Today a dear friend of mine told me they had recently read a post I made back in April of 2021 titled One Out of 326 Million. I have a terrible memory and can’t recall the content of most of my writing by title alone, so I went back and re-read it. I told my […]
It’s me, hi, I’m the cautionary tale, it’s me. Up until very recently, I thought I could have my cake and eat it too. Which honestly, seems logical. I have cake. I want to eat it. I win. I’m looking around though, observing my friends like I do, and I have noticed something. And it […]
Today, I am very unhappy. Michigan experienced out-of-the ordinary rainfall on Friday (my area got about 4-1/2″), causing power outages and flooding, including in my basement. The basement that I’ve spent the last several months and many thousands of dollars repairing and updating in the hopes of getting to the point where I don’t ever […]
I’m sliding back into it. The depression is creeping back, starting in the already dark corners and slowly moving in to the middle of the frame. Like the thick overcast that sometimes rolls in and blots out a previously clear sky. All of a sudden you think, “What happened to the nice day?” How do […]
I’ve figured out a positive aspect of not having a boyfriend. On these unpredictably random days when I’ve got Pointless Anxiety draped over my shoulders like an ugly scarf, I don’t have anybody to project my BS onto. If you’re unfamiliar with Pointless Anxiety, it creeps into my rational brain and tells me that there […]
Steffanie Is Still Here 