Bubbles Anyone?
Bubbles for me. What does bubbles mean to you? If I was younger I might say “bubble bath” or those plastic soap bubble makers for kids. Or even the pillow of bubbles used to bathe me during a Turkish bath I experienced in Turkey. But that’s another blog itself. But not now. I’m talking drinkable […]
Dumpster Diving and ADD
It wasn’t the champagne I swear. I hadn’t even started drinking yet. I’ve had so much to do in the past week, planning a get together at my apartment which I have not done since arriving home from Spain about 12.5 months ago. It would seem my ex-pat to re-pat re-integration from Spain to the […]
A One Pickle Night
What does that mean? Insomnia. I keep waking up at 2:15 am. Not 4:15 not 5:15, but 2:15. What the heck? I’ve tried melatonin, hot teas, meditation, and a few medications not mentioned here. What happens when I can’t sleep? I wake up and pee, get back in bed, and lay there. Then the mind […]
Ass Backwards
The official definition of Ass backward is doing something in a manner incongruously or preposterously counter to what is customary, probable, or feasible. Ever get to the gym and see you have your workout shorts on backward? Or the tag on your shirt is outside and you find out later no one ever told you? […]
Endings and Beginnings
I saw a little dead bird on the 5th-floor stairwell today when I went to climb the stairs. I remember this bird or at least one that looked just like it a few weeks ago that was trapped and kept flying into the glass windows that enclosed the stairs. I tried as hard as I […]
What’s on your Bucket List?
You know, bucket lists are valid no matter how you fulfill them. At least in my book. So, I’ve been back home about 7 months now, yet it feels like forever some days and other days like a day. I miss my friends in Spain, I admit it. I really miss walking everywhere, popping into […]
3 times a charm? Or an Omen?
So I came home from work the other night and it wasn’t dark yet. I pull into a space close to the gated door of my building. I look up and what do I see? Someone has crashed into the wall surrounding the complex. I know I moved into an old condo complex, and I […]
Do you know where your pipes are?
So I went out of town to bask on the beach in Cozumel for a weekend. It just happened before a deep freeze swept Texas. I stepped off the plane and it was colder than a well-digger’s ass outside. I got home and despite leaving the heat on it was too late, my kitchen faucets […]
A place to live finally….
Well, it’s been a while since I wrote. That air mattress I bought came in handy as did the camping chair. No, I didn’t end up homeless in a campground but I know my family was taking bets on how long it would take before I did. Well, it’s been over four months since I […]
Im in Used car Buying Hell
Buying a car in rip-off hell. Since getting home buying a car has been hell. Used cars are up some 40% in the past 2 years. 4 years ago I bought a Nissan Rogue SUV 2 years old for 17k with 20k miles at 1.5 % interest over 5 years. It was new as far […]