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  • 2017-08-12 Looking Forward

    It’s good to have a plan. It’s good to have things to look forward to. An event or a meet up or a vacation in the future that you can think about and be excited about. I’m a planner by nature and I love having things to look forward to. That’s probably why I am…

  • 2017-08-11 Who Am I?

    Today I dug a trench in my back yard and it’s almost ready for me to start doing the brick work. I also went for a bike ride and discovered where/how the Patio trail connects with the Keystone trail, so that 4th of July mystery has been solved. After that I took a nap and…

  • 2017-08-11 It’s FriYay Again

    I’m bound and determined to get my act together today and at the very least finish digging a trench for these edging pavers for my back garden. I also got it in my head yesterday that I would like to go for a bit of a bike ride and really see what’s up with patio…

  • 2017-08-10 Strange Days (Part Two)

    Two days ago I woke up with a plan. I was going to have coffee with Barb in the morning and a meet up with Chris W. in the afternoon in the Blackstone district and probably somewhere in there get started on my edging project. Coffee went as expected, and conversation with Barb was good,…

  • 2017-08-10 Strange Days

    This week has been so strange. Despite having a few things planned, it seems that nothing is going according to plan. Some of it has been unexpectedly awesome and some of it has been just rotten. I’ll start with rotten so I can end on a positive note. Yesterday I wrote about my attempt to…

  • 2017-08-09 Isn’t it Ironic

    Today I went to the Red Cross blood drive just down the street. I have a long history of attempting to donate blood which is really great for several different reasons. First and most obviously, you are doing something good and helping people and that gives me a nice feeling. They say that every time…

  • 2017-08-08 Pieces of Me

    The kids have been with Brian for over a week and it is so quiet here in the house and so.. uneventful. There is a peace I can get when they are away but it comes at a price. The price is the feeling that something is missing and I’m definitely missing my missing pieces…

  • 2017-08-07 GoodBye Alabama

    I met with Alabama one last time today. He’s leaving for Alabama tomorrow. He’s so confident our paths with cross again. So confident he can convince me to come to come visit hime. The fact that he thinks he is going to have any time at all to spare with surgery and school and training…

  • 2017-08-07 What Works and What Doesn’t

    Last week I decided to throw my trusty to-do list out the window and just live and do the things that struck my fancy when the moments were ripe. By Wednesday I felt very unproductive and unsatisfied and by Thursday I decided to make a list and start crossing things off and by Friday, I…

  • 2017-08-06 The Raw Truth About This Dating Thing

    This IS the organic blog about my life. That means it’s just raw and real and there are no additives and preservatives and no processing or editing. It’s just me. I just need to be real about this moment in my life. For one minute can I really just be exposed and not give a…

  • 2017-08-06 On Blogging (That’s So Meta)

    It was either the 20K steps I had yesterday or the two glasses of wine that did me in by like 10:30pm. Perhaps I should consider that I was up at 4:50am without much significant rest all day. I woke today around 5:45am, partially due to the pressure in my bladder and partially due to…

  • 2017-08-05 The “Hopeless” in Hopeless Romantic

    Today I found myself feeling very anti-social and melancholy and consequently walking around Walnut Creek again. I arrived just about 45 minutes prior to sunset and when I began walking I paced myself so that I could enjoy the sunset from the path on east side of the lake looking west. Most of the music…

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