I remembered when I told my dad he had colon cancer. The surgeon couldn’t wait for my dad to wake up from the sedation so he handed me the photographs and charts. The surgeon had places to be, after all, and my dad hadn’t slept well in probably years so we all just let him […]
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Let’s Be Real
Well, Joker Part Deux the film comes out in theaters ON my birthday again. Also, it turns out that I didn’t fail the test I referenced in my last post which signified how I was falling apart. So I guess I’m not falling apart. That should be a comfort to me but of course it […]
Uprisings, Revolts… Mutants, Naps
First of all, this post is being published on 4/14/2024 and it was started in February. I can’t edit the date of publication because this old Dell is too old for the Word Press updates and I spend most of the time writing a blog valiantly defending my right to edit my own post. ANYWAYS, […]
Roller Coaster of Life – 2 jobs, LowLights and one new dog later…
Wow! I need to either stop paying for this blog or make a post! 😺 For the 4 of you who kept track… I used to post weekly and then… I stopped posting entirely. What the hell? Well. I’ve been holding on by a thread. 😺 So, in this blog, I aim to catch you […]
Profile of Broken Dogs
Hello there. 👋 I can’t access my site via my PC anymore due to systemic changes and, since it was such a DIY build, I can no longer update my site (I had manually add each new post to my Rants) but… Oh well! 😺 As a quick recap, Halloween is alive and well here. […]
I Just Got Used to the Witches
Big picture, making the decision to keep or sell my dad’s Badger football season tickets after he died shouldn’t have been a big deal. Yet, navigating grief is a lot like that scene from The Jerk where Steve Martin’s character says he doesn’t need anyone or anything. My dad’s Badgers seats are a lot like […]
Happy Post Halloween!… plus LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!
I’m a vampire every year but mortality felt inappropriately close this weekend. But, before the brush with death, October was fun. It’s the best month and it didn’t disappoint. We dressed up more than we have in the past few years and that was fun. Also, Halloween seemed to go on and on because Milwaukee […]
Joy Divided and Halloween Rising ⚡️💔⚡️
Wow. It’s been a minute since I’ve posted anything on this site which I pay $120+ to maintain and don’t have the time to use… But I love the five of you who read and then comment… it’s like a really specialized form of social media as you’re not on my other social media or […]
Our House Is Trying to be Haunted: Fun New Things
So it seems our old new house is haunted as I originally feared/expected. First of all, spider webs are EVERYWHERE. I dropped a cap from a juice bottle accidentally and it fell down the basement stairs. I groaned and walked ALL THE WAY AROUND the banister to go down the stairs to pick it up […]
You’ve Been Too Much, Summer: Halloween, Save Us All
I think the last time I enjoyed summer was back when I was a kid. Back then, it was all waterparks and swimming pools and fireworks and staying over at friends’ houses and running around in the dark of our neighborhoods playing Ghosts in the Graveyard, Witches Come Out Tonight and other shocking children’s games. […]
Struck, Hacked and Haunted… yup, It’s the Same-Old, Same-Old. How You?
For my 4 readers, I’ve long discussed the dangers of driving in Milwaukee. Last Friday, I was hit so hard my car was deemed totaled on the scene. It took insurance days and days and drama and stress but eventually they said the same. A driver had hit my car so hard in my passenger […]
Working Hard But Not Yet Playing Hard…
Well. A few weeks ago, I for the first time had a chance to engage in reflective practice – aka had the extra brain space to really think about what I was actively doing – and found myself feeling surprised I was driving such far distances in my social worker visits with my members/cases/clients/people. And […]
The Dog Is Turning Out To Be a Little Creepy
For those who have kept vague track of what I’ve been ranting about lately… my husband and I adopted a incredibly-traumatized dog named June Carter Cash back in December 2021. She is cute. No doubt about it. But she is also the hottest of hot messes. Case in point, she ran full speed into the […]
Full-Blown Social Worker
I wondered when IT would kick in. (Here I have repeatedly tried to insert a photo of Stephen King’s It – the 1980s movies version of course but my phone refused… so… I guess it’s a fan of the more recent movies. Let’s see… Yup. Huh. In any case, I’ve been going through all this […]
Where Are the Lambs, March?
March marches in like a lion and departs like a lamb. That’s what I was taught in school as a kid and March 2022 has not disappointed in the lion department but I’m not sure it’s going to morph into a lamb any time soon. In any case, yesterday I left my job in art […]
Spring Fever!
Okay. So we are in World War III. That’s pretty surreal and yet… in a way, I can’t help but ask “What took us so long?” For people who argue we are not in World War III, more countries are presently engaged in the Russia vs Ukraine War than in any other war. Even little […]
The Revelations/Revolutions of June
There’s those days of self-pity where you just have to crash out Les Misérables’ I Dreamed a Dream on the piano and make your dog serve as unwilling witness. Speaking of the dog, June Carter Cash has just started eating on her own. This is a revelation. I came home from work late one night […]
Hold on… hold on…
This week I’m identifying most and best with my broken car fob and our traumatized, terrified yet indignant and supremely weird new dog. This is because recently I hit a wall due to the rut of our present existence and other factors. When you’re feeling low, it’s good practice to count your blessings. There is […]
COVID and the Saddest Dog in the World
COVID has become a regular part of daily life. We live in a time of plague. Putting on a mask when leaving the house has become commonplace. Not seeing friends and family has become normal. My innate desire to feel repulsion when seeing a large group of people has been allowed to flourish along with […]
Brain Wars!!! 