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To Infiniti and Beyond
I bought my kid a car. It’s a 1999 Infiniti i30. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s not quite the beater car that I thought I was going to end up getting him. It’s a cute little car, with a sunroof and a couple dings in it. He didn’t know I was car shopping for him.… Read more
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Flea market guy and I turned a page recently. It was the page I have been waiting for, for a while. Since I met him, really. He told me that he loves me. More than once. Yep, you heard that right. He. Love. Me. And even though I’ve been wanting to hear it from him,… Read more
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I’ll Fly Away
While the rest of Knoxville was heeding the flood warning advisory and staying inside this weekend. I was standing in the post office with wet feet waiting in line to get a passport. It was kind of like a right of passage for me. I’m not going to say that it was the most exciting… Read more
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An Unlikely Friendship
I had breakfast with Nate the Great. We usually go to breakfast or dinner once a week. We’ve been doing this for a while. Ever since we realized that we were not going to be romantically successful. But we are pretty good platonic friends. There are a great many reasons why we didn’t work. The… Read more
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I Need a Psychic Refund
I believe people with special “abilities” exist. Like psychics and mediums. I don’t believe that everybody who claims to possess these abilities actually do. I went to a health and wellness fair the other day. It was full of people with gifts. There were reiki practitioners and tarot card readers and people selling oils and… Read more
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It’s Not That I’m Not Thankful
I’ve been in this very deep grave of internal debate and reflection. And try as I might to be optimistic and dig myself out, it only works when it’s facing outward. Internally, I’ve been beating myself up since July. That’s when I lost my job ghostwriting and broke down and got a “real job.” And… Read more
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