This past weekend marked 6 months since I moved here. Friday or Saturday, it was, depending on how you decide to measure. I am content to say “the weekend entire,” since the actual process itself took several days anyway. It’s hard to describe how different the last year of my life has been compared to […]
A word, here, about being boring. I enrolled in my 401k at work today, and this is a fascinating experience. Not the act of enrolling, mind. That was a few clicks on a website. Pick your percentage, pick where you want the money to live, and that’s basically it. But it still felt oddly good […]
A word, here, about riding the wave. I have reached the point in all of this where I am making deals with the universe. Late last week, Thursday-Friday-ish, I was at a pretty low ebb. I wasn’t sure why at the time. But then, for some reason that was equally as unknown to me, I […]
A word, here, about new experiences. For the first time ever today I stepped on a Lego with my bare foot. This is about as much fun as you’ve heard it is. How did this happen, you ask? A reasonable question. You may recall way back in the ancient mists of time – aka something […]
A word, here, about weather. It was snowing earlier today, and I am having NONE OF THAT. I’ve been good. I’ve been really good. I didn’t drive to the shore when I wanted to. I’ve been avoiding unnecessary shopping trips – I’ve even been tightening my definition of “necessary” to try and be conscientious. Just […]