Oh February, you pesky little month with only 28 days. Oh Pandemic, you pesky little century of my life that just keeps going. What are we going to do for jokes once this pandemic is over? In truth though, the pandemic is feeling a little less daunting to me lately. My grandma has gotten both…
Over the years I have thought about the movie, The Day After Tomorrow* on a somewhat regular basis. This is a fairly standard apocalyptic flick starring Dennis Quaid and a young Jake Gyllenhaal. The dad, played by Quaid, does everything to get to his son while the world descends into a deep freeze. When other…
If you’ve followed along much to what’s happening in the UK and in Scotland, you know that we are all in super fun lockdown mode and that there is a new-ish strain of the virus that is even more contagious than the first one. So, how are we managing this whole lockdown fun? We go…
Yesterday was American Thanksgiving. Many of my readers from around the world might not realize what a big deal Thanksgiving is to the majority of Americans. For starters, if you work an office job there is a very real chance you might get Thursday and Friday off of work – and, maybe get to leave…
Throughout this year I have been a little bit all over the place with my career aspirations. In typical 2020 fashion they have been crushed, filled with uncertainty, and through a fair bit of mental anguish are evolving. Let’s just say they’ve had to, “pivot”. (I’ve also re-watched the entirety of Friends, so there’s that)….
I am currently wrapping up another travel related quarantine and today has had the most dismal (and oh so stereotypically Scottish) weather. I have been doing all the things they say to do. I have been exercising, eating pretty well, and limiting my alcohol intake. I am journaling and starting my days off writing down…
This is the month that time forgot. Accountability, what? Seriously. After a few late nights of writing posts that felt so much less than the quality I wanted to write I basically threw up my hands and decided to forfeit the “post on a schedule no matter what” idea and tried to adopt the “post…
