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Apparently Tubing Hits Different at 40
I have to say, there are certain things that are nowhere near as fun as I remember them being. Yesterday my husband and I actually had the majority of the day off together, which is about as rare as finding matching socks in my laundry basket. I work Monday through Thursday, with Thursday being my…
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Apparently, This Is My Life at 40
Well, to recap the events of this week so far, LinkedIn has finally decided that I am, in fact, actually me, which means I now have access to my own profile again. Progress! I’ve started updating it, although I’m still trying to figure out exactly what I want to share and, perhaps more importantly, what…
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Can You Divorce Your In-Laws? Asking for a Friend.
Does anyone else have in-laws who cause them endless frustration? Maybe “endless” is a little dramatic… but at the moment it feels pretty accurate. My husband and I have been together for 20 years and married for 13, which means I’ve officially spent half my life with this man. That’s honestly hard to wrap my…
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Apparently I’m Not Me
Well, I feel like today has been pretty much a bust. I managed to accomplish what I’m calling my bare minimum requirements. I got my work done (the stuff I actually get paid to do), went for a walk, and completed a workout video. Now, before anyone pictures me crushing an hour-long boot camp, let’s…
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Fitness Goals, MIT Courses, and Other Questionable Ambitions
Well, today marks the conclusion of two weeks since I started this whole endeavor. How is it going, you might ask? Honestly, I don’t know. On the plus side, I’m down two pounds since last week, which feels like a win. I didn’t exercise every single day, but I was active and managed to get…
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When Zillow Becomes a Personality Trait
Today is the first day in the past week that hasn’t felt completely insane, rushed, and full of stress. While I absolutely love having a day that doesn’t feel like I’m being chased by a pack of rabid deadlines, I have to admit that I feel a little lost. Apparently, once you get used to…
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The Skunkpocalypse
Sorry I’ve been MIA for the last two days, but trust me, you’re about to understand why. You think a skunk in the bathroom was bad? Well, things only got worse from there. After discovering Skunk #1 behind the toilet, I stayed up all night monitoring the tunnel situation. Nothing happened. The next morning, I…
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The Ghost Said Hello. The Skunk Said Nothing.
Today turned into a shit show real fast. It started with the weirdest event—something that has never happened before. I woke up from a deep sleep to the sound of a woman whispering, “Hello.” It would be easy to say I was dreaming or that sleep was playing some sort of trick on me. At…
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Trying to Get My Shit Together: Week One
Well, today marks one week of trying to get my shit together. I’d love to tell you I’ve emerged as one of those people who meal preps on Sundays, drinks green smoothies, and wakes up excited to do yoga. That would be a lie. But… progress is progress. As far as being more active goes,…
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Eau de Skunk: A Fragrance No One Asked For
Today did not start out well. At approximately 4:07 a.m., I was ripped from a perfectly good sleep by a smell so foul, so eye-wateringly offensive, that I was convinced something had crawled into our bedroom and died. Skunk. Nothing—and I mean nothing—gets me out of bed faster. Not even the unmistakable sound of a…