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Day 83 - I Have Forgotten How to Pack in These Foolish Things
Day 1 of first biz trip of the year. It’s a long-ish story, but today I’m spending the day working at an Airbnb back in my former city, very close to the huge airport, because I have an early fl...
Day 77 - FB Fuckin' Me Over in These Foolish Things
I got a new iPhone AND a new iPad in the last two weeks. It’d been three+ years since I’d gotten an iPhone upgrade, so I figured it was time. I financed it through AT&T, so now I have to s...
Day 75 - Last Day of Vintage Challenge! in These Foolish Things
Today is Day 75 of 2025. It’s also the last day of my Vintage/Thrifted Fashion Challenge! It would also be the last day of my 2nd 75 Hard fitness challenge (mental and physical), but even thou...
Day 73 - It's Been Five Years. in These Foolish Things
Five years of Covid. It’s still a fucking thing. And it’s not a minor thing, either. My mom has it again. I hope her body can handle it. My poor dad is struggling with alllll of her medicati...
Day 72 - Why Am I So Scared to Be Direct With Her? in These Foolish Things
Do you remember me writing about my friend Anni? She’s the one who gets fall-down fucked up and gets mean to me on our girls trips and it’s become really, really upsetting to me. She had invited...
Day 68 - The Times They Are A-Changin' in These Foolish Things
Good late morning! I have done nothing but eff around this morning because I want to! We lost an hour last night due to daylight savings (ughhh), and so I decided to be lazy this morning and rea...
Day 66 - Dress in Blue Today! *Now With Gory Details! in These Foolish Things
I started writing a whole Updates on Various entry and this was one of my bullet points, but I decided that this important subject needs its own entry, so here you go: March is Colorectal Cance...
Day 55.5 - People are Dicks in These Foolish Things
Head Cat had to reschedule my weekly meeting with me for some bullshit reason, so it was rescheduled to 4:30pm today. The man/diva is never, ever, EVER on time and I knew the meeting would run o...
Day 55 - Minor Setbacks in These Foolish Things
Ugh. The cold weather of the last week truly did a number on me. I guess I didn’t realize how much. I mean, my last entry should have been a sign. I was so OVER being stuck inside and couldn’t W...
Day 53 - Last Day of Hibernation in These Foolish Things
Okay. This is it. The dog and I are going stir-crazy. This will be the last day of hibernation for us for the winter. I’m documenting it right now because I mean it! In fact, when the weather s...
Day 52 - Hibernating in These Foolish Things
It’s been exceptionally cold and blustery here, and it will continue into Sunday. I haven’t left my apartment since last Sunday, except to take the dog out for her walks. I literally haven’t...
Day 48 - February "Holidays" in These Foolish Things
Good morning. It’s President’s Day, and therefore, I have the day off? I don’t remember getting this day off with other jobs, but we get “post office holidays” off - I guess that means Federal H...
Day 41 - Mind. Body. Age. in These Foolish Things
Saturday, I took Martini to daycare bright and early and then set off on the 3-hour journey to see Mom and Dad so I could take them to lunch. As always, I listened to podcasts. One in particul...
Day 38 - And Other Things in These Foolish Things
I love how something as simple as a coffee date can become such a debate! The notes on my last entry are wild! I actually had to BLOCK someone for being kind of a dick. I don’t mind debates - ...
Day 37 - RAD: Mexican Smoothie in These Foolish Things
Name: Mexican Smoothie Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 54 Relationship Status: Not sure? Assuming divorced? Has at least one kid who is in high school, but we didn’t get into relationshi...
Day 35 - World Cancer Day/My Golden Cancerversary in These Foolish Things
February 4. Today is World Cancer Day. It also happens to be my 4-Year Cancerversary: the day I found out I had The Big C. So that makes today my Golden Cancerversary. I wrote this entry on a...
Day 34 - A Fresh Batch? in These Foolish Things
Yesterday’s volunteer event with the thrift organization was just …off. First of all, the founder sent me a calendar invitation saying that the event would start an hour later than it normally d...
Day 33 - Pre-Loved Love in These Foolish Things
Really beautiful day yesterday. I mean, like the most perfect weather imaginable. I got dressed in my normal “Vintage Challenge” fashion by wearing at least one pre-loved piece. This time, I w...
Day 31 - A Look Back at January in These Foolish Things
What a month, huh? Started with my super unreliable friend, C. fucking around with my New Year’s Eve by not showing up until three hours after he told me he’d arrive. Lesson learned: set b...
Day 30.5 - WHY?! in These Foolish Things
Why does this shit keep happening? This time with the Hip Nerdy Atty. We had a fantastic coffee date that lasted a good, long time. The guy was sending me good morning texts every morning since ...
Day 30 - The Knock on the Door in These Foolish Things
I had a dream last night that someone knocked LOUDLY on my door in the middle of the night. In my dream, I was living in my old Treehouse (the place where I lived before I moved to my current pl...
Day 29 - Updates on Various in These Foolish Things
Good morning. Time for some tidbits! Never heard anything back from Mr. Buy-Your-Own-Coffee. Appreciate all of the perspectives! Sure, I normally suggest paying my own way in dinner date si...
Day 26 - RAD: Mr. Buy-Your-Own-Coffee in These Foolish Things
Name: Mr. Buy-Your-Own-Coffee Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 57 Relationship Status: Single, no kids. No idea if he’s ever been married. Didn’t sound like it. There’s obviously nothing ...
Day 25 - RAD: Hip, Nerdy Attorney in These Foolish Things
Name: Hip Nerdy Attorney (HNA for this entry) Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 57 Relationship Status: Divorced for some time. Not sure how many years, but I can tell it’s been a while. T...
Day 24 - Anger Issues? in These Foolish Things
So…Dad is doing well so far! Thank you for all the notes yesterday. We were even able to joke about it a little bit. He said he told mom to keep her hands off him for a while, HA! So cute. I’m s...
