Hi everyone! Long time no blog. A lot has happened since we were last here! I took 3.5 months off work (which came to an end shortly after my last post). I finished (and published) a book. I acquired a niece. I started a new job, which has been great but also means that, for… Continue reading New Beginnings
I often mispronounce words because I learned them by reading, and have never heard them spoken aloud. My brain takes the information and creates the most logical conclusion. For this reason I thought that haphazard and “halfhazard” were two words with different meanings (in fact only one of them is a word at all) for… Continue reading MissUnderstanding
I’ve been asked “why are you like this” in probably every tone that someone can be asked a question in. Through hysterical laughter, in shock, in admonition, with glee, in bewilderment, while holding the confusing gift that I have brought to them unprompted. There isn’t really an answer. I believe that people are, ultimately, just… Continue reading The Way That I Am
I have had many a roommate in my time. I have siblings, for a start. And, growing up, we had family members stay with us on occasion in a way that required some creative room-shuffling. I never lived in a dorm, which is good, because if I never have to share an actual bedroom with… Continue reading The Roommate
I have a massive cache of retail stories from my years in the biz. For legal reasons, they are all fake and/or all of my coworkers are fictitious. This particular tale is just retail-adjacent, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to stick the disclaimer in anyway. Many ladies who have worked retail/customer service are familiar… Continue reading Retail Episode 1: My Husband
As you may have guessed, I am an avid reader. I don’t have one specific favorite genre or author. Anything I find interesting enough to get lost in is good enough for me. I am a big fan of creatively used clichés (I love a good friends-to-lovers trope, or “this grumpy old person who lives… Continue reading Reading and Other Life-Threatening Activities
I’ve always had an irritatingly strong sense of smell, but whatever the heck it is that’s been going on with my body these last few years has only amplified it. I’ve become hypersensitive to scents and sounds, especially “unnatural” ones. Because unnatural smells and sounds are sort of a major part of the world we… Continue reading Smells ‘n’ Such
I have been described as a lot of things in my life, some of which are blog-appropriate and some of which are not appropriate for any situation at all, including the situation in which I was called them. Overall, I’m not really one to give much weight to other people’s opinions of me – the… Continue reading Irritation and Other Fire Starters
