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These Foolish Things

by Ginger Snap

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June 06, 2024

RAD: Klaus

Name: Klaus Introduction Platform: Bumble Age:49 Relationship Status: Single. Never Married. No kids. No pets. Job: German Literature (he’s German) and Digital Forensics (?) Professor Lives: ...


I’m sitting in a fairly loud establishment trying to get some work done (and half people watching/not really paying attention) and this girl sits down about three tables down and starts a convers...


June 03, 2024

June 3 - I'm Baaaack!

Hey y’all! I’m back from my trip to see [Athena]! We were in Bentonville, Arkansas. Oh, what a wild and whirlwindy trip it was! I will write more about that later - I just wanted to get back in h...


I’ve spent a good portion of the day putting things together for my week away. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve spent a WEEK anywhere - before Covid for sure! [Side note: WTF – is Covid bac...


Happy almost Memorial Holiday Weekend! Can’t believe this weekend kicks off summer, can you? It feels almost like New Year’s Day was yesterday, but I was actually quite a bit different then. Than...


May 23, 2024

RAD: Drip

Name: Drip Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 53 Relationship Status: Divorced, but clearly either very bitter or absolutely NOT over it yet. Sounded freaked out about the whole situation when...


May 22, 2024

RAD: Chip

Name: Chip Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 52 Relationship Status: Divorced 5 years; breakup from most recent significant other 1 year ago; 3 kids - two grown and out of house, one 13-year-o...


May 21, 2024

May 21 - All Good!

Hi y’all. A couple of you checked in on me because of yesterday’s entry and I was touched. Thank you! That’s super kind and I love you. I’m sorry that I didn’t even think that writing a one-liner...


May 21, 2024

May 20 - Fake Entry

Nothing to see here. Sorry about that. More when I have the words again. xo, GS


May 20, 2024

RAD: Jeffrey Tambor

Name: Jeffrey Tambor (not his real name obvi, but he looks a lot like this guy) Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 59 (though he looks older to me and likely in his mid-60s, maybe?) Relationshi...


Whelp. Didn’t squeeze an entry in yesterday because by the time I had a moment, it was time for bed and I was exhausted and didn’t have words. I had zero entry to give! The party on Friday night ...


Headed out this evening to my Girl Crush’s new house! She and her wife are having a Homewarming party and I’m excited to go and see the place! I actually had a sneak peek on Monday when I went to...


It’s well past my bedtime and I’m super tired, but I feel like I have to check these boxes (daily tasks). I know I don’t have to write entries, but I like keeping promises to myself. I did a lot...


May 16, 2024

May 15 - Recovery

I was invited by my friend C. to attend a luncheon today to benefit a charity organization that supports people in our city who struggle with addiction. I don’t even think I have the words to con...


May 14, 2024

May 14 - Visualization

One of the new requirements of the next step in the 75 Hard program is that you have to spend 10 minutes a day in visualization mode. I think I like the idea of this, and I know it’s sort of like...


It’s nearly 9pm and I’m just home from a long workday and I feel accomplished. I think it might have had a lot to do with not being at home AT ALL today. First of all, Head Cat (the big boss) was...


May 13, 2024

Mother's Day 2024

Went to see my mom yesterday (Saturday, the day before Mother’s Day) because it was supposed to be horribly stormy with hail and flooding and disasters all the way there and back today. I’m soooo...


May 09, 2024

May 9 - Almost There!

Tomorrow is my last day of 75 Hard. What an amazing personal project! I’m so thrilled to have gotten through this program, even though it will have taken me 131 days to get all the way to 75 comp...


May 08, 2024

Updates on Various

The Secret: Just to add to my last entry about Lis getting a divorce and not telling anyone until after it was final - even though it’s not my own method of working through trauma, it seemed to w...


May 04, 2024

May 4 - May The…

Yeah, yeah. That nerdy day is here. I don’t have a lot of time to write because I’m here in Nashville with my girls and I need to get up and get my workout in before it becomes too late in the m...


May 03, 2024

May 2 - Packing

Quick entry before bed. Doing a quickie long weekend in Nashville starting tomorrow afternoon and I don’t know what to bring with me. We are likely going to have a fairly low-key weekend, just th...


I was invited to another volunteer appreciation event, this time it was for volunteering for the city’s marathon in February. Remember that? It was a cold, winter morning and it was an absolute b...


May 01, 2024

April 30 - Lil' Recap

Okay y’all! I feel like I’m getting back on track with writing…and a lot of other things. April was fun! Wrote a journal entry every day Hit my goal weight Hit my "fully fuckable" weight before...


Well, hi! Want to join me in a little experiment? Remember a few entries back, I told you that the little bald spot on the top of my head tested positive for alopecia areata? Look what showed up ...


Slow Sunday, and that was nice. Woke up to rain. Heavy rain and thunder. I had the patio door open and it was so nice to hear. The temps were perfect - not too cool and not yet hot. Did a littl...


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