Category: My Awkward Self
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Finding More People
“I’ve got to get home to my cats. Because that’s who I am as a person.” That’s…that’s how I exited my last networking event…with professional women in technology…like, just really professional women… *sigh* I’m three months into my new job. Into my new corporate world. It’s been challenging. Not like monitoring 300 truancy cases while…
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Unannounced Birthday
“You always have people throwing food and gifts at you on your birthday.” Because I tell them to. If you don’t tell them, they have to want to do it on their own. I have no trust that anyone will want to celebrate me on their own. So I have a pretty strong history of…
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Cat Teeth Removal
Nine years ago. I brought home a foster cat that lived inside of this couch for over a month. For a solid month. Maybe two. I never saw him. He only came out of this couch when I wasn’t around. He had zero trust in me. Until he did. I call it the cat couch.…
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Incomplete Impromptu Road Trip
Sometimes you just need a road trip. Had happy hour at work. Again. Yesterday. (These folks love to celebrate shit.) So I sat there. With my beer. Watching them all talk. And laugh. And reminisce. About all the times that happened when I didn’t work there. IT guy talked to me. “You’re Sunshine.” I am…that’s…
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Full Car Inspection
Every year. Every year I have issues with my car inspection. Remember that time I was Living That Rejected Life? Yeah, that was a fun time. Did you know that you can make an appointment for a full car inspection, but you can’t make an appointment for a car inspection? Except that you can make…
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Proving My Existence
So, I work in this…I guess it’s called a green building? Or a smart building? A smart green building? The lights are on motion detectors. The toilets and faucets and towel dispensers are also motion-activated. It’s cool. In theory. Saving all those resources. But there’s something about my existence that the sensors fail to acknowledge.…
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Legit Professional Woman
Ran with my Cross Country kids for the first time in months tonight. Ran is a bit of a stretch. See this? That’s my heart rate. That spike? That’s when my heart rate hit 193… That was during the warm up… We all agreed I would just sweep the actual run. I’m certain it serves…
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Summer League For My Life
I just finished up my first full week of work since May. And it was jam-packed with nonstop new employee meetings and a flood of new information. One of the days was back to back meetings with different executive team leaders. And they kept asking what department I work in. Within the company. And I…
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Skipping the Panic Attack Stage
I have spent much of my weekend watching training. To help me feel a little more…competent. Going into my first actual full work week in almost two months. So, I’ve got this access at work now. To send emails. On behalf of the COO. … Y’all just…sit with that for a moment. I. Me. I…
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Storm of Vulnerability
Actually. Shitstorm of vulnerability. Is more accurate. But seems inappropriate for a title. It’s ok to cuss in an actual post. Just not the title. So, shitstorm of vulnerability. Those are the best words I have to describe what is happening inside of my brain right now. My son asked me how the new job…