rambling Speed Run... Brent and I got our flu and Covid vaccines on Saturday. I planned ahead, went to the grocery store on Friday, wrote my Sunday story for Dana on Saturday afternoon, Brent did all the yard work Saturday afternoon. All of it pushed ahead because odds were by Sunday neither of
rambling Bless You... I heard something today I hadn't heard in a long long time. I got a snootful of lint when I was cleaning the dryer screen and heard my sneeze. Now, a lot of you who know me are confused. I sneeze all the damn time, how could I
rambling Build and Rebuild... Doing my cardio today and it's a building program. The trainer was going over the plan for the day and then said, "But, hey, you know what? If you aren't ready for this then that's okay. Just go back a week and redo
rambling The End... Okay, so if you've been reading the Futures series and haven't read yesterday's post then you should read that before reading this. Here's the link. That was the end. I wasn't for sure for sure yesterday that it was the
rambling More "Status" Updates... How about another batch of what would have been status updates? I think for a while this might become a regular feature... * The whole reason I went back to the gym was to get back to lifting heavier. The other reason I've wanted to go back is access
rambling Spooooky Season... Who ever was in charge of waking up Billie Joe you're on. September has come to an end. So let's wrap it all up. Nationally: Hey! Guess what! We are still at war with Iran. Our little two week incursion is now seven months along. My
rambling Gym Talk... I went back to the gym yesterday after not going for just over six years. Okay, yes, we have a pretty decent set up in the garage so it's not like I haven't worked out in six years. And yes, it's not really back
rambling Even More Random... This is going to be a collection of random thoughts. I mean, that was the point of the blog, but this is going to be even MORE that than usual. Basically these are things that if I were still on Facebook would have been a flurry of FB status posts
rambling Recommend the Wallow... Just as a quick follow up to yesterday... I recommend the wallow when you need to. As Brent says, wallow but don't get stuck. I think, for me at least, that telling yourself, "Today I wallow, tomorrow I move on" gives you that space to feel
rambling Melancholy... That's actually a really pretty word. Melancholy. It just sounds better than bummed. We should go back to calling it melancholy. I have a touch of melancholy right now. It's been slipping in around the edges for the past few days and really settled in overnight.
rambling Cost of Doing Business... Brent asked me a question this morning that sent me off on a tangent in my head. First off, this entire blog is my memory of things (and a few google searches) so it could very well be wrong. But it's how I view things. How I view
rambling Zeitgonst... There is a point in time where pop culture is no longer your culture. When the zeitgeist has passed you by. When these kids today are the kids of the kids you first these kids todayed... You just aren't the target anymore. (Insert generic GenX whine about never
rambling Pause... So I wrote a handful of pieces for Futures and the plan was to try and finish it out but... That character that popped up at the end of the last one? She wasn't supposed to be there. Or at least I hadn't planned on her
rambling New Plan... Okay, first off I'm fine. I know it's been a week since I've written here. I don't have writer's block so much as a writer's dam. At least that's what I think. I need to finish
rambling Old Jokes... It started as a joke and sort of became a life framing moment. In spite of, or because of? Brent and I used it as a joke about "I love you." There were things that you love someone because of and things you love someone in spite of.
rambling An August August... Or maybe not. It wasn't all that grand. It wasn't the worst August to ever August either, though it really did put a push on there last week to remind me that it was still August. But no matter what, it's basically done. And
rambling It's All Gender... Second post inspired by Joe's radio show! Also...if any of you are interested, it's late night radio, a lot of 70s rock, but also mixes of other time periods and styles. He mixes that with quotes from movies, or TV shows, or other famous bits
rambling Isn't It Romantic? The next two blogs are going to be ones inspired by my friend's radio program. That's one of the reasons why I love when you all share your creative projects, not only are they fun but they are inspiring. Totally selfish of me to use your
rambling Well, It is August... After last August not being all that terrible as far as Augusts go I decided to ease back in to trying to possibly if I could maybe find August fun again. Maybe. No pressure... It was going okay there for awhile. I got my hair cut, which I had been
rambling Oh Wait... Trying out the new birthday hashtag/motto. What rhymes? Masticate? Like really chew up the year? Meditate. Don't lose your cool. Mediate? Alleviate? Try not to hate? Love your mate? Oh wait, I've gone off on an INXS tangent now. Oh great. Oh! That's
rambling But is it Intelligent? On Sunday I wrote a piece of micro fiction for my exchange with Dana. It was a writing prompt piece, and probably the closest I've ever stuck to a prompt. Often what triggers a story in my head from the prompt is barely recognizable as the prompt when
rambling Rage... Brent and I went downtown for breakfast this morning. Driving back home and the freeway was filled with people just doing their own things. Going way under or way over the speed limit, not paying attention to lane closures, cutting people off, speeding around people like those cars were orange
rambling What Are You Saving it For? Friends of ours are doing a BIG move. They've been in their house for longer than we were in the townhouse before our big move. And they are downsizing so it's even more of a sort and sort and sort than ours was. And ours was
rambling New Thing Time! Maybe... Or I mean, there will be new things, but I'm not sure if this will be one of them or not. I already know that the big new thing will be Brent's retirement, but I don't know how that will look once we
rambling It's All a Sliding Scale... Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Is the glass half full or half empty? Or do you just have the wrong sized glass? I tend to lean toward optimism. Or at least I did. Though I generally am a realist with optimistic tendencies. I'm not solidly one