I spent much of 2020 thinking about travel, reminiscing fondly on my past trips and daydreaming about places I wanted to see. Texas was our first post-vax trip, and I eagerly spent […]
Fall Creek Falls Thanksgiving Camping

Last year, I was eager to find a campground for Thanksgiving. We wouldn’t be seeing our families without a vaccine. There would be no Friendsgiving to host. I was eager for a […]
Forward Momentum
Happy Sunday, all! How has it already been nearly a month since I’ve posted? Ugh. I’ve been doing well. I took the week of July 5th off. I was so burned out […]
A Quick Spring Update
Good morning all! It’s been a long, odd couple of weeks, so let’s celebrate the wins, shall we? I received my first dose of the vaccine on March 31st! I was so […]
A New Season
Good morning friends! I hope you are all doing well! I haven’t posted in awhile. Multiple reasons – work was simultaneously making me stressed and sad while also being very slow, I […]
A Little Bit of Sunshine

Happy weekend, friends! Wednesday was a wonderful day. I know there won’t be overnight changes now that Biden is in office, but I’ve been feeling optimism about the pandemic (and life in […]
It’s the Most Wonderful Time…of the Year (???)

Hello friends. Happy Sunday. Five days left before Christmas, and eleven more days in this garbage year. But at least we’ve approved a second vaccine in the US! I feel like the […]
Halloween 2020

Happy belated Halloween! I hope you all had a cozy, spooky day. Thankfully the weather was warmer here than last Halloween, when we had snow flurries. We have been having sunshine after […]
Small Adventures
I’ve been feeling hopeful lately. Maybe it’s because I finally broke down and started reading FiveThirtyEight again after swearing off polls forever in 2016. Maybe it’s the warmth and coziness of the […]
Three Things – Self Care Edition

It’s a sad and scary time right now in the States. I voted last week and it was a respectful experience. Just a short line, everyone wore masks. I cast my ballot […]