Somehow I Lost My Way

Every attempt I’ve made to write something in this space lately has fallen flat. That’s basically sums up how I’ve felt lately: Flat.
So, to take a page out of Catie’s book, here’s a short list:
1. I have a doctor’s appointment next week. I’ll spare you my litany of woe other than to say that I am [...]

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High Time is No Time for Deciding

I just ate a chewy chocolate chip cookie. A big one. Um, the third one I’ve had since I’ve been home tonight. God help me, but I want another one. With a side of Cheetos.
Brian and I both slept like crap last night. When the alarm went off this morning at 4:45 am, I said [...]

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Damn

It’s almost 90 degrees. In my house. The dew point is over 70 and the air quality is bad. It’s not a good day to be stuck at home without a car. I can’t concentrate on anything for more than five minutes and it’s too hot to nap. Even Nellie the cat is having a hard time. I [...]

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Sweet Land of Liberty

What a fabulous 4th this was. Really, I can’t think of a nicer one in ages. We spend it at the homestead with Brian’s family and I had a great time. Even with my brother-in-law’s wife, which was just icing on the cake. I’m serious. It felt like the old days and I can’t tell [...]

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Little Miss Muffet

It is a warm night. Not unbearably so, but one of those nights where it is a bit cooler outside than in. We don’t have a/c, a regrettable fact, but we do have two porches and so I decided to sit for a spell on the front one.
I did not last long out there.
Right now [...]

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