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2020-04-10 Stress (and Easter š£) in the Time of Covid
I was thinking about writing about stress today, because Iām noticing how the extra pressures put upon people make them react. And how different those reactions are. Some retreat into their shells while others appear to be coming out guns blazing. I attended a Facebook live meeting yesterday put on by my kidsā school district…
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2020-04-07 Feels Like Summer (According to My Kids)
My time is short today. Iāve already squandered most of my walking/writing time doing chores and talking to my daughter who has been UP ALL NIGHT! š± Sheās sporting her full teenager attitude this morning, half sweet talking me so Iāll make her breakfast and half ātalk to the handā when I press her on…
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2020-04-06 New Day, New Week, Same Ole Set-List
Monday again and for the first time in many, many days the alarm clock woke me up today. Iāve been waking up at 4 or 5 or 6am without reason or prompting for a while so to have slept all the way to Jimās 6:15 subtle jungle emanating from the bathroom where he keeps his…
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2020-04-04 Much Needed Relief
Somehow yesterday, even as I was lamenting the shit show my week had been, I knew that relief was on the way. Iām not sure if I had this notion because I knew it was Friday AND my period just had to start or if it was just that after several days of rotten strung…
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2020-04-03 Nebraska Kind of Moody
Two days ago it was 70 degrees and sunny. This morning I woke up to sleet and a fresh layer of snow on the ground. Thatās spring In Nebraska and those wild swings kind of remind me of my mood these days. Yesterday was another really rough day. There were so many different interconnected factors…
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2020-04-02 Nowhere to Hide
There are days Iāve tried to just cruise along and behave as if itās a normal day. Iāve worked and cared for my family and done my chores. Iāve walked and written. Iāve locked myself alone in a room to work on my thesis, shutting the whole world out, pretending it was all ok. Itās…
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2020-03-26 Climbing the Pyramid is a Struggle
My basic needs are being met, and Iām grateful for that. By Maslowās standards, Iām probably at Safety and while thatās ok, Iām desperate to go higher. But Iām stuck. So many of my writer friends and acquaintances are writing their hearts out right now. Amid this crisis people are inspired to create. In times…
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2020-03-25 My Plan to Go Rogue
Iāve just written three sentences and backspaced them. I donāt think I have it in me today. Itās that little voice inside that says āgo rogueā. Iām on the hook for more work and never has there been as much other stuff going on. I donāt want to get myself all bunched up like last…
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