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So I Guess I’ve Meal Planned 😂
Friday was my day off from AutoZone, and I had plans. Not exciting plans, mind you. The kind involving laundry, couch covers, a little business work, and hopefully enough coffee to keep everything moving in the right direction. I’d been sneezing for what felt like forever, so I opened the windows to air out the…
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Not Everything Gets to Decide What Happens Next
Some weeks are loud. Not necessarily bad. Not necessarily dramatic. Just… loud. Everything seems to walk through the door at the same time hollering, “ME FIRST!” That was my week. At work, I had schedules and hours that needed mathing. And y’all know how I feel about math that insists I have twelve hours to…
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When Yesterday You Leaves You a Little Help
Monday started with the power out. Again. 😂 At this point, September seems determined to make sure Bubba and I get our money’s worth out of that generator. I had an interview to do at 5:00pm that afternoon, so I managed to miss the downpour. By the time I got home, though, the electricity had…
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Ready Doesn’t Have to Mean Everything Got Done
I am writing this Saturday night with bags mostly packed, an ice chest staged, the furry children’s travel arrangements handled, coffee and road snacks accounted for, and Bubba cooking supper. Notice I said mostly packed. There are still things that could be done tonight. There are probably things I will remember tomorrow morning after we’re…
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Some Things Can Wait Until Tomorrow
Monday morning, I already had unfinished business waiting on me. If you’ve followed along this week, you probably saw me talking about one of those reports at work that had me scratching my head. We’d done the work. I had numbers showing we’d done the work. Then the official report came along basically saying, “Nope.”…
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Maybe I Don’t Have to Carry It All
I had one of those moments this week when the words came out of my own mouth and I almost wanted to look around and see who said them. Except it was me. ME. 😂 I was at ISW (Interviewing Skills Workshop) training on my day off. Most of what we covered wasn’t exactly new…
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Come On In Anyway
Some weeks feel like life hands you a list so long you don’t even know which corner to start with. This was one of those weeks. It started with an unexpected trip to urgent care after waking up looking like I’d gone a few rounds with Rocky Balboa. My eyelid had swollen so much I…
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Life Is the Story
For the longest time I’d get to Saturday evening and start asking myself… “Now what in the world am I supposed to write about this week?” I’d scroll through pictures. Replay conversations. Wonder if anything exciting had happened. Sometimes I’d even feel guilty because life had been so busy that I hadn’t “created content.” Then…
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Summer Isn’t Waiting
Yesterday the fireworks filled the sky. Families gathered around picnic tables. The kids stayed up later than they probably should have. Somebody laughed until sweet tea came out their nose, and somebody else probably went home with a little too much potato salad. Then this morning… The folding chairs started disappearing. The flags came down.…