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100 Words Daily - July 27
It’s Saturday! The word for today will be PLAN. I slept until nearly 6:30 this morning and my body still feels sluggish. Gotta get it together before leaving on my walk with my friend V. this mor...
100 Words Daily - July 26
Good Friday morning! Today’s word is SUPPORT. I saw a bit of buzz on socials about the Kamala Harris Zoom calls that have been happening this week, and late afternoon yesterday, the link for the ...
100 Words Daily - July 25
Today’s word will be CONTINUE. Anni never called yesterday. She never sent a text telling me she got tied up. I told her that we could talk anytime after 5:30 my time (we are two time zones apart...
100 Words Daily - July 24
Good morning! Today’s word will be PREPARATION. I’m prepping myself for the call today. I think Anni is too, though I can tell she has no clue what I’m about to say to her. Our texts have been li...
100 Words Daily - July 23*
Good morning, world! Todays word (s) will be: SUCK IT UP I just went back and reread my Mexico entries from last November. The ones where I was writing about how my one friend, Anni, kept getting...
100 Words Daily - July 22
And all of a sudden, it was Monday! Today’s word is SURPRISE! I don’t know why, but last night I had trouble getting to sleep. So when this morning’s alarm went off, I let myself drift back off f...
July's Volunteer Pop-Up!
So the monthly volunteering continues. I feel like I’m getting closer to finding a volunteer project that is more of a calling for me and right up my alley. A few weeks ago (maybe a couple of mon...
100 Words Daily - July 21
Good morning! I’m going to give you a visual for this morning that may or may not give you the ick, but I find it hilarious: I am writing this entry at my standing desk, essentially in the middl...
100 Words Daily - July 20
Good morning! I slept in an extra hour and a half. It was glorious. I’m making coffee and tea simultaneously. The coffee I will drink immediately. The tea I will put in my travel cup to sip after...
100 Words Daily - July 19
It’s Friday! My word for today is flexibility. It shoulda been my word yesterday, and honestly should be one of my words every day. Yesterday’s progress was hit and miss. Was I fast? Eh, somewh...
100 Words Daily - July 18
Today’s word is going to be SPEED. Yesterday was fine, and meetings were good, but I got sidetracked by some obstacles and it slowed my efficiency down. I want to get shit done FAST today. It’s a...
July 15 - Big and Small Updates on Various
Work: Well, the big news is that today was Inbox Nazi’s LAST DAY?!! On Friday, he’d rescheduled our team meeting for TODAY instead of our regular Thursday. So before our meeting there was a littl...
RAD: Cumin in Hot
Name: Cumin Man Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 59 Relationship Status: Divorced 2ish years, two adult daughters both living in big cities Job: Some kind of tech marketing, but unemployed Li...
July 9 - I Am Home.
Made it back home yesterday afternoon. The two weeks with Mom and Dad were a complete success and I’m really glad I was able to do it (thanks to remote work)! Mom and Dad seemed pleased with the ...
July 5 - Anyone There?
So the 4th of July came and went with little fanfare and much dog trauma. My dog wound up under the bed all night with her thundershirt still wrapped around her tiny body and mom and dad’s dog en...
Prepping for the 4th
Hey, hello again! Still here at Mom and Dad’s place in the lakefront community. I’m dreading tomorrow something fierce (4th of July) because it’s going to be “hotter than blue blazes” as my mom u...
June 29: How It's Going.
Day 6 of my 15-day adventure in eldersitting is coming to a close. It’s been an experience, that’s for sure. I don’t even know if I’ll be able to sum it all up when these 15 days are over. I’m i...
June 25: I Am Here.
Heyo! I made it to Mom and Dad’s and I’m already into Night #2 of my 15 nights stay here in Small Town, ‘Murica. In case you didn’t realize, I love my mom and dad, but I kinda loathe where they ...
Sunday, June 23rd
Today is the actual day of my parents’ 61st wedding anniversary. We met yesterday for a celebratory lunch. It was a good day, but man, I can see them slowing down tremendously now. I don’t know h...
Updates on Various
Sparks. In reference to yesterday’s RAD entry, no I really didn’t feel sparks on Sunday’s paddleboarding/coffee date. I also know that that’s probably a good thing because when I get the butterfl...
RAD: Kind Kevin
Name: Kind Kevin Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 54 Relationship Status: Divorced 2 years, three adult or nearly adult children - one daughter joined the Israeli army! The younger daughter (...
RAD: Zarf
Name: Zarf Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 59 Relationship Status: Divorced…at least 5 years. Two daughters, one died tragically at age 19, the other one is now 19 lives with him (assuming...
Why...
…did I go F.O.? It feels a little embarrassing and maybe even a little woo-woo, but I want to write it out. I guess I started thinking about how Klaus told me about what he does in cyberspace an...
June 9 - My Dog Walks Me...
I had the most interesting experience yesterday. I was walking Martini, and as usual, she got stubborn at one point and pulled me over (she’s a strong 8.5 lbs!) to the front door of a beautiful s...
June 7 - Ten Things
Ten things on a Friday: Here’s another thing that I love about PB: Regarding my RAD entry yesterday, I got enough information from my notes from y’all to convince myself to just try getting on ...
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