Blogging
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A Challenge Born from Trauma
Here’s the truth: I want to move forward, but I’ve been stuck. For a while now, I’ve avoided this blog because I didn’t know how to share what’s been going on. But continuing to post like nothing happened has felt dishonest—like I’m ignoring the elephant in the room while it quietly crushes my chest. So Continue reading
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More Backyard Dreams
I’ve been thinking about my backyard a lot lately—maybe a little too much. It’s turning into an obsession, and I’m struggling to resist the urge to spend all my money on making it perfect. After countless spreadsheets and some quality time with a tape measure, I think I’ve finally figured out the layout. Instead of Continue reading
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Tuesday + 1 Day Tally
So my doctor may have been right. This week I did lose more than two pounds, which is exactly what she was worried about. So I guess she has a point, I will be attempting to eat more. Walgreens is ticking me off with my prescription. I only get one box of injections a month Continue reading
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It’s Been a While
Two months, to be exact. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to write—I just haven’t had the words. But I’m here now, ready to catch you up on life and share some of the challenges I’ve faced when it comes to posting here or on social media. Rapid-Fire Updates Our Disney trip was fantastic—truly. It Continue reading
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Always Learning
My daughter and I had a rough night last night. We’ve hit a sleep regression. The first real regression she’s ever had. She has always been an easy sleeper. She never needed us to stay in the room. She was always good at self soothing. It’s really been quite easy with few random night exceptions. Continue reading
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Another Weekend of Projects and Working.
This weekend was productive. Yesterday I was on call at work. Of course I got called in because why would people want to work through the entire holiday weekend? I was frustrated because the person that paged me to work kept going back and forth. At first I had to go in. Then I didn’t, Continue reading
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Some Good News.
Well, after much stress and deliberation, my vacation bid at work is complete. I now have two Disney vacations planned within the next 6 months. And, on a whim, I got Christmas Day off! I’m so excited! Now I can genuinely start planning! I love planning trips. Specially Disney trips. “Why two trips?” you may Continue reading
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More Improvement with a Random Review on the Side
Today, I progressed with cleaning up my house by cleaning out my dining area and the tops of my cabinets in my living room. I have found that when you have a toddler that can’t certain items for safety’s sake, it becomes very easy to let things pile up in high places. Such as those Continue reading
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Patio Reclamation
Today was weird. Our weather was supposed to be up to 90°F. It apparently did get above that, followed up by a random thunderstorm and severe weather warning. Once the storm had passed, the temperature dropped down into the 70’s. It was time to seize my moment (bonus points if you get the reference)! I Continue reading
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Vacation Blues
As my 12 days of freedom winds to a close (I work in a little over 2 hours), I lay here missing Massachusetts all over again. I’m fortunate in that I only have tonight’s 12 hour shift and tomorrow’s 4 hour shift until my next weekend, but that doesn’t make me miss Mass any less. Continue reading
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