Miss SugarCookie

Category: journal

  • 2017-08-02 My Walnut Creek

    When you fall asleep just past 9PM after just having eaten a biggish meal and wake up at 1AM, was that a full nights sleep or a nap? Is it considered late at night or early in the morning? Should you try to go back to sleep or wake up and seize the moment? In…

  • 2017-08-01 Welcome to August

    Yesterday I did that thing that I have been doing every Monday for several weeks. I made a list. I’ve made a list at the beginning of the week and each day take care of something so that progress is inevitable. Last week I crossed off all but two or three things on the list…

  • 2017-07-31 Surfing the Surface

    I’m waking up on this last day of July that just happens to be a Monday and thinking about all sorts of things. I’m thinking about new people I have met, and all my commitments stacking up already this week, and the fact that the kids go back to their dad’s house today and what…

  • 2017-07-29 Untraveled Roads

    We traveled about two hours deeper into the heart of Nebraska to find a new place to play. We landed at the Island Oasis of Grand Island about 2:30PM. Shortly after that the kids disappeared. They dissolved into the wave pool and became one with the water. It’s 4:30 now and I’ve got my eyes…

  • 2017-07-29 It’s a Doozie.. 1.5

    Yesterday I had plans to take the kids to go have lunch with my Dad and his wife and they live across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa. I let them pick the place and of course, they pick someplace in Council Bluffs because for some reason they rarely come across to this side of…

  • 2017-07-28 Two Dates in One Day

    Yesterday turned out OK despite me feeling like I was vastly over-committed. Strange enough, I’m way over booked today but don’t feel near the pressure as I did yesterday. Maybe that’s because none of it today has anything to do with meeting new people or trying to “put on” for an *almost* complete stranger. It’s…

  • 2017-07-27 “Just Say Yes” Can Lead to a Mess

    Yesterday in the midst of several different goings-on durning my now normal-ish routine, I found myself feeling the all-too-familiar feeling of being quite overwhelmed with commitments. It’s a rush of anxiety that sweeps through me and momentarily distracts me from the present moment and into the future where I’m thinking of half a dozen things…

  • 2017-07-26 Rainy Day Rambling

    During the high heat of the summer, on a day when the long stretch of 90+ degree days seems to have been endless, I wake up in my bed longing for a brisk fall or even winter type day when I can don my long, warm, fuzzy pajama pants and make myself a nice hot…