I remember that when I was young I would eat pretty much what I wanted and stay slim. I ate until I was full and then stopped. I always liked sweets, but didn’t “crave” them all the time. In the…
Should Have Known it Wouldn’t be That Easy
WARNING: Pretty graphic descriptions of vomiting. My first experience with reality in the real world was on Super Bowl Sunday February 2, 2014. We were invited to the home of my daughter’s boyfriend. I’d become friends with his mother and…
Big change is easy at first
Of course it is always easier to plan something difficult off in the future than it is to actually DO it. I’d been on liquid diets over Christmas or Thanksgiving in the past and so I figured that it would…
Stop the Insanity
The excitement and wonder of the trip around Ireland in 2013 faded quickly. I’d spent a lot on the trip and the amount of money I’d taken out of my 401K to survive on was getting pretty depleted. And I…
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
When I learned that I’d failed the bar in April of 2013, I had actually failed both parts, the substantive part, and the Professional Responsibility part. But I’d only failed the Professional Responsibility part by 1 point, which meant I…
Graduation is just the beginning
I survived until graduation! Yeah! And I was elected class speaker by my class, which was a huge honor. Typical me though, I tried to put a little bit of everything in my graduation speech, which meant it was long.…
Law School is not for sissies
So, suddenly I was working full time and taking classes at night four days a week. I was petrified that I was going to flunk out and I studied every spare second I had. Seattle University, where I went to…
More of the same
I was so devastated by my breakup. I spent a lot of time wondering how things might have been different if I’d behaved differently. Then, alternately, I was angry and felt that I was the only one who’d put anything…
Online dating sucks
After my husband left for Alameda, California, I joined a couple of online dating sites. One was Single Parent Mingle. I met lots of people through that site, although I never dated anyone from there. I went to a get…
What begins in karaoke, ends in karaoke
There is a difference between knowing that you want to get divorced and actually putting it in motion. The straw that broke the camel’s back was when my husband came to me and told me that there was an opening…