Category: Friends & Family
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Getting drunk after Grandma’s funeral and other life lessons
Lessons I have learned in my lifetime (thus far): – Sometimes “bite me” is the best response. – If you don’t have anything nice to say, sometimes that’s the best time to talk. – Kisses are not contracts and presents are not promises (read that in a poem in high school; it stuck.) – What…
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Lessons from Grandma: Speak your mind, live how you want, and don’t let time slip away
The first time I ever met Jeff’s grandmother was in April of 2000. Jeff’s sister, Colleen, his stepdad, Gray, and I drove from N.C. to Florida for his brother, young Gray’s, high school graduation. We arrived at Grandma Kochel’s house late – probably 9 or 10 p.m. I walked into Grandma’s house for the first…
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Feeling a little lost today.
I am impatient, overly sensitive and I know I worry too much. I resist change and I get defensive when I feel like I’m being told what to do. I cry too easily when I shouldn’t, not at all sometimes when I should, and I’d be willing to bet money I don’t look cute when…
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Bring on the drama: I need material
When I am sad or heartbroken, the positive thing that I can usually take from it is poetry or short stories or journal entries. When I am happy, my creative writing blows. Never really written about puppies or sunsets – not well, anyway. The past several years have been mostly a happy time for me. Is…
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I hate change.
When I was a sophomore in high school I had it all. Great friends that I had grown up in the town I’d lived in since I was 3, a great social life that included hanging out with BFF Amy literally every day, and great times in the neighborhood with more friends and family. Then…
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I was the center of attention tonight. All eyes on ME.
A little background first: I have fainted two times before. 1) 2003, at the doctor’s office, getting blood drawn for a physical. I felt the expected “I’m gonna faint” feeling … but this time, I actually did it. Actually fainted twice in a row, but I’ll count it as once for purposes of this post.…
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Unfinished rum is not trash
A memory It’s 1998 and Erin has asked me to move into the sorority house with her for the summer. My first summer away from home! I borrow my parents’ Previa van and load up my belongings from my dorm room, then swing over to Erin’s dorm and we load up her belongings. One of…
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Update on opposite sex drama
As I wrote about yesterday, having friends of the opposite sex can sometimes lead to a bunch of silly drama. B called me yesterday morning to apologize again for the way M had treated me the night before. He said some other events had her really stressed out: * He had just gotten a new…
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I will write a novel in 30 days.
Before the end of the year, I will have completed my first novel. I have not started it yet. Writing a book is something I have always wanted to do. When I was 10 I decided I wanted to be a novelist for a living. When I was 11 I decided that would be too…
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When friends of the opposite sex get complicated
Earlier I wrote about how I have male friendships. I have a lot of male friends. In fact, I would say that I spend more time with my male friends than my female friends on a regular basis. I have very affectionate relationships with a few of my closest male friends. Huge hugs when I haven’t…