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 Same outdated look.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 The kind of website you don’t send people to because you know it’s outdated and you haven’t posted for years.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.
I admit it… this was a new level of child speak for me!
I took the house munchkin out and about with me recently while her mom was in bed sick. While wandering the grocery store, she went about her usual routine of saying hi to everyone she passed (she doesn’t know what a stranger is).
Well, as we were “talking” to people, it was the usual conversation…
I know I’m not the only one who does this kinda crap! The question is, how many others are willing to admit it?! LOL
I have a cleaning “strategy”. Ok, so it’s less of a strategy and more of a “this is how we do it” sort of outcome. There’s no planning involved… It. Just. Happen.
Here’s where it all started…
I went to the bathroom…
While 2017 kicked off without a ton of fan fair or mayhem in my house, the month of January is certainly taking its toll!
My house munchkin caught a cold. No big deal right? I looked after her for nearly two weeks without a problem. And yes, I know, all the parenting books and courses and groups talk about how tough it is on our child/grandchild to feel sick. I’m not here to tell you how you should take care of a sick kid.
To hell with that… keep those sneezing, coughing, using their sleeves for a kleenex, snotty-nosed kids as far away from you as possible!!
I wasn’t really looking forward to 2017 this week. Not because I’m not looking forward to a new year getting started. I think it was more because I was expecting to be further along in the healing process of my ankle… and knee.
I mean seriously, I broke myself in February… of LAST year. They originally told me I’d be down six to eight weeks, and I thought THAT was going to be horrid! Now it’s closing in on an entire YEAR!! So I don’t really feel bad about having my damn 2-day pity party!!
Good gosh! All those thoughts that start when you lay down to sleep for the night! You know the ones I’m talking about… the useless, good for nothing BUT keeping you awake thoughts that you just can’t get rid of… Like they couldn’t have come to mind while you were wandering through your day and awake anyway!?! Of course not!!
To add insult to injury (and lack of beauty sleep), most of the time, they’re not even productive thoughts! Take for instance when I couldn’t get to sleep earlier this week. Was I thinking about world peace or how to change my life into the type of life I’ve dreamed of… of course not.
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My mom used to make this when we were kids. And while she always told us, “I never said I could cook, I just said I could keep us from starving!”, this was always a great meal. And to think, it came about just because she needed to stretch her food budget… and a pound of ground beef!
Nowadays I make it with ground turkey, but that’s just a personal preference. But since it’s such a simple recipe (the best kind in my book!), I wanted to share it. It’s certainly nothing fancy, but it’s delicious, healthy, and can really help you out if you’re looking for great family meals on a budget.
I never had a cast for my broken ankle. The Emergency Room doctor put me in a fiberglass cast initially (partial casting for the back and sides). But my Orthopedic Surgeon put me into a boot straight from surgery.
I’m thinking he saw “newbie” written all over my face when I walked in the door and thought, “Good grief! If I put her in a cast, she’s gonna dissolve it in the shower and I’ll be redoing it! At least in a boot she can blow dry the insert!”
And given my showering track record the first time through, he’d have been right if that was his thinking!!
My orthopedic surgeon (OS) did my second surgery on Tuesday afternoon to correct his over-correction. His physician assistant (PA) said he came out of the room looking really pleased and even said it gave him “warm fuzzies” for how it turned out. And while I personally didn’t find anything warm OR fuzzy about it, I’ll…
So many of you have asked where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to. I’m finally coherent enough to explain.
On February 26, I fell off the back of my pickup truck and broke my ankle… both bones in my left foot plus a torn ligament. In less than one minute, my life was turned upside down. Not as bad as some people’s, because I know I have friends tackling much worse things, but it’s definitely taken a turn for the worse.
I went to the park yesterday with my man and his grandkids.
Since I broke my ankle, they’ve come to visit and we hang out at the house drawing. And each time the get here, they ask me when if I’m still hurt.
Today when they came over, I let them know I finally got permission to walk (6 days ago), but that I was going to be slow for a bit still.
I finally got a chance to talk to my girlfriend last week and we got talking about dishes and how they suck… Not because we like talking dishes, but because my usual multitasking self was in the middle of washing mine while we were talking.
I told her I’d finally found some wash cloths that clean really well without getting all stinky and smelly within a few days!
Yep. Last week I finally made it in to get that dreaded “procedure” done. You know the one… that procedure that no one wants to talk about… EVER!
Well, I’m not shy so here it is. Yes, I got a colonoscopy done. Go ahead. You can say it. I promise it wont hurt. If you’re sitting at the dinner table, you may want to wait till later. Of course, if you’re sitting at the dinner table, you shouldn’t be reading this anyway unless you’re alone. Otherwise it’s rude!! 🙂