• Weird red flag, but hear me out

    We have… eclectic muzak at my job. Truth Hurts by Lizzo came on. I’m singing along, because I’m me, and it’s that song. My somewhat young (mid-20s, which compared to me, feels young) male coworker immediately hopped into this mini rant about how he hates that song. He can’t stand Lizzo. Not he’s tired of…

  • Couples.. are y’all alright? (Thoughts on the normalization of toxic relationships)

    I’ve been seeing this guy for a little while now. He has a bar that is a second home to him. This is his bar, not mine. But everyone is generally friendly, so relationship aside, I have no reason to not be friendly in turn.. And I’ve even become casual bar friends with a few…

  • How I Will Get Over You

    When things end, I will be okay. I mean, not immediately, but other things have tried to break me before, and to quote Sir Elton John, “I’m still standing” Sometimes unevenly, sometimes with tears in my eyes, sometimes just barely, but I’m still standing. I will make the best breakup playlist you’ve ever heard. It’ll…

  • Thoughts on a breakup part 39.5 (or however many times I’ve written on getting dumped)

    I got dumped Saturday night at 1am. It’s now Monday at 11am. I’ve done some reflecting and now I need to do some writing. A – He isn’t a bad guy, he just isn’t a good guy for me. I’m not a failure as a partner, I was just not the right fit for him.…

  • Celebrate the Streak!

    I’ve mentioned on here before about starting to go grey. I’m 36 years old. I’m kind of genuinely surprised I’m still alive. I’ve made bad choices and mistakes and like… yeah, it’s been questionable at times if/ how successfully I was gonna get on. But, I’m still here. And I’m going grey. And it feels…

  • Happy New Month!

    Okay, I admit “Happy New Month” doesn’t flow quite as well as, “Happy New Year” but hear me out. A.) Why wait until January 1st to make positive changes? I get it. New year, new you. That’s so so so great. But.. like… why not New Month, new you? Fuck it, why not New Day,…

  • Retroperspective

    I ran into an ex of mine the other night. To say the relationship I had with him was toxic is an understatement. We nearly killed ourselves being together. But that was a few years back now. So, I’m at a bar and.. he’s there. We haven’t seen each other for probably a year or…

  • My first achievement as a writer

    So this is a thing that happened this morning …. do…. do I get an award or something? I feel like I should definitely get an award.

  • The power of word choice

    I’ve been struggling. A lot. My body feels like it’s been breaking down. (Lots of muscles freaking out, stomach disturbances, sleep issues, etc.) My mental health plummeted. (The anger and true meanness I’ve been displaying has been ultra gross). And I can blame outside crap all I want but when I kind of reassess these…

  • Dancing Like a Stripper…

    We’ve all either heard someone say, or have said ourselves, “I’m gonna quit this job and become a stripper” Y’all. Years ago I was married (gasp!) and we bought a house, and then like a month after that purchase, my husband lost his job. So, I became a stripper. He and I had gone to…