I published my won’t-do before 36 list last year before my birthday, and almost forgot about it—my 36th birthday is really sneaking up on me. I think I did a damn fine job of accomplishing everything on this list through some serious f*cking challenges, personal and global. Through a really traumatic job and subsequent job…
Flowers | Feel Good Friday 082820
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, PARENTS! HAPPY DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP, M & P! HAPPY FLOWERS, ME! My dad surprised me with flowers (from him & my mom) on Monday, and they literally and figuratively brightened up my whole week. I felt so supported, seen, and loved—thank you, Dad. Life is changing in a big way, and it’s awesome. I’ve…
Covid Checklist Week WTF (24)
The short-lived covid convos are over because I’m over them like everyone else is over sheltering in place. But anyway. Here’s what kept me covidtained this week… like I needed help with things to do this week. Workouts Finally re-joined the digital studio so now I’m hOMe at BFree Yoga with Shelby. Y’all, I literally…
Last Week of Semi-Freedom | Feel Good Friday 082120
One word, many weeks, a whole lot of wire-brushing: WHEELBARROW. Friends, the before and after of this gem is astounding. Found this wheelbarrow in my great-grandpa’s homestead, and spent a lot of hours soaking, spraying, rubbing, wirebrushing the steel to restore it to its pre-rusty shape; didn’t really touch the wood other than to seal…
An Overnight to Fredericksburg
As a native Texan, I had some reservations about an overnight to Fredericksburg. But! I now wholly endorse the place because this was an amazing 24 hours filled with surprises. The intention was a holy-grail visit to French Connection Wines, a winery I’ve been stalking since they opened last September. The place is every bit…
Covid Checklist Week 23
Skipped last week, and don’t know how much longer I will keep on with these checklists … at this point, we all know that I’m just over here hip-hop dancing (poorly), riding my pelo, watching bad TV, and buying all the wine online. Nonetheless, we shall persist! For this week anyway. No covid convo, though.…
CELEBRATE! | Feel Good Friday 081420
I didn’t Checklist yesterday. I didn’t have much to say, and I was very busy celebrating! But here’s one big rec for Austinites: Looking forward to Outdoor Yoga this Saturday with Shelby! And then because I published last week’s FGF on Monday, we’re only working with a few days to talk about here … but…
BEEEEEACH | Feel Good Friday 080720 LOLZ it’s Monday
Welp, alongside accidentally ghosting a really important email opportunity (it’s FINE), I also ghosted myself apparently in not publishing my feel good friday. Suffice it to say, the beach was fun… Remember when I lived at the beach? Sigh. Now I drive to it. But in the most hilarious Spirit-airlines inspired back seat, squished between…
Covid Checklist Week 21
I thought about adding a category called “Things I Am Learning” to this week’s checklist, but so many of the things that are in other categories fall under that descriptor that I’m not sure it makes sense. It feels like I’ve tried to keep my mind sharp during covid by learning new things, not limited…
BREAKING: Shame & Blame Are NOT Eliminating the Virus | Covid Convo Week 21
Surprise! How’s that for a sensational headline? Did it bait you to click? There’s an obituary for a 79-year-old man who died of COVID-19 going viral. Here’s a link to the most balanced coverage I’ve seen of it, from BuzzFeed of all places. The man’s wife channels all her grief over losing her loved one…