It was 6 PM on a cool Sunday in May, and our waitress was enjoying the leisurely trickle of customers through the patio door. It wasnt really warm enough to justify the icy pitcher of sangria that we...
Just a short update today, guys! I realized last night after publishing my most recent post that I completely forgot to announce the winner of the McCormick Spring Giveaway. Congratulations go to Emi...
I forgot to tell you guys: I turned 21 at the end of March. Before you even ask: yes. I am still a kid. I know Ive talked about it before, but its a state of mind more than anything. I mean, Im certa...
A spoon. A spoon and a mouthful of warm jam; involuntary intoxication administered within my own apartment. I can see his face so vivdly all of a sudden; tired skin and dark eyes staring back at me f...
"She hates us." Id been focused on the sidewalk, but her words caught my attention. I looked up. There was a sneer on her face, and the curt words had fallen from her mouth in a slur of Pab...
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Ive had my head down for the past three hours, applying all of my concentration to the mixed stack of binder- and paper-clipped documents in front of me. It would be excessive to delve into their nat...
Since I was a little one, and we’re talking back in the days that I had to climb up on the counter to reach various things in the kitchen, I remember being intrigued by the short and stubby plastic c...
Theres a time and place where any kind of language is completely appropriate. This blog is not one of those instances. Stalling (for the second time in one day) on a four lane road at the beginning o...
A crushed beer can.Im standing on the corner of this vacant parcel, and thats all I see. The crushed beer can - Pabst - in all its glory; a lonesome ornament on this otherwise empty bit of green. Tug...
My budget-friendly, no-name, strap-covered, lace-up, too-small work shoes have finally worn in. Over the past month, Ive gotten used their song over the wooden floors of the office and become accusto...
Over the past month, Ive enjoyed waking up to quietness and going about my morning routine alone. Ive become accustomed to the ease and speed of making breakfast for one and am strangely comforted by...
Id feel like a complete disappointment if I didnt post something for Valentines Day. So lets do something quick, shall we? A short post, with a single photo, just to let you guys know Im acknowledgin...
"Hey, I think sat behind you in Marketing last semester."I tugged the ear bud from my left ear, letting it fall neatly over my shoulder and turned to see the source of the voice. Sitting [i...
Twenty minutes earlier, I had been comfortable. Twenty minutes earlier, I was asleep, with his arm around my waist, oblivious and warm on the floor of his apartment.Shortly afterward, hed tiptoed to ...
Ive learned a lot of things in college. Some about the world, some about laundry, some about people, some about science... You get it.Thankfully, not everything I learn gets pounded in my head. To th...
The beginning of this year was rough for me; passing with a flood of tears and confusion. After a breakup in February, Mom picked me up from my apartment with chocolates and tissues waiting for me on...
Generally speaking, Im not the festive type. Ive always enjoyed the requisite food and general planning that goes into holidays and events, but its never gone any further than that. Especially for Ch...
Over the summer, I spent a lot of time in a coffee shop in the historic downtown of Sandusky, Ohio. At the time, I was living Cedar Points employee housing with five other girls. We had neither air c...
Ive been treating my feet like garbage lately, a fact which is evident by the blistered skin on my heels and the cuts on their tops.Hours in various shoes that are various degrees of too loose, too t...
Too short, too weak, too uncertain and too eager. Thats me, a decade ago, at Grandmas side in the kitchen. Grandma, composed and efficient, effortlessly invented tasks to occupy my boundless supply o...
There was a smile in her kind eyes, but they were too sparkly to be conveying simple happiness. The fleeting tears that had so quickly and thinly veiled themselves in each eye were subtle hints as to...
Friday night dinners were kind of a big deal in my family. Im not sure if it was the same for those who did the cooking, but, from a kids view, the get-togethers were relaxed and casual. At the end o...
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