“I think you’re a wonderful person.”

For those of you who don’t know, I work for a residential program for challenged youth.  I am required to do rounds of our houses, which means I walk through our neighborhood pretty frequently.  I don’t interact much with our neighbors, but there’s this one guy named Bob who likes to say hi to our kids and staff.

Bob’s wife died about a year ago and I can imagine he’s very lonely.  So every so [...] Continue Reading…

We’re baaaack!

And it’s fate, because as I am typing this, Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” music video is playing in the background.  I love inspiration.

Anyhow, I have a few things to express gratitude for, all thanks to singleness.  Let’s begin, shall we?

-I went dancing the other night and went outside to take a break because the sweat was driving me insane.  I ended up striking conversation with a man named Ben who owned the Caribbean restaurant next door. When I asked [...] Continue Reading…

So ever since this post and declaring my goal of wanting to run my first 5K, I’ve been working on my fitness like WOAH.  I’m talking running, lifting, zumba-ing…if it sounds interesting, I’ll try it.  I must be doing something right because I’ve lost about 7 pounds. And my body is changing! (Sorry, no naked pics this time…you’ll just hafta take my word for it. And I don’t feel comfortable showing you how much I weigh, like this girl. [...] Continue Reading…

I’ve been thinking a lot about healthy relationships and my desire to actually experience one firsthand.

You see, I’ve been noticing a trend of unhealthy relationships represented in the media. Last night I was watching Jersey Shore (my newest guilty pleasure) and was astonished by how toxic the relationship between Ronnie and Sam is.  They go to a club, he drinks too much, she sits in a corner and whines, and then he calls her a “fucking cunt.”  She goes [...] Continue Reading…