fivebyevif

Ten years ago, were I getting married, there would be certain expected activities. A swordfight mid-ceremony — very likely. Renaissance garb? Possible. Pixie wings? Oh, most definitely. I did, however, grow up. I know. It’s tragic. But the pixie wings no longer sparkle in my mind’s eye like they used to. Which is not to [...]

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Mike is asleep, but I am not. I am sitting here thinking about…getting married. For those not up to date, Mike proposed to me last week, and I accepted. This is all very exciting, and now I am wearing an engagement ring for the first time in my life, and also for the first time [...]

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I have had a few boyfriends. Not necessarily “many” or “a lot”…but a few. Most of those have told me they like me with long hair. Not just told me, but have been pretty adamant about my hair’s length, to the point that one told me he’d break up with me if I ever cut [...]

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Mike got his mouth cut open by professionals, which is to say he had to have a tooth extraction. This involves two things: anesthesia and mouths full of gauze. It can also make for some amusing anecdotes. ME:“I’m going to the store. Do you need anything?” MIKE:(mouth full of gauze)“Tissue.” ME:(confused)“There’s a whole box right [...]

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When I made the decision to go to a new career/state/domicile, certain things fell by the wayside. I suspect the last do-nothing day I had was sometime during the start of the year. The last day when I felt like my job was secure, my world wasn’t going to change dramatically anytime soon, and it [...]

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Thirteen years ago a small company took a big chance on a short young woman who was creative and smart, but a bit unpredictable. Unpredictable can be scary when you’re hiring people, but a few compassionate voices spoke in her favor, and so she was offered a job. The young woman at the time was [...]

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More ruminations on being in a relationship, and how sleep medications have changed my life.

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I’ll be honest, I’m not sure this blog is necessary anymore. You who are reading it are already with me on Facebook or Twitter. Which is a fine thing; all the minutiae of my life is happily shuffled around there, and I love that it’s more of a two-way conversation and less me dropping a [...]

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The ducky got bored.

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…asks the little voice, and the other voice answers, “Sorry to be a bother, but there’s no such thing.” I’m poking my head back out, because somewhere in the world it’s March, and I like to think of February 2009 as a kind of temporal sacrifice that has been made and done away with. Not [...]

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