This month in 2019, my grandmother - my only remaining living grandparent - died of bone cancer. She's been on my mind a lot this month for many different reasons. She always is in March. She was the first great love of my life. So many of my childhood memories are of her. The games … Continue reading Unexpected Tidings
Last week I was horribly sick. I had an upper respiratory infection that lasted for a week. But I am much better now, which is good because so many things are happening! I'm currently continuing to take steps towards becoming a full-time substitute teacher. Today we had a registration presentation that laid out the process … Continue reading Sequels and Other Things
For the first time in my life, I'm making a career change. As much as I loved the work at my former job, it was time for me to leave. I worked hard. I learned a lot since I started as an electrical designer. But my desire to teach and use my education was simply … Continue reading Career Changes
Spring semester has begun!I have only 7 chapters left to edit for the 5th draft of my debut novel!We're almost in February!I'm on track for my Goodreads reading goal for the year!And I'm actually consistently cooking from home! It's been a while since I've written. I hope you're all doing well. It's been a bit … Continue reading Steps Forward, Backward, and the Pauses In Between
Well, I've gotten the grades back for my final papers of the semester. For one class, we were given the text we would write a research paper on, but we could choose what we wanted our thesis to be. When I sent my teacher my thesis proposal earlier in the semester, she said she didn't … Continue reading Getting As and Completing Manuscripts
Last night we were supposed to get snow, but we primarily got sleet, and then some snow in the middle of the night. We have a little less than an inch of white on the ground. Our puppy, Kiki, absolutely loves it. She's a year and a half old corgi and she loves playing fetch … Continue reading Winter Wonderland
Well, in a very loose sense, I completed my NaNoWriMo goal. I added about 30,000 words to my novel's manuscript. I did not, however, reach the 50,000 word goal which, as I have continued to add to my novel, I can see I probably would have come pretty close if I had written every day. … Continue reading End of Semester, End of NaNoWriMo
Well, I genuinely never thought this would happen in my life, but my debut book of poetry, Even the Air, Too Heavy, has been nominated for the Firecracker Award! YA'LL! My book was nominated for an award! I am in absolute shock. I've been trying to process this all day. I won't know if I'm … Continue reading Nominations and Other Wins
This week, I turn 34 years old. According to my tradition, I'm taking my birthday off of work and giving myself a long, relaxing weekend at the coast where I will read, I will write, I will walk in the sand and the cold water, I will toss the ball for my puppy, and I … Continue reading Birthday Musings
Well, in true no-longer-achingly-busy fashion, now that the summer semester is over, my brain is taken up its free space and decided to fixate on things that I have been trying to forget. One thing I'm still learning about myself is that, in order to avoid a lot of emotional wounds, I like to keep … Continue reading Processing Anger
This is the last week of my second semester of my Master of Arts in Literature. It has been...quite the semester. It was a good semester overall, but it was not without its moments of anger and pain. It's interesting how different my graduate experiences have been in comparison to my undergraduate experiences. Maybe I … Continue reading End of Summer Semester
August and September hold two comic conventions: Emerald City Comic Con and Rose City Comic Con. I'm going to both. Not only do I absolutely love being surrounded by other nerds, but I love seeing the cosplayers, the artists, the small business owners, the tattoo artists, etc. And, of course, the guests and the panels. … Continue reading ComicCons & Other Nerdy Things
Well, it’s been an absolute cluster fuck of the last couple of months in April, I started a new job as an Assistant Project Manager. I loved that job. I loved the work. Every day I learned something new, something exciting, something challenging. I pushed myself to really invest in the work I was doing. … Continue reading Busy Going Into Summer
My work schedule is consistent. I work the same times Monday through Friday. I'm usually home by 5:00PM every weekday, which leaves me several hours to make dinner, eat, get some minor cleaning done, play with my puppy, read, and prepare for bed. And even though there are times when I don't get the things … Continue reading Finding a Nice Routine
It has been one month since I started my new job as an Assistant Project Manager. Learning has been somewhat slow. Mostly, I'm still shadowing my supervisor, taking notes on all of the estimates he quotes potential clients, and then getting my foot in the door as much as I can. But our commercial division … Continue reading One Month