Twas the night before the first day of school. Any other (normal) year, brand new backpacks would be filled with all of the required school supplies and lunches would be packed. Outfits would be folded and fresh sneakers laid out perfectly, ready to go. Anxious little minds would be asking many questions about their new teachers and wondering which friends they will see in ... Read More
Back to School?!?!
This week, many of us are finding out whether or not our children will be back in school, participate in virtual learning, or a mixture of both this fall. Back in March, did we ever think that we would be receiving updates from Superintendents about back to school plans because of COVID-19? Personally, at that time I figured the pandemic phase of 2020 would be long gone by ... Read More
Unemployed
I was let go from my job exactly one week ago. Getting the news was very much a shock, but in the back of my mind I was kind of expecting it to happen at some point because of the whole pandemic situation. I take pride in my work ethic and consider myself to be a valuable employee, so of course I took the news as a major punch to the gut. I cried, was angry, cried some more ... Read More
Thoughts About My Dry 21 Days
Well, friends, I did it. This girl (woman? nah, I still think of my forty-year-old self as a girl) gave up wine and spirits for TWENTY-ONE days & I have a few thoughts and feelings to share. To start, it was super helpful to not have parties or events to attend, where alcohol would be present and plentiful. Like many, my downfall is the social aspect of drinking...there ... Read More
An Open Letter to Booze
Dear Booze, We have had a relationship for quite some time now. We dabbled in high school, but college is where we really started our serious 20 + year relationship. We had a blast and were together every weekend and a lot of weeknights. If it wasn't for lacrosse, we would have been inseparable. You (mostly gross beer and boxed wine) made parties fun and were the focus of ... Read More