Miss SugarCookie

Category: health

  • 2020-04-04 Much Needed Relief

    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. I’m 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…

  • 2020-04-03 Nebraska Kind of Moody

    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. That’s 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…

  • 2020-04-02 Nowhere to Hide

    2020-04-02 Nowhere to Hide

    There are days I’ve tried to just cruise along and behave as if it’s a normal day. I’ve worked and cared for my family and done my chores. I’ve walked and written. I’ve locked myself alone in a room to work on my thesis, shutting the whole world out, pretending it was all ok. It’s…

  • 2020-03-26 Climbing the Pyramid is a Struggle

    2020-03-26 Climbing the Pyramid is a Struggle

    My basic needs are being met, and I’m grateful for that. By Maslow’s standards, I’m probably at Safety and while that’s ok, I’m desperate to go higher. But I’m 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…

  • 2020-03-25 My Plan to Go Rogue

    2020-03-25 My Plan to Go Rogue

    I’ve just written three sentences and backspaced them. I don’t think I have it in me today. It’s that little voice inside that says “go rogue”. I’m on the hook for more work and never has there been as much other stuff going on. I don’t want to get myself all bunched up like last…

  • 2020-03-24 Turning My Frown Upside-Down

    2020-03-24 Turning My Frown Upside-Down

    I don’t have anything positive to say today it seems. My mind is cycling through points of irritation about my ex-husband, my current husband’s son, and just not having enough time to get everything that “needs” doing done. Most of this has roots in the current state of the world and the Pandemic. And frankly…

  • 2020-03-23 Navigating the New Monday

    2020-03-23 Navigating the New Monday

    I realized yesterday that just being home doesn’t qualify as time I need to recharge my battery. I need time alone. There’s a big difference between me being home while everyone goes off to work and school when I can get down with my own intentions and plans and parting ways after breakfast where I’m…

  • 2020-03-20 Best Laid Plans 🤷‍♀️

    2020-03-20 Best Laid Plans 🤷‍♀️

    Today I’m going to try… really try to get through the last third of my manuscript and revise those pages based on feedback from my mentor. I have a call with him tomorrow. *** I literally wrote that opening sentence 7 hours ago. I was called away by other duties as assigned and now it’s…