Miss SugarCookie

Tag: journal

  • 2019-01-23 Just Another Day

    It’s just another Wednesday, just another snow day for my kids (6 days off in a row now), and another day of packing. Yesterday I took on most of the basement and while I was doing that I was really struggling but now that I’m “done” it feels good. I put done in quotes because…

  • 2019-01-22 The Beast in the Basement

    Despite the phone ringing at 5:45 AM, I’m in pretty good spirits. Despite having cycle day 2 cramps and bloating, I’m energized and ready to start the day. Despite the pending snowstorm and the fact that there could not be a worse Nebraska winter week to move, I’m motivated to get rolling. Yeah, school was…

  • 2019-01-20 T-Minus Six Days Sunday Status

    Yeah, it’s Sunday again and I’m checking my stats. I’ve got new goals as of the past couple weeks and while I am dialing things back a bit and trying not to focus on the details too much, it’s still good to keep a finger on the pulse. Sleep.. 6 hours and 59 minutes per…

  • 2019-01-18 Something New

    This is cool.. a group of ladies from my MFA program have formed a writing group. They meet every Thursday evening and write in 30 minute sprints with breaks in between to chat. It’s for accountability and camaraderie and, aside from the fact that by 8pm my brain is completely done for the day, it’s…

  • 2019-01-17 Now it’s Really Real

    It’s not just real now people, things are getting really real! “Really real” is like real but with an epiphany exclamation point that might knock you back if you are not careful. It’s 8 days until my move and yesterday I brought a car load of personal stuff including my kitten and all the extra…

  • 2019-01-16 Mystery Solved – The 2 Year Blog Anniversary Post

    Two years ago I started this blog and one of my first posts was titled “2017-01-15 The Riddle of the Middle”. It was one brief paragraph that posed the question, “How do you start something new when it feels like you are starting in the middle?“ I’m confident now, two years later, answering that question.…

  • 2019-01-14 What Maintenance Mode Looks Like

    A few days ago I wrapped up 2018 with a nice little post about my year. It was a great story… good characters, plot, and a nice amount of reflective detail to carry me into the next chapter of my life. It is not new information that writing is essential in my life. I write…

  • 2019-01-12 A Year in Review – Farewell 2018

    As predicted, I’m slow to take a good long, wide-net look at 2018. I’m just now starting to consider what is worth looking in the rear view for. Of course there are the easy and obvious things, like my measured stats.. steps, sleep, heart rate, weight, yadda-yadda, woof-woof. A big part of me is like…