WM’s teaching remotely until the world either ends altogether or returns to a new and shittier normal. We’ll be sharing the office and figuring out how to combine his online teaching with my online meetings. This fall he’ll be passively…
Show us your books – September 2020
Look at me, posting on time for this event! Firstly, a huge thank you to those who donated or shared my birthday Facebook fundraiser for Black Girls CODE. We raised $300 of my $250 goal. I was afraid I’d receive…
Another trip around the Sun
Today I am 48 years old. I don’t know how this happened, because I still feel like a doofy teenager inside. However, my crackly knees loudly disagree. Friends, year 47 has been pretty shitty, “highlighted” by health worries for me…
Murphy thinks he’s people
I never know where I’m going to find this dog.
Kwatch
Not long after the glass broke and I ordered its replacement, my Apple Watch died completely before I was able to properly unpair it from my phone. The new watch has been failing at crediting my exercise minutes to my…
Off the Wagon
Many of you know that I played World of Warcraft (WoW) for MANY years. I left the game for good* about 4 years ago because houses are WORK and keeping a WoW character current is also WORK. World of Warcraft…
Ollie, Summer 2020
After about a month and a half of trying to manage Ollie’s cough, it turns out he has seasonal allergies. One Zyrtec (actual, human Zyrtec) with his dinner each night is enough to bring the cough mostly into check AND…
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
I’m not a competitive person when it comes to physical activity. I’ve always been clumsy and short of breath – team sports other than bowling were never my jam. Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail….
Friday Movie Night
I am not a fan of movies. In fact, I used to have a blog category called I hate movies. I only went a handful of times as a child, and as I got older, I’d only go if it…
Murphy, Summer 2020
I was trying to take a photo for Murphy for the Boop My Nose Instagram account* but he was not having it. WM, walking by: You should submit this to that Boop Nose account you love.**Me: See, this is definitely…
Back to the (Home) Office
I was on ‘vacation’ last week which basically means I was not online for work. I *was* online for an annual conference of a professional organization that *I’m* a member of. Background: I work for TNP, an association for medical…
What I Learned during the Pandemic (So far)
How to make refrigerator bread and butter pickles How to keep a sourdough starter alive and bake bread with it What Rt means with regards to an infectious disease How to make 14 common cocktails How to identify the birdcalls…
