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 Library Visits and Lots of Cheese

July 8, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,621 Days Alive

16 Ounces of Ricotta Used for Stuffed Shells

11 Books Checked Out Between the Three of Us

2 Pans of Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese Stuffed Shells Made for Dinner

1 Puzzle Picked Up

Man, today was amazing. Work was good, I remembered to take lunch at a decent hour, got a lot done, and the household went out after work!

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Of Deletion and Dessert

July 3, 2025July 4, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,616 Days Alive

2,471 Days Blogging on Postmark Wonderland

3 Day Weekend

1 Amazing Evening with Shark and Brian

My brother and his hubby took me out for a post-birthday, yay for new job dinner tonight! We went to a local hole in the wall called Parthenon Gyros. Brian bought us all dinner, a gyro plate with extra tzatziki sauce and Wisconsin cheese fries on the side for yours truly, which was super sweet of him.

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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 Heat and Hellos

June 22, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,605 Days Alive

2.25 Hour Flight from Orlando, FL to South Bend, Indiana

I am so, so, so very tired. And so very warm. The flight from Orlando to South Bend was much smoother than the flight down.

I need sleep.

Take your meds, folks.

Of Mushrooms and Much Noise

June 20, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,603 Days Alive

4 Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Eaten

2 Sheets of Beef Fajita Nachos Made

Reffie and I got to hug in real life today! And we got to invade the Orlando Museum of Art and it was amazing.

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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 Chicken and Color Changes

June 7, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,590 Days Alive

2 McChicken Sandwiches with Pickle and Onion Eaten

I have been awake since 0550 this morning. Spock was a super clingy baby this morning and I kept having nightmares.

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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 Beetlejuce and Bookwork

May 25, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,576 Days Alive

2,033 Days Straight on Duolingo

I don’t have work tomorrow! Woo hoo!

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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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