He brought me a Pepsi to my office. It's been a day, so many fires to put out and not enough man-power to do so. We had been talking about the day is the same amount of shitty for both of us. He mentioned he was stepping out to just get out of his office. … Continue reading Little things

Moxie has been needing to run off some energy so last weekend we were at the dog park both Saturday and Sunday. I thought it was going to be muddy but the colder temps on Friday did the trick to make it not so bad. Not even needing a bath. We were at the park … Continue reading A sick puppy is no fun

I haven't worked directly with the Youth Advisory Council [and Family Advisory Council] for 5 years now. I was relieved of those "temporary" duties that started in September 2008, and finally ended in late 2017... I now just support the back end. I no longer need to go to the meetings which are nights and … Continue reading The downside of working at a children’s hospital.

It's okay to treat step-kids well, but don't forget the real kids... They were there first, and are blood. Or ... paid for via an adoption.

Coming back to edit this -- I posted this moments before I fell asleep. I was in a weird mood. In 8 months I will be 40. In 6 months I will celebrate 15 years of seizure freedom. I feel like I should treat myself to something fun. I had grand ideas of a trip … Continue reading sometimes reality hits ya in the face.