The Sidepiece: January 16th, 2016.
I moved to Arizona in December of 2015. I knew one person – Bryan. Through this one person and the national bond of kickball, I ended up in a group … Continue reading
#laterpost: Cohabitating Post
Editorial note: I wrote this 4 years ago. It seems I removed it from my blog for the purpose of keeping people anonymous, but it has been 4 years and … Continue reading
[Food] Diary of an [Insulin Resistant] Kid.
Years ago. Maybe 4 of them? Maybe more? I found out that I am insulin resistant. Or, by today’s insurance documentation standards: pre-diabetic. Here’s how it works: when my body … Continue reading
The Last Times I Tindered (Part 1)
In reading back through previous blogs (and feeling like a piece of shit that I haven’t been writing as often as I once did) I realized I never finished talking … Continue reading
Bloods, Latin Kings, and Dog Gangs
If you’ve read any of Aussa’s posts about the happenings at her previous job, you know that the mental and behavioral health field yields a multitude of stories worth sharing. … Continue reading
A Little Follow Up
If you never read my “No Feeling is Invalid” post… well you’re in good company. My regular 100+ person readership fell drastically in my absence and has topped out at … Continue reading
No Feeling is Invalid
A former coworker of mine shared an article on facebook called “Anxiety is an Invalid Excuse.” I’ve cleverly linked it, so if you care to take a read, click the … Continue reading
A Year in Review: I Left The Life I Knew
September 7th, 2015: I got in my car and drove away from my life in South Florida for a new adventure. While it is technically a year ago tomorrow it was … Continue reading
A Piece of Advice at 31
You know how sometimes big things happen and you begin to reflect on life, your choices, and the future? In my little world, this could have been triggered by my … Continue reading
Keeping Myself Busy After The Owl
Oh dear. It has been two whole weeks since I’ve written anything for you with which you can distract yourself from work/life/etc. As I wrote that sentence though, I realized … Continue reading
When a Panda Loses an Owl: The End.
So I had left, and I was on this sweet half-cross-country road trip with my puppy. And nothing had felt any different. It took me a couple weeks before I … Continue reading
When a Panda Leaves An Owl
So I had successfully disarmed his bomb…but was about to hit him with mine. Well, not exactly. Date numero uno I told him that my goal was to move to … Continue reading
When a Panda Learns How to Dismantle The Owl’s Bomb
After inviting The Owl over to have a stay-at-home date of dinner and a movie, The Owl was full of amazing bacon-y goodness and beer, and we started making out. … Continue reading
When a Panda Invites an Owl to Vegas
There I am, all smitten kitten about The Owl. Driving back home to take Gizmo to therapy/work, I couldn’t stop smiling. I tried. It didn’t work. I wanted to go … Continue reading
When a Panda Cinco’s With an Owl
So we were off to meet my friends at Mindy’s annual Cinco party. I was filled with anxiety over this because that last time I brought someone to meet my … Continue reading
When a Panda Goes to Have Drinks With an Owl
Where we left off in our story, The Owl and I had been having a rough go of making plans to hang out with each other. Through my insane travels … Continue reading
When a Panda Meets an Owl
Once upon a time, I randomly joined one of my friends at a brew bus party. For those of you who don’t know, the brew bus is a very fun … Continue reading
Kickball, Case Management, and Crying…Oh My!
It has been quite a while since I’ve posted anything, I know and I’m sorry. However, instead of updating you on more Chicago things (like the dates I went on) … Continue reading
Chicago: School
Let’s see… at this point I’ve delved a bit into the people I spent time with and the way I made money while in Chicago. I guess it’s only fair … Continue reading
