Midlife Musings
Fortysomething. If my life were a TV show, that would be the title, and these are the episodes. Or maybe I am just having an episode.
Everything they don't put in the brochure for your 40s. Work situations that make your blood boil, body changes nobody prepared you for, pop culture opinions held with unreasonable conviction, and the general absurdity of being a grown woman who still hasn't figured out what she wants to be when she grows up. Honest, unfiltered, and occasionally petty in ways that are entirely justified.Deja Vu Drama – Double Down on Your Disappointment
I was made project manager for the software upgrade I taught myself. My work friend wasn't chosen for the team. She's making it my problem. It isn't.
Say Ma’am One More Time
Got yes ma'am'd twice in one day and had a small crisis.
You’re the Firestarter, Twisted Firestarter
Two kinds of people in your life: firefighters who kill your momentum, and firestarters who build it. My mother is a firefighter. I finally have a word for it.
Excuse Me, Mansplainer
Two incidents, two mansplainers. Because there always be some man who thinks women need some mansplaining.
Downsized Expectations – Cooking and the Post-Pandemic Meltdown
Pandemic cooking was all the rage during the quarantine. According to my library checkouts I hopped on the bandwagon. Yet not one loaf of banana bread was baked in this home.
