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Itchy in These Foolish Things
It’s early Sunday morning and I’m still at my parents’ place. My bro, SIL and niece are here as well and I will be leaving soon after the sun comes up (I hope). I’ve had my fill and I’m done. Ov...
Fangirling At My Local Target in These Foolish Things
Okay, you all know that Target is pretty much my favorite hobby lately, right? I go to Target at least weekly. It’s my Saturday morning joy to get to Target when they first open, before the annoy...
Work and Smirk in These Foolish Things
Wednesday already? I can tell you what started out as me thinking this was going to be a quiet, easy week at work - a sort of “in-school suspension” as [Elaine Benes]’s friend calls it, has turne...
Guess Who... in These Foolish Things
…clearly got confused about her FMLA and PTO hours and had to have a long discussion with her boss and HR about it this afternoon - the day before she was going to take off work for the rest of t...
Rock Bottom? *Update in These Foolish Things
My entries are all work related this week because I’m trying to be finished with work for the rest of the year by the end of Friday. Yay! But before Saturday, it’s going to be hell. I am stress...
Let's Not Fight *Disappointing Updates in These Foolish Things
Just had a meeting cancel, so I will attempt a quick entry. I worked from home Friday and got into a text scuffle with the person who is supposed to be supporting me and my area. She is the one ...
RAD: The Unvaxxed Therapist in These Foolish Things
Name: The Unvaxxed Therapist Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 49 Relationship Status: Divorced, one adult son who he seems very close to Job: LPC - his second career. His first was in fina...
Holidaze in These Foolish Things
The days and weeks seem to fly by now. Now that I’m not counting my days and weeks by my chemotherapy treatments I seem to lose track of the days more and more. I used to go by my nausea waves an...
You Just Never Know in These Foolish Things
Today I was chatting with a co-worker at the office (who I don’t see much) and was asking how she was doing and then I asked about her mom as I know her mom was elderly and had been having some h...
NJM30: The Month in Review in These Foolish Things
Whelp, it’s the last day of November. Last day of NoJoMo! At the end of these NJMs every year I always say I love updating every day, and it’s true. Sometimes it’s hard to find something to writ...
NJM29: Target-obsessed in These Foolish Things
Hahah. My previous entry is so funny. It sounds like all I want to do is shop at Target, drink Starbucks and hang out at home with my dog. If truth be told, that’s pretty much it right now. I D...
NJM28: Didn't Want it to End in These Foolish Things
I just stayed up past my bedtime on a school night, but it was worth it to see friends and walk through the park with the trees lit up tonight. Today was fun. Like every Sunday lately, I didn’t w...
NJM27: People Are Watching in These Foolish Things
I am connected via Instagram with a woman who is suffering from not one, but two different cancers simultaneously. Her doctors don’t have a plan on how to treat her just yet. But I watch her get ...
NJM26: Tired in These Foolish Things
I am tired. Can’t get far into it tonight because I’m just so damn full and tired, but isn’t that what Thanksgiving is really all about? Being a glutton and taking it to the extreme? The fam is ...
NJM25: Bumble All the Way in These Foolish Things
Happy Thanksgiving! I will be hosting the actual feast tomorrow afternoon, but today mom and dad made it and we’ve had a nice day/evening, so it was a fine dress rehearsal for the day. Picked up ...
NJM24: One Hour Left in These Foolish Things
Our CEO sent an email to everyone in the company stating that we will be released at 2pm. I have one hour to go and I actually got ALL of my work completed before noon, so I’m going to tap out m...
NJM23: Grateful in These Foolish Things
I’m following the prompt today. Five things I’m grateful for: The obvious. I’m alive. I know this is repetitive in my journal, but I just can’t state it enough! I have survived yet another li...
NJM22: The Best I Can Do in These Foolish Things
Whelp. It was a Monday, but for some reason I felt better about it workwise. Didn’t let anything get to me. I think people are calmer right now due to it being Thanksgiving Week and all, and th...
NJM21: Decorated Out in These Foolish Things
I’m too wiped out to write a proper entry, sorry. It was a day of running around trying to figure out how to finish decorating this place. You’d never know I spent alllll weekend figuring out how...
NJM20: Treehouse Decor and More in These Foolish Things
I spent a good portion of today pulling out my Christmas decorations, moving furniture around, getting gifts ready to be wrapped (I think I need new wrapping paper this year), and generally just ...
NJM19: I'm Risky and I Know It in These Foolish Things
Well, now I can say that I’m speaking out of both sides of my mouth. Last night I went to a get-together at Lovely’s house. She’d invited me to a Botox party. She’s been inviting me to these f...
NJM18: Fight Flight Freeze in These Foolish Things
Quick entry because I have a vendor coming to visit in a few minutes AND then we’re going to do Thanksgiving lunch for everyone here in the office. I told my therapist all of the things I was thi...
NJM17: For My Therapist in These Foolish Things
I’m still at the office. It’s 4:45 and I’m wiped. Figured I’d write my entry now because I have my virtual therapy tonight. I was texting with [Athena] a little while ago and she asked me how ...
NJM16: Polar in These Foolish Things
Well, the day is over. I’m nestled in bed; Martini’s at my feet; the Bachelorette is on in the background. Hee! My little Mini Pearl II needed an oil change today so we had to go over to the BMW...
NJM15: New Juju in These Foolish Things
Putting this out into the Universe: there’s a company here in town that I have been watching for a couple of years now. I slowed my roll on trying to get a job with them when I found out that I ...