I had a regular checkup last week. I said something about losing Nick, and he suggested counseling to find a way to cope. I don’t need to see someone else to find a coping mechanism. I’ve always written to sort through things. I’ve always done that with my writing. Unfortunately, I haven’t done much writing […]

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We lost my stepson on Thursday. None of us even knew how bad things were for him. All I can think about right now is how much pain he must have been in, and how I failed him. His mother died last year, and his grandmother died in February. I was the only mother figure […]

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I was scrolling through Twitter earlier today, I don’t even remember why now. I do know it was when I was waiting for my daughter to get back to the cars after her appointment for senior pictures. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-12/daily-harvest-recall-lentil-crumbles-fda-regulation-meal-kit-delivery-food-safety I just started to read the article, and realized it was behind a paywall. I found another […]

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I recently set up a playlist on Spotify. It’s an interesting mix of songs, some one-hit wonders from the ’80s and ’90s, some Weird Al, some country, and some contemporary Christian. Every once in a while I add other songs. I might need to add We Don’t Talk About Bruno. It’s one of those earworms […]

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Earlier this week, I had a headache for two days. It would go away with ibuprofen, but then come back. When I lay down in the dark waiting for the ibuprofen to kick in, I started thinking about possible reasons that my head would be hurting. (Turns out, it was stress from job hunting, I […]

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My daughter has started doing commissions on Instagram. I asked her to redo the girl at the top of the page to look more like an elf. Since my daughter specializes in anime type drawings, it’ll probably end up with bigger eyes and crazy hair as well. We’ll see. I told her I’d give her […]

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I try not to say much about mental health, but I’ve been having some issues with anxiety in the last couple of years. I finally hit the end of my rope. Part of it was from work, and part of it was just the stress from other things going on in my life. When I […]

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So, occasionally, I take the time to read the MSN home page. There are always fluff stories, and ones that are biased. I also look at whatever pops up for stories on my Chrome new tab page on my phone, and through Flipboard, which comes with my phone as well – yes, I have a […]

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Since I work for a food company, which I do not name on my blog, I am deemed an essential worker. I have been working more than 40 hour weeks for so long, I’m burning out. But, I still have an income, so there is that. On the other hand, hubby had a quit or […]

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I’ve been having issues with work. I did end up back mostly in the job I had back in January when we were told that our jobs were moving. However, it was a long circuitous route, and it took about 6 months for that end result. In the meantime, since I suffer from depression, that’s […]

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