Two posts in one calendar year. Holy shit ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Lauren's 30th. Five years ago, I expected to be married. Sort of. Not really, but it was something that then me told myself so that I didn't feel so helpless ( Read more... )

It's been too long. I miss this. I miss expressing myself in complete thoughts with the added safety of partial anonymity. The world feels too much like we talk all the time but don't say anything, and I'm getting tired of it ( Read more... )

Fitter, happier, more productive ( Read more... )

Bumps in the road. It feels like my life has been hitting a series of potholes in recent memory. Maybe I'm just feeling sorry for myself. I'm good at that ( Read more... )

It's been a year since I said goodbye to my Dad for the last time. A year since we last had a conversation. So much has happened, and so much is going on that I'd give nearly anything to pick his brain for a few minutes about any of them. But, I think if given the opportunity to speak with him again, we'd talk about ourselves, our family, our love ( Read more... )

It's getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and we're coming up on a year since Dad's been gone. It still feels so fresh in my memory. Even in the moments when things are as normal as they can be, the quiet times are still emptier. I've been very nostalgic recently, and I've really missed him in the last few weeks ( Read more... )

Drove out to Parsons for work today. It's fucking gorgeous out there. No real surprise, you drive through a fucking national park to get there. Tucker County otherwise has very little going for it. It's hard to get to. There's very little in terms of career opportunities, but in spite of these things, that place is awe-inspiring ( Read more... )

The summer is well on its way to drawing to a close. July flew by. No problems were resolved, except for my water heater. I guess that's not entirely true, I discovered why my car wobbled at high speeds in spite of alignments and ball joints and tire balancings. They had worn uneven, and were to the point that the steel was coming through on them. ( Read more... )

It's late and I can't sleep. Really, I haven't tried. It's been kind of a herp day. Car problems are a bitch. Should have another vehicle by the end of the week, but we also need to consider what to do with the one that isn't working. I was hoping that Matt would be in before he left for England on Tuesday for a month, but that didn't happen. So, ( Read more... )