Archive for July, 2010

hot mess

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Yesterday after work, I met a friend for happy hour and had two drinks. Afterward, I went to another friend’s house for dinner, and had some wine with my meal. I wasn’t even remotely drunk, but you see that no longer matters. This time last year, I would’ve hopped out of bed the next morning [...]

the seed

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Anger is an interesting thing. It can start with something that happened so long ago you can barely remember, but that’s all it takes - like a bitter seed planted into your soul. As a matter of self-preservation, you shove it down and try to move on. But it’s there, nagging, like a rock in [...]

joy

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

This weekend ended up being a weekend of firsts for me.
It was the first time I attempted to make a cherry pie, and the first crust I’d made from scratch. It was the first time I’d ridden on the back of an ATV sitting on a feed bucket. It was the first time I’d picked [...]