Recent Entries

• So much time

  May 12, 2020

  There's a quote that I love to refer to in times like these Victor Frankl has been attributed to this: Between stimulus and response, there is a space In that space, is our power to choose our response In our response, lies our growth and our freedom Mar and I were walking to the car…

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• Get out of my head

  May 11, 2020

  My relationship with my roommate has never been great. When we were first introduced, through a mutual friend, he called me to 'meet' me and talked my ear off for about 2 hours. Going through a breakup, needed a soft place to land, I had the space and needed someone to pay half rent.  That…

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• Time spent inside

  May 8, 2020

  I am really trying to not be on social media or watch any news lately. I used to be glued to the daily briefings and then sit just gobsmacked by the 'fact check' afterwards. So unbelievable that man is still allowed to 'lead' this country We all are handling this stay at home time in…

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• Not in the mood

  April 7, 2020

  During this Shelter in Place, my sleep schedule is all out of whack I normally go to bed super early, like around 9 or so, and then wake up super early too, between 4-5am Now I am up late, sleep in past 6 This will make for some interesting mornings when we finally go back…

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• That escalated quickly

  March 17, 2020

  So...shelter in place for all 7 Bay Area counties I have been squirreled away at home since March 6 anyway so being home isn't such a big deal I am going a little stir crazy though and I have started taking conference calls from my stationary bike I have set an alarm to get up…

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• Doomsday shopping

  March 9, 2020

  It's end of days here apparently in the SF Bay Area All bread, toilet paper, sanitation supplies, bottled water gone from stores and Costco I read on NextDoor that someone went into Home Depot, filled up SEVEN carts full of masks and checked out, even after a painter, who needs the mask for his j...

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• Sore and purple

  March 2, 2020

  Had quite a nice weekend, considering that I bounced on the pavement during my 45 mile ride Saturday It's stupid really, and even experienced cyclists forget to unclip. And I even knew I was going to fall so instead of landing on my elbow, to get that all scraped up, I turned and landed more…

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• Is that negative?

  February 25, 2020

  A new guy started in our Facilities department, he's a veteran and seems 100 times better than the previous guy We got to talking and he said this: "I knew you were in the military, you're more aggressive than most women" I took that as a negative, it has it's connotations yeah?  Like the word as...

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• A whole new world

  February 25, 2020

  It's weird not speaking to my daughter all day. She and I had a very tense email exchange, she sent me a long list of reasons why she didn't call me when she got engaged and I essentially let her have it response She replied back and said her guy is so disrespected that he…

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