Category: journal

  • 2020-11-26 Rock Out With Your Turkey Out

    2020-11-26 Rock Out With Your Turkey Out

    I’m cooking the traditional today, for the 3 or so other people who also live here and want to partake. 3 people with picky palates and tummies and are used to getting exactly what they want and when. Today.. at the Castle, I’m making it all about me. I’m cooking food that I like to…

  • 2020-11-24 Aunt Jemima and Her Storied History

    Among conversations I had two weeks ago during a session where Jim and I poured through some of my 30 year old poetry was a quick detour to google the soon-to-disappear figure of Aunt Jemima. Wikipedia offered us a fairly thorough history of the advertising beauty based on once easily accepted stereotypes. She was not…

  • 2020-11-23 From Procrastination to Motivation and Beyond

    2020-11-23 From Procrastination to Motivation and Beyond

    Success so far today. And now I’m back on the treadmill because I can. I did something I’ve been procrastinating (sending GLR declines) and making a dent actually fueled me with motivation to move on a few other things as well. I had sent in my residency workshop materials but there were a few very…

  • 2020-11-22 Flip to B Square

    2020-11-22 Flip to B Square

    It’s been a good couple of days. I feel satisfied. I’m adding up my stats today, to report out to my accountability buddy how I did this week and it looks like a pretty “meh.” But still I feel ok. Ok is pretty good, you know, all things considered. 🤷‍♀️ I have to be kind…

  • 2020-11-19 And Just Like Snap…

    2020-11-19 And Just Like Snap…

    Nothing like getting news that wrecks the day. That was 1pm yesterday. I ignored a call from my ex-husband in the AM. One call gets dismissed automatically, because of conditioned behavior. I’ve learned that whatever that first call is, wait, and it could resolve itself, or simmer down, or be a possible a mistake/butt dial…

  • 2020-11-18 Disappearing Acts

    2020-11-18 Disappearing Acts

    Another day alive is another day to try to get it right. All-in-all, I feel pretty good about how yesterday turned out despite some frustrating parenting moments. I don’t want to bore droning on about sleep, yadda-yadda-woof-woof, but three nights in a row of good sleep can’t be a fluke right? The CBD thing could…

  • 2020-11-17 You Wanna Know Why?…

    2020-11-17 You Wanna Know Why?…

    … I like writing this blog? Because I can write anything I want and nobody can tell me not to. I mean, they can tell me not to or advise against it or whatever, but I can do it anyway. To hell with them. Telling someone to go to hell means nothing when it comes…

  • 2020-11-17 It’s a Trap

    2020-11-17 It’s a Trap

    Four points of data begin to form a jagged curve that appears to be going up. The first two nights with my new sleep trial were inconclusive as the results were not great but potentially skewed by external factors. The last two night, I hope, are the start of a trend. When testing a theory…