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Julie & Julia &…who am I?
This past Sunday night I stayed up so I could countdown, New Year’s Eve style, to midnight. I wanted to officially welcome the end of my work contract. Ever since making the final decision to leave my job, I have yearned for June 30th, knowing that was the time when I would be able to… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 4)
Running! Don’t ask me why I like running, I just do. For several months before Covid shut down everything, I was training for a half-marathon. I was following a training plan and had already registered for one in my area that was to take place in April or May of 2020. At the point where… →
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“Inspirational” Playlist
Teenage me from the 90s would have loved to have an iPod. As someone who bought c.d.’s for just one song, it would have been amazing to build playlists based on different themes and emotions. Mix tapes, and later, burned c.d.’s with a variety of music were definitely in my wheelhouse. Granted, middle-aged me has… →
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The ending I deserve
I have discovered that I’m like a kid when it comes to movies. I can watch the same movie every day and not get tired of it. This is not a recent discovery either. The fact that the movie “You’ve Got Mail” only feels right to watch on a Saturday is a tribute to the… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 1)
I feel like much of what I have posted online and what I have said to people lately begin with “now that I’m done with grad school”… After that usually comes a statement about something that I am enjoying or something that I am going to do that I couldn’t do for the past two… →
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I could get used to this…
Grad school officially ended two weeks ago. I sat through a 4 hour long graduation ceremony in which I was jealous of our commencement speaker who passed out five minutes into her speech and got to leave early, albeit carted off in an ambulance. She’s fine by the way. Since finishing that two year jumble… →
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The Doppleganger of My Dreams
To the woman I passed in the produce department at Walmart–I was instantly mesmerized by you. You looked to be about my age and the only difference between you and I was that you had a child in your shopping cart and I only had fresh vegetables. Your hair style was short, but not enough… →
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So here’s the thing…
I haven’t been in a good mood for a while. I haven’t been upset or in a negative emotional place, at least not one that lasts for very long. But what I haven’t experienced is that feeling of optimism and excitement. Sometimes in the middle of the school day, I’ll find myself thinking about going… →
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I ran the race.
And it was tough. The first mile consisted of a really steep hill that I walked up, as did many other people who were in the rear of the pack. Once the route descended the hill, I was able to run. Not for the whole 4 miles, but as much as I could possibly run… →
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Whatever, I did it.
I am absolutely serious that I’m going to run a 4 mile race on the 4th of July. The wife of my co-worker who is an avid runner and who is also running in this race, told me to prepare for the humidity. We’ve had a tropical storm bringing us a ton of rain and… →