Where is Patti Stanger when you need her
Now that I’ve moved out and am like a real person, I feel like I’m ready to start a new chapter. Like a dating chapter. I’ve spent the last three years avoiding any sort of serious relationship. I...
View ArticleI’ll Admit it- I joined Match again.
It’s hard to admit, but I did. But I’m telling you this because I secretly love match because it’s so entertaining and I get to be judgmental without hurting anyone- unless I decide to be a real bitch...
View ArticleRedneck On A Stick: My First Virginia State Fair (or any state fair)
Yesterday, a Saturday, I got my ass out of bed at 8am to go drive an hour and a half to the Virginia State Fair, located in Doswell, Virginia. (I may or may not have stopped at Target on the way). It...
View ArticleFunny Things That Happened Today: Poisoning
Honestly I’m shocked that this hadn’t happened earlier given the level of miscommunication and sheer inability to follow through with things that goes on in this house. So I’m home to visit my family...
View ArticleEvidence that I can’t Function Without Stimulants
Oops, fell off the earth again! Now that I’ve been taking Adderall for two months it scares me how much of a mess I am when I don’t take it. How I have lived to 26 I have no idea. I’ll give you some...
View ArticleIn Memory of Sloan Schnell
I was at work Sunday when a friend messaged me, “Did you hear about Sloan?” Immediately I let out an ‘ohhhhh no’ and my coworker asked me what happened. I said, “I think one of my friends died.” She...
View Article7 Quick Tales
I’ve decided to rip this idea off from camp patton (my blog obsession) because I’m random and it’ll be way easier for me to update sporadically instead of piece together long, thoughtful, coherent...
View ArticleCheap-ass Living 101
1. How are you going to save money if you don’t check out whether its worth buying a newspaper or not? http://www.sundaycouponpreview.com/ I check this on Saturday nights. If there are 2-3 inserts I...
View ArticleIn which people flip me off twice in one day
I love Virginia but Virginia does NOT love me. Yesterday I was driving around and got flipped off on two separate occasions. The second time was not that exciting, I simply merged into a lane that has...
View ArticleThings That Might Be The Best
Cool air Open window Crickets Quiet Super soft sheets Post-workout burn Nose not sniffling Throat not coughing Head not hurting Eyes not itching Freshly shaven legs Clean, wet, shampoo smelling hair...
View ArticleWedding Whirlwind
Somehow time just up and whipped through my life and I went from November 8th, the night of my best friend’s rehearsal dinner, to today, December 18th- almost 19th- after best friend’s wedding,...
View ArticleMickey Pops and Unruly Eyebrows
Remember that time I was like “oh my god I quit my stupid waitressing job and now I’m going to have so much more time to write?” Yeah that happened, not. I literally still have 100 pictures on my phone...
View ArticleMy ITP Story- or- That Time I Randomly Almost Bled to Death- Part TWO!
Continued… **Disclaimer- please keep in mind that my brain is not functioning at it’s full capacity and I am fully aware that this post is full of absolutely sinful spelling and grammar mistakes. And I...
View ArticleMy ITP Story Part 3- I got 99 Problems and Prednisone covers 89 of them
Well, well, well. Here we are at part 3 of this ITP Odessey. I’m really tired but I’ll try to string it together for you, just because I start Rituxan tomorrow morning and there is a very, very small...
View ArticleRituxan Dose 1: Decadron Hijackery
I lived! I did not die of PML or any other of those other scary things related to Rituxan that have been weighing on my overly cautious brain for the last month. My mom drove me to the heme/onc office...
View ArticleThe Kidney Test
Things were a lot easier in middle school. You had your best friends, and then your friends. As we get older, our friendships and roles become a lot more complicated. You have your friends, your...
View ArticleThe Current State of the Union: Gallows Humor
Come on down!!!! How you know you’re out of shape: When you get out of breath from walking to the kitchen to cut yourself a hunk of cheese. How you know you look terrible: Your sister not only picks...
View ArticleITP by the Numbers
I used to be really positive about this whole thing, but now I just hate it. I just. Fucking. Hate it. It drives me crazy to have to sit home and do nothing with my life, and just wait. Wait for...
View ArticleThe Positives.
It has become really difficult to not become depressed during this whole thing. It’s only been 57 days, not 65 as formerly stated (prednisone makes my math skills real bad, I can’t hold onto more than...
View ArticleIn Which My Mom Gives Up on me and Tells Me to Pursue Comedy
Of COURSE, after that whole day of positivity… what happens? I had a massive panic attack. Way to ruin a great day, Alyssa. I used to struggle with panic attacks growing up but in the last few years...
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