Hey there… I’ve been driving for nearly 20 years… And somewhere along the way I realized… The road signs aren’t just telling me how to drive… They’re telling me how to live… STAY IN LANE What other people think of you is none of your damn business… Gossiping about what they’re doing in their lane…
Hey there… Okay, so here’s a number that’s gonna sound made up but isn’t: at one point I had somewhere near a hundred supplement bottles in my house. Maybe more. I stopped counting because counting them was depressing. It started innocent enough. Amazon reviews, the usual way — read what worked for people, order the…
Hey there… So my best friend and I are sitting at the table one day and she says, “I wish I could fall asleep like my husband does.” I laughed because I used to think the same thing about my ex. He used to be mid-sentence, scratching my back, and just start snoring… while his…
Hey there… For a while there, when my granddaughter was a toddler, bedtime in our house wasn’t a routine. It was a hostage negotiation. Three hours, sometimes more — tantrums, climbing out of bed, getting into things she had no business getting into, the whole household running on fumes waiting for her to finally, FINALLY…
Hey there… I’m going to say something that might surprise you coming from someone who talks about AI constantly… Don’t let it think for you. I use AI every single day. And I am telling you with complete sincerity… Not everything it tells you is true. I’m GenX. We didn’t have smartphones. We didn’t have…
Hey there… Last week I told you about the Ninja Turtle with my son that I can’t remember… And the Edwin litter box conversation with my granddaughter that I almost lost forever… I promised you I’d walk you through the best apps I’ve found for making sure those moments don’t disappear… Here’s what you actually…
Hey there… When was the last time your kid said something so funny… so perfectly wrong… so completely them… that you thought… I have GOT to remember this… And then life kept moving… And you forgot… Mine was my son and the Ninja Turtles. Something about them that he had completely backwards in the most…
AI For Real Life Series — Part 2 of 6 Hey there… This week we’re going somewhere deeper… Your family. Your stories. Your legacy. My grandmother kept diaries for decades. And here’s the thing about my grandmother… She knew shorthand. Every now and then… usually when my grandfather was in trouble… the handwriting would shift…
AI For Real Life Series — Part 1 of 6 Hey there… Your doctor is brilliant. Your specialist is talented. Your oncology team is working hard. And none of them have enough time. Not enough time to sit with you after the appointment and explain what that number actually means… Not enough time to research…
Hey there… I’m the gal who will never let AI drive my truck. Because I know that programs only run as well as the people who wrote them… and 80,000 pounds of truck hauling fuel down a highway at 70mph is not the place to test that theory… I’m also the gal who has used…
Hey there… I’m gonna tell you something that nobody wants to admit… We’ve been lied to about money our whole lives. You’ve heard the saying… money is the root of all evil… Except that’s not what it says. The actual quote is… the LOVE of money is the root of all evil… One word. Completely…
Hey there… I pulled up to drop windows — more than half a 53 foot trailer worth of seriously heavy windows — and there was one kid there to unload them. Twenty years old. Working alone. His dad used to own the place. His brother used to work with him. Then the higher ups let…
Hey there… So I found out recently that there are people in this world who don’t have an inner dialogue… As in… no little voice in their head telling them what to do, arguing with their decisions, or randomly starting conversations about something that happened three weeks ago at 2am… I don’t understand this at…
Hey there… Check this out. My blog, genxbrat.com, had been sitting on the web collecting digital dust since 2016. Same outdated look. Same broken pieces. The kind of website you don’t send people to because you know it’s outdated and you haven’t posted for years. Sound familiar? So I sat down with AI and we…
Hey there… I’m gonna tell you something that might sting a little… When people tell me they don’t have time… to build a side hustle… start a business… learn something new… What they’re really saying is… It’s not a priority yet. I don’t want to hear about a lack of time from anybody… Not after…
Hey there… I’m a truck driver. I work 90+ hours a week. When I go home, I’ve got anywhere from 10 hours to a couple days before I have to be back on the road. This week I’m home for the whole week! My house needs cleaning. Really needs it. To the point where my…
Hey there… I’m an ex-computer programmer turned truck driver. I know enough about how software actually works to understand that programs only run as well as the people who wrote them — and people are fallible. So no, I don’t want an AI at the wheel of an 80,000-pound rig hauling fuel down a highway…
Hey there… So my BFF/Sister was diagnosed with oral cancer in 2007. She’s my age. And from the very first time she sent me a lab result I couldn’t fully pronounce, I made her a promise… I will figure this out with you. I’m not a medical professional. I’m a truck driver. But I’m also…
Look at this crew. I’m left-handed, but let’s be real: I don’t have a creative bone in my body. I’m an ex-computer programmer, and a truck driver, not an artist. But I gave AI about three lines of text, and in less than three minutes, I had this image. As a Gen X former computer…
I met Terry the way I meet a lot of people — through my truck. I’d pulled into his garage with a problem that needed fixing, and somewhere between the diagnostic and the repair, I picked up on something. The way he talked, the way he moved around that garage alone. This was a man…
Yep, it’s Friday… which is MY Monday. And I wanted to share my weird thought for the day…
I’ve been driving back and forth to California for several months now. And there have been several things that have crossed my mind in regards to getting back and forth safely.
* Will we be on this side of the border when the next earthquake hits (I’d be fine if I never felt the earth move under my feet)…
I’ve never worn a lot of makeup, but it seems like I’ve always worn eyeliner. When I first started using it, and up until probably three years ago, I only used black. That’s it! And the only criteria that I had was that it go on smoothly, and that it not run down my face…
Welcome to my week in review aka the ironies of my life!
It’s been an interesting and exhausting week, but here are the highlights for your amusement, judgments, critiques, or whatever other feelings that might surface.
My House Munchkin’s antics…
She let me know this week at bedtime that stuffed animals are fake. And she said it in that… “how could you not know this gramma?” tone.
And that would be fine, except it came from the same child who says her left foot is a cat and her right foot is a dog… and is regularly talking with them to let them know it’s ok to come out from under various pieces of furniture!!
I went with my son to the lab the other day… not because he needs mommy to tag along, but he likes the company.
And really, does anyone ENJOY going to the doctor alone!?!
Anyhow, while we’re waiting for him to get called back, he starts telling me about his camera.
I’ve been professionally driving now for 10 years. In that time, I’ve driven more miles than I drove in the 20-something years before that. And yeah, I’ve learned a few things, but I spend more time dodging those drivers who apparently never did!!
So I just wanted to share a few quick tips that may lengthen your life span while you’re out on the road doing whatever it is you’re doing.
