Let’s talk about some mental health shall we? One of the things that really bothers me is what I like to call “the letdown.” I’ve been feeling this emotion quite a bit lately, so I’d like to talk about it with you. Now, we all know, or at least the common reader does, that I … Co … | Continue reading
It’s been 23 days since I lost my voice. I’m still not sure what happened, but I am pretty certain that it has to do with Mom’s passing. When dad told me, there was quite a bit of screaming. The next morning, my voice was completely gone. After a week, I went to the doctor, … Co … | Continue reading
I guess we ought to talk about Momma. My therapist said it was the healthy thing to do…::eyeroll:: I mentioned in a news flash blog that my mother passed away on Christmas night. My father called me, and made noises that I never heard him make before, and once I figured out what … | Continue reading
There is this song that has been playing in my head for over a week now. It is a rap song buy a group I am not super familiar with, and I am not sure how I came upon the song. It just showed up in a playlist one day, got my head bopping and … Continue reading Smart Went Crazy | Continue reading
I’m not going to write about mom right now, ok? The words aren’t here yet. What I’m going to write about is the Talking Baby Jesus. Did you know about Talking Baby Jesus? Because I sure did not. I was just chilling, watching Tik-Tok, and I stumbled on a video telling me that Jes … | Continue reading
Hey, Readers. I am dropping this note to let you know that any updates here or on my Patreon will be sporadic over the next couple of weeks. The time has come, and my mother passed away Christmas night. I am obviously heartbroken, and I have no intention of being able to concentr … | Continue reading
I have a snow day from both jobs, so I have decided to throw the towel in early and declare Christmas vacation right now. School is closed until after the new year, and I I’m not back at Avis until Monday, and there is something called a “bomb cyclone” in our meteorological area … | Continue reading
Right now, the clock reads 3:15 a.m. It is obviously winter now, as I find myself seeking hibernation, and going to bed only a few hours after the sun does. This presents the problem of waking up far too early, and leaving me tired midday. I am not very good at napping, and I try … | Continue reading
Last weekend, I found out that the New Phoenix Theater in Buffalo was having a liquidation sale. I was unable to go, but my father went in search of Christmas gifts and some sort of situation for his record player. I have written about this theater before, because that is where I … | Continue reading
When I was small, someone asked me if I believed in ghosts. I replied that of course I did, didn’t everyone? After all, it went: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Also, I vividly saw people who were not there. Like, fully formed humans no one else could see. I was assured … | Continue reading
I have been sick, on and off, for the past week. I’m a thousand percent sure that it is stress related, but the doctors at the hospital don’t seem to listen. They keep trying to find a reason for it, and I keep trying to tell them what the reason is, but emergency room doctors … … | Continue reading
This morning I awoke sad because there was no candy in my shoes. I told this to my Islamic best friend, who was instantly baffled. I explained that it was Saint Nicholas Day here on the Christian calendar, and she recalled a kindergarten memory of receiving a orange in her sneake … | Continue reading
Me and Death in the School Parking Lot, 3pm. Oh, how we would fight. A gruesome battle, I’d tell him to drop his weapon and fight me like a human! But you know I would fight dirty. There would be hair pulled, should he have hair. I would punch him so hard in the nose … Continue … | Continue reading
Since I was Catholic for 25 years, I acquired a couple of goddaughters. One being my sister Bernadette, of whom I was not technically godmother, because I was not old enough in the church’s eyes at the time. But they made an exception for me, giving my good standing in the church … | Continue reading
I guess the obvious blog for the week is that I have been buried under several feet of snow for several days. The seasoned reader knows that I hail from Western New York-Buffalo, in particular. We are known for many things, mainly chicken wings, and apocalyptic snow storms. Mysel … | Continue reading
As I sit here, and begin this blog, thunder roars in my ears. Here in Western New York, we often have thundersnow during big storms. I received word Wednesday night that my afternoon job would be canceled Thursday and Friday. And this morning, I texted Work-Mark and told him my s … | Continue reading
I haven’t been able to type on my computer for some time now. I have been doing pretty much everything on my phone, using talk to text or my thumbs. Currently there is not enough light for me to see the keyboard well enough, and I also generally feel stifled in the space I have … … | Continue reading
As you may know, I work in an elementary school as an after-school teacher. I spend a couple of hours each day helping K-1 students with thier homework, followed by K-8 recreation time in the library, where I exert my powers over the game closet.You may also know I work at a car … | Continue reading
Oh my God, I think I have writer’s block. I can’t settle on a topic, can’t choose a project, and have started this blog seven times. I can’t focus to edit the WIP and I can’t decide on anything for the blog, and I can’t create something new for the Patreon, so I am panicking. … … | Continue reading
It is November 2nd, and I have written nothing. Nothing for NaNo, unsurprisingly, but also nothing for my blog or Patreon yet this week, so here I sit catching up on the word game while I have a spare hour. Blog comes first, followed by a Patreon update, then perhaps I will gra … | Continue reading
Earlier this month I set up my profile page for this years National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo, or henceforth, just NaNo. I decided I would do my “final” draft of my novel, assuming as one does that by the start of November my life would be a little more i … | Continue reading
First, some housekeeping: There’s a really good chance I will be changing my posting schedule to Thursdays and Tuesdays. Mondays have become overwhelming, because I work both jobs and don’t have much time in between to get into the headspace for a blog post. I am off Tuesday mor … | Continue reading
Where do I even start? The move itself was hell on earth for me, but once I got settled down a little, things looked brighter. I’ve been decorating and organizing like crazy. I worked a lot these past coupe weeks at both jobs, so between that, my need to fully form my home, an … | Continue reading
No blog today, because I am talk to texting this whole thing, and you know I absolutely hate that. I have officially moved out. I have found a lovely little spot where I intend to welcome in a brand new life. But first, I have to figure out how to get internet into my computer- … … | Continue reading
I have lived in my apartment for over six years now. I watched most of my kids go from single to double-digits here. I lived here when I married my husband, and we have very many happy (and sad) memories within these walls. But… The decision was made in springtime that we need … | Continue reading
Everything, of course, is garbage. Meaning, everything I write; meaning, complete hamster-cage liner. I mean, yeah, I know that’s not true; just let me have this meltdown for a moment, ok? So, October is coming up pretty quick, huh? Many things are going on in October for me, … | Continue reading
If you didn’t read Monday’s blog, please do. Anyhoo… The tarot card reader told me I needed to change my perspective. She told me I was looking at it all wrong, and that if I would just tap into the well of power that I already knew existed, things would be fine. She was not … … | Continue reading
As the constant reader knows, I needed a flippin’ break. I have been under massive amounts of stress, what with a sick mother, and an apartment hunt, and a new job. I was even diagnosed with Acute Stress Disorder and my psychiatrist doubled my meds. As I like to say about the … | Continue reading
It’s Wednesday night and I’m typing on my phone because I’m doing this blog inbetween preparations for my first vacation in many years. Once upon a time, I went to the Bahamas with my sister on a cruise and it was magical in a tropical kind of way. This time I am on the hunt … … | Continue reading
I don’t have a topic, ok?? I’m over here with the world on fire, what with my mother being bounced around hospitals and needing to move apartments in less than 18 days. I have to pack and clean and find a place, all while dealing with the emotional rollercoaster of my mother bei … | Continue reading
I completely forgot yesterday was a Monday, so here we are today, with a little story from my morning. As I was preparing to leave work today, an small elderly man comes in with a large woven basket. I assumed he was there to rent or return a car, as people tend to do at … Conti … | Continue reading
Today is Sept 1st which means I have held my job at Avis for a month, so let’s talk about it now that the adjustment period has passed, more or less. Now, almost my ENTIRE work background is childcare. I have over 20 years’ experience. I have literally been working with childre … | Continue reading
The other day, I received a memory notification on Facebook that 2 years prior, I had been published in The Buffalo News. This was a momentous day which I wrote about in my blog back then, and am writing about now, as well. See, long story made very short, I wanted to be publis … | Continue reading