I’m still stunned by how people can act sometimes, and this time by people, I mean my Dad. Last night after finishing eating our habitual and obligatory dinner together, I made the announcement that I had a long weekend coming up because the 4th of July falls on a Tuesday…

Recently, like the last few days, I started reading a new book — “The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck”. I hate the title. I swore to myself the first time I saw it, I would never read the book. I thought — really, you can’t come up with…

Way back in September of last year, I got a call from my recruiter, and she asked me how I would feel doing support during a strike in either Memphis, Tennessee, or Omaha, Nebraska. I told her I had no problem doing support, but that I would prefer to go…

It was a bright sunny afternoon, a little breezy, but an otherwise picture perfect day. The inside of the Wendy’s was clean and comfortable. The man taking our order seemed genuinely excited to see us and enthusiastically took our order; which put a smile on my masked face. This was…

After the disaster that was 2020, and after losing a few friends along the way, I learned to hate certain social media platforms (think FB). I realized that people I was “friends” with didn’t necessarily share my same outlook on things and certainly not on many things that happened during…

This past week I celebrated my 49th birthday. It seems like it was not that long ago that I had just turned 40. So, why care about turning 49? I don’t know; it just feels like a big deal. It is the last birthday I will have and still be…

So, this morning I decided to stop and grab some breakfast from a local fast food drive through. This is not my regular morning routine. Normally I just stop at the local convenience store and grab a soda and some kind of breakfast bar — I know the irony right…