This past weekend I had the pleasure of watching my little sister, Rebecca, graduate. It was a biggie, too. When she walked across the stage, she was hooded for her PhD! That's my girl! She still needs to defend her dissertation later this summer, but considering how well she has been doing academically (including getting… Continue reading Sibling Pride
Category: Inner Strength
80s Movies Warping Influence
As I was web surfing a while back, I stumbled across a post entitled "Reflections on Jake Ryan of the John Hughes film 16 Candles'." I sat back and got comfortable since I knew I would read it to the end. Like seemingly everyone else in my generation, I saw 16 Candles. I could so… Continue reading 80s Movies Warping Influence
Feminism Everywhere
After I wrote my blog post on feminism, I seemed to see references to it everywhere. Isn't that how it always works? A couple memorable expressions have stuck in my head as my Google surfing has taken me down some fun rabbit holes. The first I saw on a website designed to empower little girls.… Continue reading Feminism Everywhere
Rainy Days
Writing about my wet jeans reminded me of another British rain story. This one was a lot more fun. A wonderful couple who had befriended me asked if I wanted to go see the Anne Boleyn family residence. Did they know me well or what? History, in a land that truly had it. I lived… Continue reading Rainy Days
Tempting Prepping Fate
September is National Preparedness Month. How has the month nearly ended without me bring it up?!?! With the job incident and being a part-time employee for a while, I was actually working through the food supplies in my preps for a while. Having all that food on hand really reduced the grocery shopping bills. But,… Continue reading Tempting Prepping Fate
The F Word Discussion
Have you ever read a book for pleasure only to discover it had a homework kind of vibe to it? That is how I felt when reading Lean In. What kept me going was the fact tat it was only 175 pages. Since I'm not in grad school, I didn't have to read the 50 pages… Continue reading The F Word Discussion
Company Pier
I was working at SANYO (where I made so many good friends, like Ms. M) when I went through my divorce. To this day I am so grateful to my boss for her support. For a couple months I was pretty useless. Before this went down, putting away all the paperwork was not my biggest… Continue reading Company Pier
A Bigger Leap
Six weeks ago I took a huge leap of faith and left a job of seven years for a new adventure. I'm now taking another leap ... this time without knowing where I will land. Rather than being scary, it is quite liberating. After a month on my new job, I knew for certain… Continue reading A Bigger Leap
Substitute Student
Back when I was looking for work, I stumbled across an ad on Craigslist offering $200 for someone to take a biology exam for an Asian female, assuming they received a score in the 85-95% range. I laughed. It reminded me of a class project I did years ago. Between grad school attempts one and… Continue reading Substitute Student
Volunteer Victim
When I went through the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy final, I managed to secure a coveted incident command job. This meant that my admin skills were drawn upon for the good of the mission. It also meant that I didn't see what was going on outside as part of the actual mock disaster. I… Continue reading Volunteer Victim
Grown Up, Now What? 