Having 20 stitches in my mouth is not fun, but at least I have soup and meds.

Dental surgery, with good insurance $7,200, this is the US we live in. My pain is so insignificant compared to the what we are doing to the rest of the world. I say, we, because even though I voted blue, this is still our country.

Taquitos with really spicy hot sauce was the right call.

Just had some great Detroit style pizza. My thoughts are on my military service and all the rescue helicopters I launched and the stress of waiting for them to come home safely. I wish a new generation wasn’t doing the same thing.

Me batting my eyelashes, so what is your favorite war.

I know I am getting older because now I crush on baseball coaches and not players.

Why am I like this? Got a free coffee from Starbucks, instantly got worried about what bad things would happen to me.

Made beans, spinach, marinara sauce and am dipping warm sourdough in it. I call it Beans-in-pot, sung to Beeze in a trap.

I thought people from DC and Washington State had a common understanding….state uses Washington and DC uses DC?

Woke up with a very sore throat, I haven’t been sick in awhile so not looking forward to the next few days.

Best line I heard today. ‘If a book could only be judged by its cover, you’d be a best seller.’

I should not have to run the AC this soon, but I’m not sweating in my own house.

Today I people’d too much and it’s only Tuesday.

US Men’s Hockey just having it all and losing it before they even sobered up.

Had a great meet up with Reframe friends, Reframe is the App I used to quit drinking 30 months ago. These friends flew in from Utah. It’s a fun sober world.

Well it’s been a marshmallow day

An apocalyptic book I want is one were the people that survive are all people who had a bad habit that ended up saving them from the virus. IE smoking, drinking, or adrenaline junkies.

Who has two thumbs and is excited for the Olympics?!? This girl.

Just realized I can make a mini fruit crumble in my toaster oven in less than 35 minutes and that I have been failing at life before knowing this.

ICE will continue to kill people, every time they kill and are not brought to justice they are more emboldened. This does not stop, this is the beginning.

Watching His&Hers to try and fill the void that has been left by Heated Rivalry and it isn’t working.

888 days AF, glad this administration hasn’t driven me to drink.

Stuffed peppers and scalloped potatoes and Excel. Dinner of (non)champions.

Heated Rivalry - I love how Carter creates a different dynamic at the Olympics that Hunter had never thought about. Making it safer for his love story. 💕

OK Heated Rivalry is good.

Let’s hope late oatmeal is the insomnia cure.

Just said I went to bed at night noon. Instead of midnight. I checked I am not having a stroke.

The absolute unlawfulness of this administration and ICE is actively destroying any institutional trust that was left. I really have no words, fuck ICE.

No matter how perfectly you make your second cup of coffee, it will never be as good as your first cup, your first sip.

Some days I don’t drink enough water and then I feel like shit for 24 hours. I think I drink more water in a day no then I did a full year in my 20’s and never felt dehydrated. Life is weird.

On my walk tonight I got to pet a dog. Best. Night. Ever.

Whenever I see a smart, strong, funny woman I see my sister in her. What a gift a sister is.

How old are you? I sometimes watch The Weather Channel on TikTok old.

The best thing about the defense industry is the holiday shutdown. 8 more days.

It’s been a year and I still make coffee for two.

Why are goats head thorns playing a supporting role in my life right now? Am I about to step on one?

Today is Friday coded.

This was a shadow box made for my Uncle Lee, my hero, who was KAI in Vietnam. My rack is at the bottom left. Lee ran into heavy fire to save a friend, he was a hero. That Others May Live! Happy Veterans Day.

Do you ever eat grapes that are so sweet that you switch to cookies? No, just me?

Lesson learned, trying to fight off Monday by staying awake until Monday is not a great plan. Send coffee, please.

800 days sober today. I regret to inform everyone that being sober does not fix everything, but it does make a lot of things easier. #sober

I can buy myself flowers, but more importantly I can buy myself a steak and cook it a perfect medium rare.

Sunset challenge, post a sunset and where it’s from. Phoenix AZ.

Today is 777 of sobriety!

I really do try and stay positive, but trust in our institutions has been completely destroyed. It’s difficult to imagine coming back from this.

By blaming acetaminophen, they are blaming women, the patriarch’s favorite punching bag.

My inner child doesn’t need to be rescued anymore, she needs me to thrive.

25 months sober, I know I’m not alone, but getting sober during *all* this is something.

I see the beauty. I look for the beauty. Perhaps even more during the war. So I’m sure you can too. This beautiful planet is worth looking at.

On top of the clouds!