Author: Meg
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Things
Some old geezer somewhere has spent the last 20 some-odd years sitting in a wheelchair because when I was born I stole his back. It’s a family tradition. My older sister and older brother also have old man backs. We have been justly punished. “My back!” Yeah, that happens in my life. To counter my…
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Beautiful Idaho
These lovely ladies and I have been buds for about two decades now. They’ve been a significant presence in nearly every part of my life. We’ve gone through elementary-age, parent-supervised sleepovers, to walking ‘off-campus’ (across the street) for lunch in Junior High cause we were just that cool, to boys and dates in high school,…
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Live Brilliantly
July was official breakdown month of 2013. Literally, the whole month I was cranky, crabby, headachey, and pretty much unable to deal with my life. The first weekend in August I took off to spend some time with my besties from public school. It was a perfect weekend. We did nothing but hang out, watch…
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Reading in French
Reading in French is tedious. I don’t actually know French, which necessitates frequent word look ups. It takes a very, very long time. I’ve come up with a new strategy which probably actually isn’t new and I ought to have realized it was a thing and implemented it a long time ago. I’m reading the…
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A Visit to the Library
I visited the library on my lunch break. It totally counts as my first visit this week since for my not-real, first visit the library was closed and I was returning materials through the book slot. So technically it was my first visit of the week. Some time ago I told myself that I couldn’t…
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Black Cherry Milk
Seriously, this happens in my life. It’s pretty much the best thing that’s happened to me since, well, since my doctor told me all those headaches I was getting were actually atypical migraines and that caffeine would help. Have I mentioned how much I despise milk? Unless of course you hand me an ooey-gooey brownie.…
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Things Are Getting Desperate
I’ve been without a kitchen for a week and a half and things are not going well. The kitchen is coming along just fine. I am not going well. I am seriously getting desperate. I need a peanut butter pie. It’s practically a health food with all that protein in it. And I believe in…
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Reasons to Live with Your Parents #62
You can enlist the help of your pa when a wasp attempts to shower with you. PS I definitely did not have a hard time closing my eyes and putting my head under the water because of visions of the shower curtain exploding into a thousand angry wasps coordinating their efforts to avenge their fallen…
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Romantic Interludes Over Oatmeal
This is what the parents kitchen currently looks like. It’s going to be beautiful when it’s done. Until then, eating is a rather difficult proposition. The parents are taking it in a stride. Mostly they just don’t eat. I thought it was pretty humorous a few years ago when McDonald’s started serving oatmeal for breakfast.…
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Investments
I’ve been working on becoming more fiscally responsible. Yawn. But not really. I kind of love being able to read the finance section of the newspaper and understand what it’s talking about. More than that, I love feeling good about the financial decisions I’m making in my life. The crazy thing about learning about any…