Tag: 2023
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S.A.D.
When I lived in Oregon as a young person I would often have a sense of melancholy during the winter or grey sky days. For a long time, I chalked it up to me just being a bit depressive by nature and a characteristic of my more introspective ways. 😢 Then, I heard about this…
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Snow January 2023
Although it was cold last year, I don’t recall us getting any snow in our area. We saw some crazy hail storms and had a few frosty mornings, but no land of white. So, when it snowed earlier this week, it was very exciting! Our house looked lovely and our pups enjoyed their first snow…
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No Drama, Please!
I think of myself as an old-soul. Emotions have never been on the surface for me; thus, the expression of them has always been tame. I greatly dislike a show of emotions to the point that I will cry from frustration at feeling so angry at something or someone, but don’t want to express it.…
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Affirming My No Kids Decision 😬
When I was young I thought I wanted to have a huge family. Since I had moved around so much and never felt as if I “belonged” in the sense that people wouldn’t question my roots or right to claim a family as my own, I thought that if I had my own kids I…
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Work, Work, Work
Around the middle of December, I had had enough of a repeated conversation between the man and myself on the topic of money. 💰 Whenever things get heated, he inevitably throws out “well, you could get a job”, which is a rather low blow given that we both know that isn’t exactly true in the…
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Into 2023 We Are
Despite great plans to get myself scheduled and settled, it’s ten days into the new year already and well, as they say… ‘the best laid plans…’. To be fair, I have scheduled myself and made multiple attempts to stick to it. The problem is life and others in my life do not seem to understand…
