K.D. Sarge's Blog, page 16

Moving SUCKS

So we did it. We got the keys to the new house in the evening May 9th. We only took the survival bag over that night. (paper towels, disinfecting wipes, a couple plastic cups, t.p. The stuff that if you’re stuck waiting for a service guy to come, you REALLY WISH you had on hand.) We explored with no one watching, we discovered with no one else’s stuff in the way, and we reveled in OUR HOUSE.

The next night, we made a couple runs of boxes and such in my Corolla. Three people, couple boxes…yeah...

SO MUCH STUFF

I don’t think of myself as a big acquirer of things. I don’t collect anything in particular except books I want to read at least once more, and movies I want to watch a few more times. I’m relentless with my closet decluttering–if it doesn’t fit, and it’s in a direction I don’t want to go (up) or a lot farther away than I expect to get in the next few months, out it goes. Someone will be happy to find it at Goodwill, but I’m not storing it.

My housemates probably (certainly) get tired of hear...

Just a Rehearsal

I’ve been thinking this at myself lately, because it’s really not helpful to go beating myself up for my mistakes. I know what I want to do, and I’m trying to do it. Getting mad at screw-ups doesn’t help in the slightest.

So. It’s just a rehearsal. Not to excuse lack of trying–to tell myself it’s okay I’ve flubbed it up. I’ll get another chance to get it right.

Unless I don’t, in which case I’m not really gonna care that I forgot my healthy breakfast in the fridge and ate free donuts instead,...

Doing the Math

So a while back I downloaded YNAB, which stands for You Need a Budget. Because I did–I really really needed a budget. I looked around at recommended free apps, and tried Wallet, and it just didn’t work for me. Somehow I never quite managed to figure out what I was supposed to be doing with it. Probably too modern, I decided. So I went “old school” and found a budgeting spreadsheet template.

Yeah, no. I didn’t want to enter every single thing at my computer every night, and make sure everythin...

Ever Touched Cover Reveal!

Well, lookie here. Is this another blog post already? Y’all are going to get spoiled.

I Never Believed in Writer’s Block

Not for me, anyway. I wouldn’t dream of denying that other people have suffered from something that sure sounds awful, but it’s not something that happens to ME. I just write. Every day. Yep.

Until I don’t.

Lately–for a long time, not just a week–it’s just been really hard for me to get anywhere. I sit down to write and I do anything but. Force myself to focus, and suddenly I’m on the verge of tears. It’s just really hard.

I think, “I should post on my blog,” and I freeze up. Can’t think of a...

With Love

I think we all need this tonight.

That is all.

Off to Bed

I’m not here. I’m on my way to bed.

But I wanted to say I’m going to start coming by here more often, I swear.

Also, if you’re into audio books at all, check out A Short History of Nearly Everything, particularly the version read by Richard Matthews. It’s marvelous.

(Edit: Apparently I was so tired last night, I didn’t POST THIS. Oops… )

Puppies

This is the Capitol switchboard. If your congressional representatives are like mine, you can call them and complain without having to talk to a human at all–that is, if you can get through at all. (looking at you, Senator McCain.)

202-224-3121

These are puppies.

Take care.

I Rebel

(Vague spoilers several paragraphs down for the movie hinted in the title. Even though that line isn’t actually in the movie!)

I know a lot of people who are cursing 2016, especially since we lost our beloved princess/Senator/General/slave who choked her captor with the chain he meant to keep her with. I’m definitely one of them. It was a hard year for me before a combination of chicanery, stupidity, and sexism elected a POTUS who will do his damnedest to destroy all the US is supposed to sta...