rambling Good Enough... Yesterday was a one star day. I set up three things to get stars when I decided to go back to actual stars. I've had, in the past, as many as 6 things I was tracking, but this time I went broad strokes. So three are up for
rambling Happy... Let's play a game. Imagine you had enough money to never worry about money again. Your bills are covered, your daily expenses are covered, there is enough to travel and go to shows and buy things that you want versus just things that you need. There is even
rambling Concerned... A few weeks ago we had a guy at our door trying to sell us a No Soliciting sign. Yeah, we laughed too. Anyway he did the whole con thing where they say they are a neighbor, or they were talking to your neighbor and Jerry next door said...which
rambling Ugh... In a week the office of President of the United States will be held by a convicted felon and someone who a jury of their peers said you have to stop saying that E Jean Carroll is a liar when she says you assaulted her, because you did. The reason
fiction Perspective “Oh, I love this song! Have you heard it? Great lyrics.” “Maybe. It’s all about perspective isn’t it?” “What?” “If lyrics are great. It’s all perspective.” “Not following.” “Okay, so…there's this old song that my dad used to sing and love by George Jones.
rambling The Goodbye... I posted this on Facebook as my last status, so most of you probably saw it there, but I want a record of the last day. The last positive interaction I'll have with the site so I'm going to post it here as well. Because for
rambling One Last Rethink... Well...that was that. As you all know I went back and forth and back and forth about totally deleting Facebook and Instagram when Meta changed their terms and services on January 1st. I eventually came down on the side of keeping the accounts to hold on to my memories
rambling Decent... There are not a lot of politicians in the world that you would describe as decent. Not decent on the scale of good to great, but decent as in just a decent human. A good person. Jimmy Carter was that politician. I've told my political awakening story before
rambling Lessons... Part of my yearly hold on to joy with both hands and snarl if anyone gets too close thing this year is this little book I found A Year of Positive Thinking:Daily Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage (A Year of Daily Reflections), little book long title. Anyway, I found this
rambling One Week In... This morning we had a gorgeous sunrise. During the fall and winter here we get beautiful colors at sunrise and sunset. The angle of the sun is perfect for just brilliant skies. The challenge is we also don't always have clear enough skies to see them. So it&
rambling Epiphany... For years and years I would make some sort of epiphany joke as my status on Facebook. I'd twist it, flip it, sneak it in there, or just storm the castle with it, but it was always there. I like the idea of epiphany as in understanding something
fiction Loyalty... There was no loyalty anymore. That’s what she was thinking as she worked to pack up her mother’s things. Everyone who had worked for her had disappeared. Run off really. She should have help packing up the office, but instead it was just her here in an empty
rambling Distilled... We gave up our Winterhawks season tickets. For me, it had been a long time coming. For Brent, not so much. During the pandemic I made the mistake of paying attention to the fan base, what they posted about playing and masking and attendance. We had already experienced a bit
rambling And So the End Begins... Today is the first day of the new Congress. Senate and House both controlled by Republicans. Johnson retains his speakership after a little bit of showmanship leading to some arm-twisting to change votes for a few holdouts. He's made his speech about what they will be accomplishing, think
fiction New Year Promise January 1 dawns full of hope This year is the year of changes Plans put in place January 2 dawns full of promises I will start tomorrow. It's still the holiday really. January 3 dawns and Mondays are better Who starts at the end of the week? Fresh
rambling 2025... I tossed around a lot of rhymes for the title. Similar to my hashtags I used to do for my birthday. Humorous stuff. Going live with 2025, let's survive 2025, those sorts of things. And then... There was a terrorist attack in New Orleans. Horrific stuff, as they
rambling 2024 Out the Door... Goodbye 2024, you were most certainly a year. Let's skip the shit show that was our national politics and just go personal recap, shall we? So normally I open up my January 1 post and mark off how I did with goals, but as you all know my
rambling It Used to Be a Joke... For years we've used the phrase, "Sounds like late stage capitalism" as sort of a punchline. Kind of like "Thanks, Obama" became. You remember that right? When Obama was in office and the Republicans wanted to blame him and his administration for everything bad
fiction Final Resolutions... "Okay, Ms. Jamison is it?" "Yes." Alice looked at the person sitting across the desk from her. She had never been exactly sure what to expect, but this wasn't it. "I see here that you left a lot of things unfinished." "
rambling Compartmentalize... I love Disneyland. That's not a surprise to anyone that knows me. We go to the park every few years. At least once every five, sometimes as often as every other year. I collect Maleficent figures and a handful of Up! Carl and Ellie items. And some Beauty
rambling Squishy Time... We're in that last little squishy time of the year. The stretch between Christmas and New Year. A lot of people have it off work, and if they don't have it off, they usually have a lighter workload. Unless you work in retail and then you
fiction Holiday Visitations... "So if you could do it, would you?" "Would I what?" "Get visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past?" "Okay, first off how dare you. Scrooge gets the ghost treatment because he's an asshole. Second, he didn't get to
rambling Making It Harder ... I keep making things harder for myself than they need to be. Like that fiction number I was trying to hit. The one that there was no way I was going to make it because it was way too many pieces. Then I realized I wasn't counting some
rambling Adjustments to Make... So quickish update that kind of pairs with goal setting for next year. Got the results from my last round of blood work and my thyroid levels are normal again. This new dose seems to be the right one. So now that my thyroid is under control it's
rambling Unpopular Opinion... Is that right? Or Hot Take? The thing where you say something that most people probably don't agree with but nonetheless it's totally true and you know it? Anyway... Brent and I were watching a TV show this morning and a therapist counsels his client to
