Of Wings and Weather

July 10, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,623 Days Alive

75 Boneless Wings Obtained When We Ordered Much Less

6% into The Martian by Andy Weir

1 More Day to the End of the Week

We got boneless wings on special tonight! It was buy fifteen boneless or bone in wings, get fifteen for free if you ordered in the restaurant app. But they goofed hard. We ended up getting 30 of the flavor Lucian wanted, 15 each of the two flavors I wanted, and another 15 of the no sauced ones Brian wanted. It was great!

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Of School and Slices

July 9, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,622 Days Alive

2 Slices of Supreme Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza Had for Dinner

1 Class Only this Five Week Term

My class load this five week term is only one class! Hooray! However, it is Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology. So, a whole lot of note-taking this term!

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Of Hairstyles and Hope

July 2, 2025July 4, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,615 Days Alive

3rd Day at the New Job

2 Acts of Love Provided to Me Today

1 Haircut Gotten

I think I am settling into the new position quite well. It helps that I have two and a half years experience with our company’s site software for inputting records requests. It also helps that I don’t need training on our EMR (electronic medical record) system.

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Of Bacon Mac & Cheese and Bunches of Books

June 30, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,613 Days Alive

8 Hour Workday at the New Job

4 Kindle Books Checked Out Via Libby

My first day at the new position went super well, I think! My new boss , Sarah, is awesome. And my two coworkers are pretty cool!

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Of Books and Birthday Cake

June 21, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,604 Days Alive

6 Hours Until I Need to Be Awake Again

5 Hours in a Minivan Traveling To and From Tampa

1 Cardigan Finally Given to Grandma Gator!

We made the trip to and from Aunt and Uncle Gator’s place today. It was a good day. Loud, but full of laughter, family, and a birthday cake for me! I finally gave Grandma Gator the cardigan I crocheted for her! I’m really happy with how it turned out and she loved it! I have to get up super, super early for my flight home tomorrow.

Take your meds, folks.

Of Snoring and Soap

June 11, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,594 Days Alive

2,049 Days Straight on Duolingo

17 Days Till My Birthday

8 Days Till My Trip

Mac fell asleep pretty early this evening. He’s been snoring away since maybe 7pm. I stayed downstairs to focus more on my homework and keep an ear on the laundry.

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Of Yellow Mustard and Youth

June 9, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,592 Days Alive

19 Days Till My 40th Birthday

2 Hot Dogs Eaten

1 Interview Taken While on Break Today

We had a living room picnic today for dinner. Air fried hot dogs with toasted buns, some delicious macaroni salad, some barely edible coleslaw no one liked, and some hickory flavored baked beans. It was delicious. And no one put anything but mustard on their hot dogs!

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Of Turkey Nachos and Tepidity

May 29, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,580 Days Alive

14 Steps from the First Floor to the Second Floor

3 Plates of Oven-Baked Turkey Nachos Made for Dinner

I made the delicious and massive plate of nachos for myself for dinner this evening. Mac and Dustin also partook, though with nowhere near as much fresh jalapeños on their plates!

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Of Candles and Cupcakes

May 12, 2025May 13, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,564 Days Alive

2,021 Days Straight on Duolingo

9 Minutes 56 Second on Hold to Speak With My Academic Advisor

3rd Week of My Second Term

0 Cupcakes Eaten This Week

I’ve got overtime I have to do all this week. It is absolutely exhausting.

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Of Brain Fog and Brown Bags

May 11, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,563 Days Alive

41 Items on Our Grocery Order

5.25 Hours Spent Studying and Completing Homework Assignments

2 Slices of Grocery Store Pizza Eaten

1 Mild Headache

I need to manage my time a little better with school this week. I don’t like spending most of Sunday afternoon stuck at my computer re-reading chapters and listening to lectures at double speed.

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Of Dinosaurs and Desserts

May 10, 2025May 11, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,562 Days Alive

4 Birthday Gifts Given

2 Birthdays Celebrated

1 Full Moon Upcoming

Today was the birthday celebrations for Connor’s fifth birthday, which was yesterday, and Tina’s birthday, which happens to be tomorrow!

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Of Practical Magic and Pickles

May 8, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,560 Days Alive

9,210 Ebooks Downloaded or Checked Out From the Library

484 Faxes Forwarded To Our Logger At Work

51 Days Till My 40th Birthday

2 Books I Am Waffling Between Reading

I got some homework done this evening, but not as much as I hoped to. I was in a whole lot of pain for some reason. Just general back ache and stomach pain. And then reality, realization, and annoyance set in.

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Of Damnit All and Disappointment

May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,558 Days Alive

93.6% In My Claims Cycles Class

3 Days Till Payday

2 Bowls of Turkey Chili Eaten

–$26.11 in the Bank Till Friday

Well, fuck. I don’t often overdraft myself. But apparently. I have to rock being in the red until Friday because something pulled out when it shouldn’t have.

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