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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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It’s 53 degrees this morning. Absolutely beautiful! It’s almost 9 am on a Sunday morning and I’m awake cause Little Miss Thang thought she NEEDED to go potty or some shit. Oh, she did! I’m so h...
OctoPhoMo 5: Wood in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 5: Wood or Brick Wood. Check out the shelves I picked up at the thrift store today. $3 for the set! Yes, I know the bottom one is crooked. Aside from the horrible orange pant, ...
Are You Actually Kidding Me?! in 2024
I woke in an amazing mood this morning. Last night I moved the tv back into the living room. I can’t stand wallering in the bed anymore. It’s just a depression magnet. I watch tv in bed, eat in...
OctoPhoMo Day 4: Pickles in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day #4: Pickles or Onions Pickles!!!! These stupid Casey’s burgers are all I want to eat lately. Like, everyday for lunch, I run across the street and get one. I have to stop. It’s...
OctoPhoMo Day 3: Books in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 3: Book Here is what’s left of my book/graphic novel collection. It’s a sad little shelf. None of my Harry Potters. No Song of Fire and Ice. No Frank McCourt. All of these are...
OctoPhoMo Day #2: They Are So Tiny in 2024
OctoPhoMo Day 2: Toys or Teddy Bear When I saw this prompt, it was a no brainer for me; toys. Everyone knows about my rubber duckie collection. Ive had it for years and years and, honestly, it...
I Hates It So in 2024
Im sitting here watching Ghost Hunters. I remember when this show first came on. My ex-husband and I were living in a suburb outside of Houston in a house we couldnt afford but he just had to h...
OctoPhoMo 24 Day 1: Read Much? in 2024
Happiest of all happy First of Octobers to you and yours. I walked out of the apartment this morning into the crisp October air and I’m telling ya, if I was a Disney Princess I would have starte...
October Eve in 2024
Oh man, there is a cold front comin in full force out there. And Im LOVING it!! I have all the windows open and its amazing. The pup-dawg is beside me, chewing on her alien while the kit-kat i...
It Doesn’t Matter in 2024
Ooooooooh, y’all, I fucked up. I fuck-ED up. So we are on a rotating on call schedule at work. Since it’s just me and one other tech, we are on call every other week. The on call rule is: no one...
Aw Hell No in 2024
I. Almost. Died. Coming back from the laundry room just now, I almost stepped on a fully stretched out snake. It’s dusk, why is a snake out?! No, before I’m asked, I don’t know what kind of sna...
Get Your Flipping Animals Vaccinated in 2024
I am in parvo quarantine. No, wait, I am the parvo queen. Same thing. We have two parvo positive patients. One was the emergency from Sunday. The baby vet from our sister clinic was on call last...
Just Breathe in 2024
Stay positive. Positive Polly. Positive punkin. Everything is fine. All is well. Don’t. Freak. The. Fuck. Out. I left the apartment this morning, coffee in hand, hair and makeup looking cute, ...
And Just Like That… in 2024
He’s gone again. Dana just left for work. I booked him a hotel room (again) and he’ll be staying in Nebraska now until the job is done. I mean, it’s not too far away, 2 hours. This time last ye...
Talk Clean To Me, Baby in 2024
It is a glorious 62 degrees this morning. For once I’m not even mad at the Kansas wind. I could live with this weather all year long. I’m at work (shhhh) but it’s Saturday and we close at noon....
Why So Early? in 2024
Does anyone else see the ad for drinking olive oil? Dude has a huge bottle of it and is just downing the stuff. It’s gross, makes me wanna puke, and needs to go away. It’s 5am and Dana just lef...
What The Actual in 2024
I. Am. Not. Crazy. Yall, I swear I’m not crazy! I don’t know what is going on or why but it’s real. I was doing dishes when I got home and noticed one of my chef knives was missing. That’s odd...
If I’m Not There, You Aren’t Either in 2024
If you are ever in doubt or need reassurance as to how…unattractive you actually are, get a camera for your home. Oh holy hell! I ordered a camera….Sunday (?) for the apartment. It came yesterd...
Creepy Crawlies in 2024
Isn’t it odd when a random memory pops into the front of your brain and you are like, “OH! So that’s where that little mannerism came from.” I have many, many quirks that I get picked on for doi...
Farm Cats Are Still Cats in 2024
Mo-Tuesday. I have a routine, a set plan for my work week. Mo-Tuesday messes all that up. Why am I doing surgery on a Monday? Oh, that’s right…it’s Mo-Tuesday. Howevvvvver, tomorrow is Wednesday...
Weekend Sucked! in 2024
There is the most wonderful storm going on outside. Thunder, lightening, the works. Well, there was the most wonderful storm going on. Stupid Kansas and its short storms. I swear, the build up ...
Yeah, That Was Awesome in 2024
You are not supposed to like your manic episodes. That’s like…a rule or something. You are supposed to apologize to people and be ashamed of the manic episodes you may have. You are not suppose...
Just Be Quiet in 2024
I honestly think I’m too awkward for this world. I think that is why I have such a hard time “peopling”. I am drawn to the oddities of life. The corners of the world less explored. I don’t do...
30 Letters: #4 Your Father in 30 Letters
Dear Dad, We were never that close, but I just chock that up to me being of the female gender. I will admit that you tried and did a pretty good job (even though you referred to pads as “handy ...
30 Letters: #3 Significant Other in 30 Letters
My dearest, most beloved, highly regarded, awe-inspiring, husband, Eric, ‘Sup? I was instructed to write a letter to you, but Im not sure what I am supposed to say here that I dont tell you ...