[content notice: I’m going to talk about what it’s like for me to be a therapist and not everyone is excited to hear about this perspective, even though all therapists are also regular humans, too. If that's you, maybe skip this one] The whole time I was in grad school I was waiting for someone … Continue reading what is therapy, anyway?
it’s brutal out here
I haven't been writing very much this year. It's hard to know how to express myself on the internet when I know that anything about me that ends up *out there* can end up in front of eyes I'd prefer didn't see it. It's hard to know how to talk about things I care about … Continue reading it’s brutal out here
captain’s log
It's been a while since I've written! I graduated from graduate school in December and hoped to start a new job in a familiar place quite quickly, but things didn't work out that way. As it turns out, nothing really went the way I thought it would go. I was expecting this year to be … Continue reading captain’s log
fall break
Sometimes you plan to be really productive on the day you don't have class but then you wake up to your body remembering that you were sick in a foreign country 10 years ago (or maybe just needing a break? but you read the meaning into it anyway) so you spend all morning reading the … Continue reading fall break
tin
Tin is traditionally the gift given on a ten-year wedding anniversary. This is the story of the day my life changed forever, ten years ago today. On July 1, 2009 I had an allergy test. I had been getting sick for the previous few months and I was starting to think I might be allergic … Continue reading tin
Evidence that I might be a toddler
I have been babysitting a 2-year-old recently and have been pretty alarmed to learn how much we have in common. A list: Quiet around new people (but NOT quiet around not-new people) Encyclopedic knowledge of car manufacturers Summer fashion sense (i.e. knit dresses in "fun" print with bike shorts underneath) General disdain for pants Dislike … Continue reading Evidence that I might be a toddler
coming up for air
I am exhausted because it's the last week of the semester and also wide awake because well, of course I am (also: coffee). I'm nearing the 3/4 mark in my graduate program and am feeling the last semester of 10-12 hour days (thankfully not every day). A year ago— how could it possibly have been … Continue reading coming up for air
not the best
I played the piano today. I played it without headphones and while someone else (my partner, J) was in the room. I didn't even really think about the fact that he was there, I just played- a few old Clementi sonatinas that probably were trotted out nervously in front of an audience in 2002, some … Continue reading not the best
Christmas Baking Challenge 2018
I have been allergic to nuts for the better part of ten years, and aside from the anxiety and hives, the worst part has to be no longer being able to enjoy the delicious traditional German baked goods of my youth. I have a month-long break from school coming up that coincides nicely with Christmas, … Continue reading Christmas Baking Challenge 2018
I love baths and I don’t care who knows it
I have been writing about self-care for a few years in reaction to over a decade of being an insomniac workaholic with chronic health issues related to not taking care of myself. My favorite post on the subject is from The Mighty and was actually written by a social worker, but well before I ever … Continue reading I love baths and I don’t care who knows it
weary traveler 