Fate

I woke up this morning and all I could think about was waffles. Twelve hours later, I’m still thinking about waffles. I think I need waffles. — The fug.

Fantabulous Women

It’s a word, I checked. My grandmother. What an amazing strong intelligent woman. I attribute most of what is good about me to her. I was always a bit rough around the edges, and somehow she always knew just how to push to make me want to be better. Wanting someone to be proud of…Read more

Toxic Positivity 

I saw this term today for the first time. I knew there had to be an appropriate term for this type of experience. I can’t wait to tell someone they are being toxic the next time they try to act like the glass is full when it’s clearly not. Lol, ”invalidation of the authentic human emotional…Read more

I smile because I have no idea what’s going on

When Ygritte says, “You know nothing, Jon Snow.” Jon should have replied, “I know.” My default position in life is to assume I don’t know what I’m doing, jump off the deep end, and hope for the best. I mean except for that one epic failure when I tried to iron dry my attempt to scrub…Read more

Conundrum

Yesterday for lunch I made an egg salad sandwich, with vegan “mayonnaise”, and then I stopped to reflect and laugh at myself. I try to explain to people sometimes that I’m a former vegan with some very curious eating habits. I buy vegan butter, vegan mayo, mysterious meatless products, milk alternatives, and there are always…Read more

Story time with my bff

I think what makes a great friend is someone you can laugh with and be completely yourself with. One of my absolute favorite friends is someone I can be completely silly with and it’s perfectly ok that I’m not always the brightest crayon in the box. We are all storm grey crayons sometimes, and that…Read more

Right = Rights

Doing what is right is lonely. When I was a little girl I was tenacious, I still am. I’ve always believed in standing up for what is right. It doesn’t matter to me if I see some injustice being done to man, woman, child, or mouse. I have absolutely gone to bat for mouse rights…Read more