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13 Jan

Insomnia Is A Jerk

Sometimes I can’t sleep at night. 96% of the time when this occurs it’s because sometimes at night when my body crumbles into bed for sleep my brain gets all…
January 13, 2014 at 6:46 pm 2 Comments
07 Jan

LOTR Marathon

Welp, my sister Lauren just left again.  She and Mason were here for 2 weeks for Christmas and today they went back to the wasteland of Oklahoma.   So I’m…
January 7, 2014 at 2:52 am 1 Comment
31 Dec

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!! It’s that magical day where we make general statements either about how great or terrible the entire past year was…which is fair right? To make a blanket…
December 31, 2013 at 6:54 pm 2 Comments
26 Dec

Social Etiquette

Friends, I can’t believe what just happened.  My family has a tradition where we go to the movies every Christmas.  We celebrate Christmas and do gifts on Christmas eve so…
December 26, 2013 at 2:57 am 1 Comment
23 Dec

Christmas Movie Mash-Up

It’s Christmas time.  Hope you’ve already done your shopping because from here on it’ll be a gamble as to whether or not Amazon can ship in time. So I am…
December 23, 2013 at 3:30 am Leave a comment
17 Dec

Support Adoption

YEAH ADOPTION!!!!! Some of you just groaned and thought, “Ugh, this is going to be a serious post.  No thank you!  If I wanted to feel things I would watch…
December 17, 2013 at 10:53 pm 1 Comment
08 Dec

Twas The Night

Christmas is coming my friends!!!  It’s that time of year where we all write our letters to Santa telling him what we want…you guys still do that right?   What…
December 8, 2013 at 7:02 pm Leave a comment
03 Dec

Stages Of The Week

The week after a long break is hard. Is that right? Wait, I think what I meant to say was the days in between weekends are hard. Yes, that is…
December 3, 2013 at 8:22 pm 4 Comments
30 Nov

Thanksgiving Is A Marathon

I love holidays a ridiculous amount.  It doesn’t matter what the holiday is, I will love it and I will celebrate it to the point that other people think I’m…
November 30, 2013 at 12:24 am Leave a comment
22 Nov

First Date Eavesdropping

Sitting in a coffee shop working on an article and these two people walk in on their first date.  I had planned to just ignore them and be respectful of…
November 22, 2013 at 1:38 am 5 Comments
14 Nov

1,000 READS!!!!

Folks, we just hit 1,000 reads here on the blog!!!! You have no idea how happy I am right now.  I am so glad that people are enjoying reading the…
November 14, 2013 at 1:55 am Leave a comment
14 Nov

Adulthood Sucks

Here’s something they don’t tell you when you’re growing up—adulthood kind of sucks.  Not like in a “I’m unhappy with my life” way, just in a “those bills are in…
November 14, 2013 at 1:14 am Leave a comment
12 Nov

Once A Geek, Always A Geek

I am what is known as a borderline nerd.  I say “borderline” because there is a balance.  I love Star Wars but I don’t like Star Trek.  I enjoy superhero…
November 12, 2013 at 11:23 pm Leave a comment
07 Nov

Blog Post: Special Victims Unit

A funny thing happens when you watch a bunch of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—–You realize that everyone is trying to kill you.  This realization doesn’t come immediately during…
November 7, 2013 at 12:20 am 4 Comments
06 Nov

I Have A Conscience!

So it turns out that I do in fact have a conscience! Celebrate that friends, some of us were wondering if it still existed.  I know that it still exists…
November 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm 1 Comment
02 Nov

TracyPalooza

I LOVE MY BIRTHDAY!!! Not in like an adorable ‘she’s so happy, that’s so precious’ way, but in like the ‘that chick is insane, let’s go with the madness rather…
November 2, 2013 at 12:31 am 2 Comments
25 Oct

Quest: State Fair Edition

The NC State Fair is a thing of beauty.  I feel like that needs to be said before I proceed.  If you are lucky enough to live in the triangle…
October 25, 2013 at 9:36 pm Leave a comment
22 Oct

I’m Afraid Of My Shadow

I am cowardly and twitchy and I scare super easy.  11 months out of the year you couldn’t get me to watch a scary movie for anything.  Commercials for horror…
October 22, 2013 at 2:13 am 1 Comment
13 Oct

English Major

I have an english degree…now what? See, what they don’t tell you when you go off to college all bright eyed and bushy tailed (or whining and being shoved like…
October 13, 2013 at 12:09 am Leave a comment
01 Oct

FALL: It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Oh friends, I am actually giddy! Why? Oh, because it’s finally fall! After the misery that is a North Carolina summer we get this little glimpse of paradise: a magical…
October 1, 2013 at 7:57 pm 1 Comment
30 Sep

Sad Face

My sister leaves today for freaking Oklahoma. She and I said goodbye last night, not with actual words of course, but with a hug and a non-versation where nobody talks…
September 30, 2013 at 6:57 pm Leave a comment
30 Sep

Happy Cold & Flu Season!

I’m sick. There is nothing terribly remarkable about that fact seeing as it is the beginning on the magical allergy/clod/flu season, where your immune system weakens and then spends the…
September 30, 2013 at 6:52 pm Leave a comment
25 Sep

Don’t Try This At Home

Last night I watched New Girl while I was feeling bored and restless…10 minutes into the show I was holding a pair of scissors and watching YouTube how-to videos online.…
September 25, 2013 at 12:38 pm Leave a comment
18 Sep

Harry Potter Weekend Day#3…I’ve Forgotten What Daylight Looks Like

Sunday is a holy day. It is the Sabbath and I believe in keeping it holy—–But this morning I’m laying in bed and I’m behind schedule. My roommate is in…
September 18, 2013 at 12:25 am 1 Comment
15 Sep

Harry Potter Weekend Day#2

Day 2 started beautifully. I woke up and it felt like fall outside, so I celebrated with my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season and took my dog for…
September 15, 2013 at 7:02 pm 1 Comment
15 Sep

Harry Potter Weekend (a.k.a. Eating My Feelings)

As I explained in an earlier post my sister is moving to Oklahoma because the military told her that she has to.  She moves officially in 2 weeks, but she…
September 15, 2013 at 3:21 am 1 Comment
09 Sep

Sporadically Rebellious

At my core I’m pretty much just a goody goody. In fact, for the most part I am simply a scared little rule-abider, and that’s okay. It’s worked pretty well…
September 9, 2013 at 2:19 pm Leave a comment
05 Sep

Oklahoma

My sister is my best friend. We were born 18 months apart and are ridiculously close. In fact, my toast at her wedding was about how there is that one…
September 5, 2013 at 1:35 pm Leave a comment
01 Sep

Enchanted Evenings In The ER

Some Saturdays are exciting…but some Saturdays are the worst, and those Saturdays are usually spent at the ER with a 3 year old who shoved a giant bead up his…
September 1, 2013 at 3:03 am Leave a comment
30 Aug

Technology, She Hates Me

True story.  Technology and I have a sad, tear-stained past together.  She and I have been in combat since I was just a wee, starry eyed child, fascinated by this…
August 30, 2013 at 11:10 pm Leave a comment