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This is the journal of my ordinary life in a middle of nowhere Kansas town. If you are looking for profound thoughts, you may want to move on. If you are down with mad rantings of a possible lunatic, be our guest and stay for a spell.
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Thursday? in 2026:Life After The Stroke
We have entered my least favorite time of year in Kansas; spring. Oh, Nin, why? I can hear you say. Pretty flowers and baby animals are everywhere! Everything is getting to be a nice shade of g...
Call The Ghostbusters Or The Winchesters in 2026:Life After The Stroke
Happy Sunday! I’m up. I’ve already been out. You can’t have coffee without creamer. Well, I can’t. I got the bedroom clean, bedding in the dryer, another load going, living room picked up. I’m a...
03/06/26 in 2026:Life After The Stroke
This morning when I went to let River out, I was met with a warm damp wash cloth around my body. It was so hot and muggy. Like break out the shorts, hot. Now? It’s windy and 38 out. What the he...
03/04/2026 in 2026:Life After The Stroke
I don’t even know why I’m in this meeting. I’m the only one here from my department! I don’t want to play your stupid games or fill out your sticky notes with answers to your stupid questions. ...
Happy March in 2026:Life After The Stroke
Happy March, everyone! March? How is it March already? The last time I checked it was JUST October. I guess that’s what happens when you spend an entire month in the hospital. You know, through ...
03/02/26 in 2026:Life After The Stroke
Man, I was ON IT tonight. When I got home I cleaned the litter box(I hates it, but Dana isn’t here to do it), took out all the trash (trash day tomorrow), and did the dishes. If. I can keep this...
02/27/2026 in 2026:Life After The Stroke
Karma’s friend Josh is here. He had back surgery and has come to her house to convalesce. That’s all good and fine but I don’t really want him to come with us to my doctors appointment. The last...
Thirsty? in 2026:Life After The Stroke
So happy, way late, 2026 and February and Valentines Day! I have missed writing about so much. side note: I need to finish last years entries that I started. I’ve come here today to say I have ...
And I’m back in 2024
This is it. This is all it takes to bring me back down. Make me level again. Put my “crazies” in check again. I get these text first thing in the morning. Like, 6am. I always have. Even after...
Just Normal in 2024
I want to be normal. Yes, I know, “normal is just a setting on a laundry machine.” But I want it. Shit, I can’t even be normal while quoting a quote about being normal. Laundry machine?! It’s a...
Miss Oak Tree in 2024
Happy Saturday, everyone!! It is super chilly bug today. Im thinking socks and a hoodie is in order. Not ready to turn the heater on yet. Ive been spending the day working on The List. Right n...
Magical Kitten Bush in 2024
Ive written about the event we have at the clinic twice a year; Farm Cat Frenzy. I love this program SO much. $50 neuters, $60 spays. Each cat is sterilized and vaccinated for rabies. The only...
OctoPhoMo 25: Rainbow in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 25: Rainbow or Joy Rainbow!! A random rainbow from the other morning. I was walking to my car and just happened to look over and see this. I dont know where it came from, but ...
OctoPhoMo 24: Hardcore in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 24: Cabin or Forest I looked. Ive thought. Ive…come up with nothing for this prompt. I apologize. HOWEVER… I DO have an adorable photo of Miss Cleo from yesterday. GANGSTA 4 L...
OctoPhoMo 23: A Mothers Love in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 23: Horror or Romance Ok, so maybe I am reaching a little, but I choose Romance. Like…non-sexual romance. Like…the connection I have with these animals. The love I have for them....
Getting There in 2024
Am I the only one that does this? While browsing The Netflix, if I stop on a selection to read the description and all they have are the actors listed in that space, I just go to the next. I, ho...
OctoPhoMo 22: Pretty Colors in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 22: Costume or Makeup Makeup!! I…uh…I have a problem. I LOVE makeup. This drawer should really be cleaned out and reorganized. But, that isnt something I am going to plan on doi...
I am so tired. I haven’t had a good nights sleep since Dana left. I try to go to bed early and I can’t sleep. I just lay there, listening to the animals breathe while my brain runs like it’s in...
OctoPhoMo 21: Choose Wisely in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 21: Serious or Silly Silly!! This is in the drawer at the front desk. Every time I open the drawer and see it, I giggle. “I dont feel well. Can you hand me a thermometer?” “Su...
OctoPhoMo 20: Cinnamon-y in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 20: Honey or Spices Spices!! The cinnamon collection I got last Christmas at the clinic party. I admit, they scare me a little, thus the still sealed bottles. This holiday se...
OctoPhoMo 19: Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 19: Fun Drink or Fun Activity Call me an old lady. I dont care. We have been through this before and over and over. I love tedious hobbies. Tiny models, crocheting, cross stitc...
OctoPhoMo 18: The Games She Plays in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 18: Running Away or Running To Possibly Graphic If you have been reading for a minute, yall know I work at a vet clinic. If not then, hi, Im Niki and Im a vet tech at an animal h...
OctoPhoMo 17: It Continues... in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 17: Headless or Footless Footless....under protest. After posting the entry Tuesday about sending the kids off to boarding school, I thought their shenanigans were done. We were...
OctoPhoMo 16: Turn It To Eleven in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 16: Nursery Rhyme or Rock n Roll Rock n Roll, baby!! This is, yet another thing, that Dana turned me on to. This animated movie is the journey of a line of male off springs try...
Gloriously Shiny Poops in 2024
These children of mine are about to get sent to a boarding school in Scandinavia. I swear they are. All I have to do is hit “send”. Ugh!!! I had a hell of a day today. All I have been thinking...