my musings on growing up, mental health, cats, craftbeer, adulting, personal health, and wanting to be become a mother all while laughing at myself
I talk to everyone. This is something else I got from my mother. I talk to the man who works on our lobby at our 21 story office building, and I talk to people in elevators even when it makes them slightly uncomfortable. I ask real straight forward raw questions, and while I don't expect …
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I am posting this publicly with my friends permission to post pictures of her children. I didn't use their names, but if you know us you know them, and I mean this post with so much gratitude to the joy the kids and Roxy brought to me. This one is for you pup. Also said …
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Recently the Death, Sex, and Money Podcast did a 2 episode feature on student loans. I have about $70k worth of student loan debt, and my current partner has a similar amount. I managed to graduate from a private liberal arts college as an undergraduate with about $15k in student debt. I saved money by …
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When I was a little girl, I walked up to a middle aged lady while in a Rite Aid and asked her why she had a beard. Because the Universe has somehow decided that I am important enough to care about spiting me for this behavior, I was blessed with a mustache that is actually …
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Joshua Tree is one of my happy places, and I got the opportunity to spend some time with one of my best friends there this weekend. That may seem like a crazy idea to most people, because it was 105 degrees outside, but our Airbnb had a very nice pool, so we did no hiking, …
Continue reading "People in The Desert; Musings on a Lovely Time in Joshua Tree"
I have done a lot of shameless self promotion of my weight loss lately, and I am not ashamed at all of that. I think that social media and the internet should be used to inspire those around us, and ourselves. I have been working hard on my body and my health, and I want …
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