nurse, I have seen how much of a physical toll terminal illness takes on…
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New Year, Same Me
I miss the days when I was super excited and hopeful for the New Year. It’s not a problem with being thankful and grateful; I practice and strive for both every day. It’s more about being realistic, knowing that most life stressors and challenges are situational and that change is generally slow. It’s probably also knowing that there’s only so much time and energy in a day and that much of both goes toward adulting and just surviving. I’ve generally tried to steer away from making any huge, life altering resolutions because just the thought of making any of these seems stressful and exhausting, let alone carrying them out. Instead,…
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New Year’s Vibes
On this New Year’s Eve, let us never forget this gem of a throwback jam from 1998.
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The Soundtrack of 2025
The K Pop Demon Hunters movie and soundtrack have both been playing on repeat in our house since this summer and in my opinion, it’s one of the better movie soundtracks to come out in the past few years (next to Wicked).
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So Much to Say, So Little Time…And Energy
If I had to summarize what’s been up over the past few months, the answers would clearly be “my anxiety” and “surviving.” The phrase “same shit, different toilet” also definitely comes to mind. I feel like 2025 has been a super challenging year in all kinds of ways. The political climate and what appears to be humanity’s direct decent into the dumpster have been sapping me of positivity and hope. It has also probably been one of my most challenging years professionally, making me question and second-guess my decision making and general life choices. As a wife and mom of three, I feel like I am constantly behind on something…
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Powerful Songs: Part 2
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You Gotta Walk Before You Run
I used to be a decent runner. I was never fast or did anything crazy like qualify for Boston, but my commitment and perseverance helped me to complete 1 full marathon, 13 half marathons and too many 5Ks to count. But that was before I had my girls, before my neck and back injuries and before my COVID-related struggles. Well, I’m officially back at it and trying to at least build up to do a 5K within the next few months. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to build up to doing anything competitive; I never really ran competitively to begin with. This also isn’t my first, second or…
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Powerful Songs: Part 1
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Inspirational Accessories
My absolute favorite piece of jewelry right now is my tarot card and moon necklace. I built it after collecting charms from several gift shop visits and deciding to display them all together. The coolest thing of all is that when I picked out the single charms, I chose charms that I found meaningful by themselves. But the meaning behind each charm when combined the others is nothing short of awesome. The first tarot card charm I chose was The Moon, which symbolizes intuition in times of uncertainty. My second tarot card charm of choice was The Star, which symbolizes hope. The Lunar Eclipse charm was my third choice, and…
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On Today’s Episode of “You’re (Probably) Too Old For That”…
I’m a huge fan of American Ninja Warrior and occasionally get the wild idea that I am somehow young and coordinated enough to even have a chance in hell at doing such things. I went to the playground today with my kids, saw one of those zipline obstacles that connected one end of the playground to the other and suddenly thought up a super dumb idea. After second and even third guessing myself, I carefully stepped to the edge of the platform, carefully grabbed the zipline bar (I didn’t even get the recommended running start) and carefully pushed off of the platform. Well, thanks to my Mom Bod momentum and…