My So Called Life
All the random ass shit that happens. Read at your own risk.
Day-to-day dispatches from a life that is technically ordinary and somehow never boring. Work problems, relationship observations, aging indignities, boundary violations, and the occasional moment of genuine clarity that makes all the rest of it worth it. The catch-all category for everything that doesn't fit neatly anywhere else — which, honestly, describes most of real life.-
One Wild Night in the Seychelles
I’ve been doing some reflecting, it’s that time of year between Christmas and New Years when attention is drawn to dissecting the past, looking back over memories of days gone by. Sometimes I look back and have a hard time believing specific pockets of time that happened were of my life.
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2020 – Hindsight and the New Year
I don’t know how I managed to completely miss that at the end of this year, not only will it be a new year, but an entirely new DECADE. Where the hell have I been, and what the fuck have I been doing that I missed that memo? Oh, yeah, that’s right. My personal life had fallen apart and I have spent the last year rebuilding it from the ground up.
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Merry Christmas to Me – the Gift of Peace
There are many benefits to having older teens. First is that I no longer have to wake up at the butt crack of dawn on Christmas morning to open presents, or to do the “Christmas” thing.
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Stepped Over the Line – Disrespecting My Boundaries
To the casual bystander, it would appear that all I do is bitch about my mother and my brother.
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Choke on Your Bitchy Pudding
My second post-divorce Christmas was simultaneously a success and my worst nightmare. My children were gloriously surprised and pleased with their presents. My brother was tickled to see everyone so happy with their gifts. Then there was my mother…the Grinch ain’t got nothing on her. She gives being a Christmas bitch a new name…
