escape

We’ll be escaping soon. It’s something we didn’t do a lot of between March 2020 and February 2021 and it’s something I missed dearly when it just didn’t make sense to book a weekend away on Airbnb. It’s something I vowed to never take for granted again when I signed that employment contract at the […]

take a seat

… we’ll be with you in a moment. I’m waiting. Or so it feels that way. I’m living my days in that feeling where something is about to happen. You can just sense things like that. Things keep happening but the feeling remains… yet to be extinguished. Starting a new job didn’t extinguish it. The […]

within and out of reach

It’s been over two weeks since we watched the sun dip behind the horizon… staying to the end of the show watching the rays of light wrapping up their final performance for the day. I find a lot of peace out there… at the point where the often moody Pacific meets the fragile edge of […]

it’s on

That feeling I thought I was supposed to have when getting my first vaccine shot the other day happened this morning. A tour I purchased tickets for in 2020 and have been sitting on hoping we’ll eventually get to use them was announced as a GO for 2021 this morning. Guys… concerts will happen in […]

reaction

Yesterday was the day. I started the vaccination process we’ve all been busying ourselves with since January. Or was it February? Or perhaps December? I’ve lost track, only focusing on the announcement that I was finally eligible. Finding a vaccine site with an available appointment was one of the more maddening things I’ve done. This […]

and for a moment

For a moment on Saturday, the pandemic didn’t exist. The day started out like many on the coast do. Slightly overcast, misty, cold… it’s the somber blanket many recall when they think of the Oregon coast. By late afternoon, the clouds broke and the sun peeked in an out of the clouds, flirting with those […]

when it consumes you

I over think things. There. It has been said. Whew. I feel better. This isn’t a new thing. The very first things that ever stressed me out were because I would NOT STOP THINKING about them. I don’t just think “hey, maybe I’ll have a slice of pizza at the mall for lunch”, I go […]

your ears will thank me

I have a nice little post about over thinking almost ready for you… but you know what the funny thing is? I can’t finish it because I’m over thinking it. Some things are just one long perpetual eye roll and my ability to draft more blog posts than I actually publish is one of those […]

porch hangs

I wasn’t much for outdoor things growing up. In the Dallas area there were 2 seasons, dead and unreasonably cold and dead and miserably hot. The alive and thriving days of spring happened when I was asleep, I’m convinced of that and I didn’t even know fall was much more than Halloween and Thanksgiving until […]

sweatpants as a rule

I have a rule. It’s not an old rule. Rather new in fact. I don’t change into my “comfy clothes” until my work day is finished. You see, I spent the first 10 months of COVID in comfy clothes only changing to run errands and even then, I’d usually just put on whatever jeans had […]