An Open Letter to My Family & Friends

I was recently watching "The Sopranos" and came to an episode with a scene that really hit home for me.  In the scene, Tony Soprano is talking with his psychiatrist, Dr. Melfi.  Tony is battling anxiety and depression and tells her that he has a lot of misplaced anger.  He's mad and he doesn't know …

2018 Goals

I came up with this list pretty quickly.  In a way, I think there is more honesty in quick thinking and these goals are totally attainable. Be more comfortable with myself and being alone Lose 40 pounds Craft more Buy a house Spend more time with people who make me happy Spend less money Find …

An Unlikely Confidant

Have you ever met someone in life that you immediately had a connection and clicked with?  For me, that's how it was with my friend Blake.  We met a little over five years ago and pretty much became instant friends.  Blake was actually the first person I confided in about how unhappy I was in …

My Girl

Ok, this post will probably be super sad and depressing.  My pride and joy, love of my life is my pug Laney.  I cannot accurately describe how much happiness this girl has brought me since coming into my life almost 12 years ago.  She is funny, sweet, very loving, and just an all around good …

Single Bells, Single Bells, Single All the Way

While I've only been divorced for just over a month, I have compiled a list of things I've learned from being single: 1. Budgeting sucks. Going from two incomes to one has been interesting.  And coming out of a marriage where I did zero of the budgeting myself made this even more tricky.  I had …

I Get By With A Little Help

Aside from having a new outlook on life, one of the best things to come out of my divorce was becoming even closer with my friends.  I have the most amazing women in my corner that I would literally kill for.  The friendship, support, concern, and love they have given me over the past few …

Roll With It, Baby

I don't regret getting out of my marriage.  I was unhappy.  I was lonely.  But I don't think I was fully prepared for the struggles I would face being really, truly alone.  I must admit, I am having a bit of a hard time. My main struggle is feeling like I don't have a place …

Time May Change Me, But You Can’t Trace Time

Life is really weird sometimes.  Just when you think you're ahead of the game, you're moving in the right direction, and you think you have things even partially figured out, life tells you to sit down and shut up. Marriage is an equally weird thing.  If I'm being honest, I have struggled being married.  I …

Snap Back to Reality

Well, I made it to my vacation, through my vacation, and almost through a week after vacation.  Where has the summer gone?  I'm actually ok with it.  Bring on Fall! Vacation was nice.  The VRBO was great, minus all the bugs.  I think because the house was in close proximity to a river and the …

Busy Bee

I'm pretty sure I'm nearing exhaustion.  According to the internets, these are the symptoms: Sleeplessness: issues falling and remaining asleep Stress: sweating, heart palpitations, muscle tension Pain: headache, muscle ache Issues focusing and memory problems Mood changes: irritation, sad mood, crying I have had nearly all of these symptoms in the past week.  I only …