To help me cope with all of the things going on right now, I decided to start writing short essays about what I'm going through. I also learned that there are not many books that are written for or by military wives (most of them were not carried in the Barnes & Noble that I was in -- but they had the Army Wives' Cookbook!). So possibly I will ( Read more... )

So recently LJ's "Writer's Block" suggestion was about nicknames you and your friends gave to people that the people never knew about. As soon as I read it, I thought "Bubbles."

Hope it makes you laugh. That is all.

Clearly I have anxieties about engagements/marriage that are related to the social aspect instead of the one-on-one relational aspect ( Read more... )

( lots of stuff to get out of my system )

It's amazing how therapeutic doing nothing can be when I feel like I've been productive all day ( Read more... )

I forget how strange school year transitions are. People who are done but trying to move on, people who are done and gone, people who are still here but the schedules change. I guess it's harder because not only do I have the school transitions, but the military transition as well. So many people are packing and moving, or talking about where ( Read more... )

Me: Do you think I'm crazy?
Boyfriend: Just a little bit -- sometimes.

"Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
Because I knew you,
I have been changed for good"

upon following my gut instinct, I will not sell Mary Kay. After I posted, I couldn't sleep. Something didn't feel right ( Read more... )

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