14,409 Days Alive
10,894 Words Written on a Self-Indulgence
31 Books Planned to be Read in 2025
21 Goals for 2025
I’ve come up with my list of small and moderate goals for 2025!
Continue reading “Of Year’s End and Yawning”Of Year’s End and Yawning
Tag: Travel
Of Beef and (No) Barley
14,130 Days Alive
$33.33 Spent on Dinner
6 Cups of Stock Used
2.05 Pounds of Stew Beef Cooked
1 New to Me Soup Recipe
So I used this recipe, sans barley, as the basis for dinner tonight. Mellon is sick and requested soup. So soup I made!
Continue reading “Of Beef and (No) Barley”Travel Log: Day 6, Part 2
Alternatively Titled: Of Chills and Chai
14,045 Days Alive
4 Sesame Balls Bought from My Favorite Bakery in Chinatown
2 Chicago Dogs, Extra Sport Peppers Ordered, Soon to be Consumed
Well. Despite hauling my luggage around with me, and low key anxiety that I’m going to lose my job because I missed today, I’m doing okay.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 6, Part 2”Travel Log: Day 6, Part 1
Alternatively Titled: Of Bunk Beds and Blathering
14,045 Days Alive
997 Miles Flown from Tampa to Midway Yesterday
4 Hour Delay on My Flight
$36 for a Hostel Bed
This place is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. It’s a really old hotel. The elevator is tiny. And everything looks like an art student was let loose on it after too many Red Bulls.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 6, Part 1”Travel Log: Day 5, Part 3
Alternatively Titled: Of Turbulence and Train Rides
14,044 Days Alive
997 Miles Flown from Tampa to Midway Today
4 Hour Delay on My Flight
2 Hours of Heart-Pounding Turbulence Hit
Ooof. The flight from Tampa to Midway was rough.
But I’ve landed safely and that’s all that really matters, right?
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 5, Part 3”Travel Log: Day 5, Part 2
14,044 Days Alive
Alternatively Titled: Of Weather and Worry
997 Miles to Fly from Tampa to Midway Today
4 Hour Delay on My Flight
I was right!
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 5, Part 2”Travel Log: Day 5, Part 1
14,044 Days Alive
997 Miles to Fly from Tampa to Midway Today
9 Hours of Sleep
3 Postcards Written to My Nieces and J
So. I’m barely awake and I have a feeling things are gonna go pear-shaped. Not quite sure how, but things are gonna flub up somewhere.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 5, Part 1”Travel Log: Day 4, Part 2
Alternatively Titled: Of Laundry and Lounging
14,043 Days Alive
2 Plates of Red Sauce and Penne Eaten
1 Check In Completed
My flight back to Indiana is tomorrow. I’m happy to be going home, even if I’m glad I came.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 4, Part 2”Travel Log: Day 3, Part 1
14,042 Days Alive
1 Cup of Coffee Drank
I’m all gussied up and waiting on Reffie to come pick me up for our trip to the Dali Museum!
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 3, Part 1”Travel Log: Day 2, Part 2
Alternatively Titled: Of Boba and Bakeries
14,041 Days Alive
997 Miles Flown from Midway to Tampa Today
3 Friends Seen
1.75 Hours of Sleep Gotten
1/2 of a Moreno’s Salted Caramel Cupcake Eaten with Sparrow
I am, as the French say, le tired.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 2, Part 2”Travel Log: Day 2, Part 1
14,041 Days Alive
997 Miles to Fly from Midway to Tampa Today
6 Small Pieces of Thin Crust Sausage Pizza Eaten for Dinner
1.75 Hours of Sleep Gotten
After a brief delay, I’m back!
Oooof, it is early as I write this. 3:20a.m. or so, local time.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 2, Part 1”Of Gel Polish and Going
14,037 Days Alive
T-Minus 5 Days Till My Trip
1 Load of Laundry Done
0 Bags Packed
Mellon and I got our nails done today! I got red gel polish and they got purple base coat with super sparkles. It was his idea and it wasn’t too expensive.
Continue reading “Of Gel Polish and Going”Of Conveyor Belts and Consumption of Cheetos
13,959 Days Alive
277.5 Miles Travelled Today
88 Damage on a Crit Roll
3 Sesame Balls Eaten
1 Grand Adventure with my Darling Mellon
Date day, this morning, kicked off about an hour after it was supposed to. We both slept in till almost eight. We were trying to be on the road sometime after seven thirty.
Continue reading “Of Conveyor Belts and Consumption of Cheetos”
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