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On Albuquerque, Very Belatedly
Remember that time I went to Albuquerque? Well I do. I sort of hate whoever invented high-definition everything. The realization that I’ve got permanent bags under my eyes was not the most pleasant....
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On Business Trips and Existential Crises, Millennially
(TL;DR: 24-year-old girl emotional word vomit. So basically, what follows is some seriously grumpiness. Don’t read if you’re in a great mood. Don’t read if you hate millennial complaints. Don’t read if...
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On Luck, Unluckily
It has most certainly been a very eventful week. And not necessarily in a good way. It’s frustrating, because I subscribe to the “put good out into the world, get good back” philosophy. Usually, I seem...
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On Longing for Home
There are days when I wake up and my heart hurts. The sadness settles down around me, and the longing pangs begin. And they don’t go away – they are a dull ache of wanting that can’t be soothed by...
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On Rape and Rising, Hopefully
[There are potential triggers in this post re: rape. Please do not proceed if this may make you uncomfortable.] “Rape” is a four-letter word. I’ve written before about my journey to the realization...
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On Mike, Because He’s 23.
“Guess who said it,” he yells. He’s reading from his little book of quotations. He’s previously told me that if he ever dies, the book contains everything I’ll need to know about his life. And my...
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On Hate, Sadly but Love, Optimistically (Legitimately)
A glimpse of the “Mermaid’s Tears” nails to start your day. But more importantly, let’s chat about the gays. (I’ve scribbled a symbol for marriage equality across my ring finger.) Emily came over for...
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On Being Blessed, Gratefully
I’ve been posting ad nauseam about the phenomenon that is the quarter-life crisis. Perhaps it’s because I’m watching a sudden shift in not only my own perception of my world, but also because there’s...
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On Pictures, Belatedly
I look very serious. If I were Virginia Woolf, this is how I would pose for pictures. Jacob and I grabbed dinner with a friend of his one night last week. Cold feet by the fire. Jacob and Moses. That...
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On Books and Chocolate-Covered Pretzels, Hopefully
Bookstores are dangerous places for me. I go in for one book, just like I did yesterday, and I’ll come out with five. When I have the time, I devour books. As a child, I had to start borrowing books...
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On the Weekend, Quickly
The weekend went by too quickly, as usual. Friday was a stressful day for me – I had a meeting that took up a few hours in the morning, so I had a lot to get done at work before my shift at Dairy Queen...
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On Birthday Weekend and Beets, Happily
I’m not a huge fan of my birthday. That sounds weird, but I just get really stressed out trying to make everyone happy. This year, I decided not to stress, and for the most part, it worked out. I just...
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On the Marrow of Life, Lovely
(I don’t care that “lovely” isn’t technically an adverb. But if you were to use it as an adverb, then you would be able to attempt to encapsulate everything I’m trying to put in this post. Think of it...
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On Wedding Weekend, Spiritedly
I forgot how much I love to travel. Love. The other morning, I had the urge to just throw things into the back of my car (including the cat – who doesn’t hate the car as much as you’d think), and run...
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On De-Stressing, Gradually
I’ve been working on the concept of “me time.” Since it appears that the 60-hour work weeks aren’t going anywhere, at least for a while, and the decisions that have yet to be made hang heavy over my...
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On Love, Actually
I opened my planner today, and it hit me that it’s June. As in, we’re halfway through 2013 and I feel like we just started. It’s already been a hell of a year, emphasis on hell. But it’s also been the...
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On the Wedding Weekend, Happily
The road trip was a success. We left a little bit later than I had anticipated on Friday morning, but the drive went smoothly. We stopped somewhere in Wyoming: Rapid City is only about 7 hours from...
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On Adoption Camp, Happily
This past weekend, I volunteered at Domestic Adoption Camp, which is exactly what it sounds like: a camp for families who have adopted children inside the United States. I was one of three counselors...
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On Looking Forward, Hesitantly
Time is elusive, something you long for more of, but something you can never quite grab onto, or even really control. The future seems endless, like today will somehow stretch on forever and next week...
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On Boyfriend and Baseball, Happily
The boyfriend and I have very different love languages. I’m all about expression and adorable things. He would never be caught dead using the phrase “love language” since it involves both emotions and...
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