Christmas Creep is a condition I seem to suffer from every year. I start thinking about Christmas fairly early, and I figure everything will fall into place in plenty of time. And then Christmas gets closer, and closer, and closer… and I’m broke and haven’t even come close to getting all of my shopping done. [...]

Rapper Heavy D was found dead outside his home yesterday. I’m not a huge fan of rap these days, but he was one of my faves when I was younger, and it’s tragic that he passed at such a young age. His music was fun and positive, and songs like the one in the video [...]

There’s a store in town that I keep meaning to go to, but I never seem to have any money to spend there when I think about it. It’s a tobacco outlet, but I don’t smoke and I’m not looking to buy anyone any Garcia Vega cigars. I want to buy some candles. Yes, that’s [...]

Pumpkin made a list of stuff she’d like to have for her birthday. It was a loooooong list, and it included several expensive items. She got two of them, a microscope and a telescope, because I found a ridiculously awesome deal on them. But now all I’ve been hearing about is how much she’d like [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about Christmas shopping lately. I’m not sure why it’s on my mind this early. Maybe because I’m afraid that I won’t have any money to buy gifts. If I can get enough work done maybe that won’t be a problem. But I’m working on contingency plans just in case. I’ve [...]

The past month has really, really sucked. I spent the majority of it laying around feeling like crap. It was like my digestive system just totally turned against me, leaving me in terrible pain and not functioning properly. I would go into more detail, but you probably wouldn’t want to read it so I’ll just [...]

For a couple of weeks, I was doing a much better job than usual of staying motivated. I thought maybe things were finally looking up. But as usual, my hopes have been dashed to shreds. I started having stomach problems a couple of weeks ago. It didn’t seem like a big deal at first, but [...]

I’ve never really been much of a coffee person until recently. But when I decided to make myself start getting up earlier and going to bed earlier, it sort of became a necessity. I don’t drink it every day, because if I do it makes certain health problems flare up. But I do drink a [...]

Pumpkin’s birthday is a little over a month away. And I have no earthly idea what to get her this year. She’s getting too old for toys, but she’s not quite old enough to really appreciate gifts you’d buy for teenagers. I guess that’s part of the reason they call them the tween years, huh? [...]

I’m on medication for anxiety. I don’t take it every day, just as needed. Lately I haven’t needed it very much, which is good, because it makes me feel run down and/or sleepy. But there was a time when I had to take it frequently. I was anxious a goodly portion of the time, and [...]