notes from the road

It’s still dark outside, and I turn off the radio tuned to the classic country station on the FM dial, since the one on the AM dial doesn’t come in …

It’s been 2 years. 2 long, miserable, rotten, worthless, wasted years. Thousands upon thousands upon thousands of applications, half of which I literally didn’t give even a fraction of a …

[Content Note: This post talks about death and dying, so if this is something you’re not in the headspace to hear about, I encourage you to give this post a …

Anyone who knows me in the 3D world knows I love me some swim time. Always have, even as a kid, and even before I lost the weight. As I …

After a snafu with a company that seemed super promising after a year in the job hunt trenches, getting dumped on, kicked around, ignored, jerked around, and rejected the whole …

It’s been a little over a month since my mom died, and now here I am, in the waiting place. It’s my first holiday season, completely alone. Up until this …

The house went from a hive of constant activity with a parade of people in and out nearly all day long, 7 days a week, to nothing beyond some rando …

The job hunt is still going nowhere at breakneck speed. I’m so over this crap, and so over life in general. I feel like I’m drowning, with no end in …