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.COVID Diaries Day 200 – New Habits, New Normal?
What things do I wish that would stick around from the COVID experience? I came across this question on Twitter and it got me thinking. The comments, as expected, were divided between appreciation for the evolved human response to a pandemic, to the ignorant disdain for anything that required accepting any personal responsibility in preventing the spread of the virus.
In the Navy – Tales of Misogyny
A Chief asked me to step down from a committee I'd chaired for two years so his buddy could get the eval bullet. I said no.
I Will Not Dumb Myself Down
On refusing to let anyone - my mother, the ex, anyone - treat me like I don't know my own mind. A zero-tolerance policy.
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.
