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It is my fifth night sleeping in the travel trailer (so that I don’t wake up the husband every time I flip-flop around trying to get comfortable with my sore shoulder). I feel like I’ve run away from home.

When the husband and I visited our firstborn in Idaho several weeks ago, she served us Medjool dates and they were delicious. When I came home, I bought some and they were all soft and squishy. I texted her the above picture for funsies and asked, “Do you keep your dates in the fridge?” She […]

One perk of gaining fifteen pounds back (from the injury-induced halt to almost all exercising) is…ahem…well, I can actually wear this (oversized) shirt again, the very one I had shoved into the dark recesses of my closet, vowing to never touch again. Oops. I guess you gotta look on the bright side.

I picked a really bad day to stop the pain medication I’ve been taking for my sore shoulder. Dear youngest son, why you gotta be such a good boy and bring your dad his belated Father’s Day gift of three gallons of ice cream?

Well, it’s hard to do a full victory stance with a frozen shoulder, but inside, I am screaming with excitement. Twenty yards of bark/compost mix delivered right to our front door, so to speak, just this morning. Let the beautification project continue.

That moment when you go sleep in the travel trailer on your driveway a) so you don’t wake up your husband flip-flopping all night trying to get comfortable (with your sore shoulder), and b) you pretend you’re camping deep in the woods since your camping plans with your friends got canceled.

Best friend: “I know that you are going to the hairdresser today for the first time during this COVID business. Send me a picture.” Me: “Be careful what you wish for.”

It’s amazing what spending an exorbitant amount of money—I mean, getting your hair done after three months of…well…looking like crap—does for the soul. It’s the little things, people; it’s the little things.

I hate to say it, but I am the dahlia murderer. I’m sad that the only way I can enjoy these beautiful flowers returning year after year is via pictures.