December 2025
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December 16
I had a rough morning. Being a parent is hard. Especially when it puts you face to face with the way you treated your own parents. I found myself pitting hurt and grief against guilt and regret and it sucked. I tried to run through it and that helped, but at the end of the…
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December 15
I opted not to go out for this morning’s run due to the cold temperatures and high wind, and I’m glad. Instead I spent the day working on next year’s family calendar – an annual tradition since 2008! I also managed to go food shopping, do laundry, and make meatball subs for dinner. We’ll get…
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December 14
We went to see The Nutcracker today, which almost didn’t happen because I bought tickets to something called “The Nutcracker and Sorcerer’s Apprentice” instead. We only found out by accident because a commercial for The Nutcracker came on TV and it said it was this weekend, not next weekend like the tickets I bought. Upon…
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December 13
I have not been sleeping well for about a week now, and it’s starting to show up in what I have to give to the day. This morning’s run was much harder than it should have been, and it took me hours to recover. I had planned to put up the outside Christmas lights, but…
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December 12
Went out to dinner with some friends from cheer. It’s kind of awesome that I made more friends than Robin did at cheer. I mean, not really; the fact that Robin didn’t make any lasting friendships really speaks volumes about the toxic environment at that gym, but it’s nice someone got something out of it.…
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December 11
I have resorted to a mashup of ChatGPT translations and Magic 8 Ball responses to questions I am asked every day. It’s surprisingly satisfying. My favorite response so far is, “Concentrate and ask again.” This is in no way to say that I am better than these asinine and convoluted questions, but let’s face it.…
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December 10
I am teetering on the edge of being too productive this week. It’s not good to set these precedents. I have a good reason to back off, too, because I have not been sleeping well for a few nights now. I wake up into a half-sleep around 3 or 4am, stuck in a dream where…
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December 9
The basketball games tonight showed improvement. The girls still only scored one basket, but that’s one basket more than their last game! And the boys only lost by 15. The sportsmanship of the other teams was much better than the first night, and I appreciated that. It’s a little unfair really, because our school is…
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December 8
There comes a point where being productive becomes counterproductive, and I hit that point today. It’s ok, though, because I am excellent at inventing distractions. Honestly, though, it was a pretty quiet day, and those are nice too. I am without a project or pastime at the moment, so have spent most of my free…
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December 7
We got our biggest Christmas tree ever today, literally the first one we saw. It touches the ceiling, but it’s nice because there was actually room for all our ornaments. Only one broke this year… seems every year we lose at least one. Now it feels like Christmas.
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December 6
It was a chilly, damp evening for a dance performance, but Christina rocked it at Deck the Chairs. I’d never been there before and it was pretty fun. Watching her dance never gets old. I told Robin to bring a jacket, but she didn’t listen and of course ended up wearing mine. Perfect for Christmas,…
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December 5
Today was not quite as exciting as yesterday, but I finally managed to get my prescription this morning and it has changed my whole life. Christina had a long night of dance, so we stopped and got Chili’s on the way home for a late dinner. Chili’s is basically dead to me because they used…
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December 4
A light pole fell down at a major local intersection overnight, closing it down for hours and causing a traffic nightmare for most of the day. We were literally the only people at car line in the morning because no one else could get there. I thought the school was closed. We had a plan…
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December 3
The exhaustion is palpable. The pharmacy FINALLY filled my prescription, so hopefully I start seeing improvement in the next day or two. In the meantime, I’m spending as much time with my eyes closed as possible.
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December 2
I am so frustrated with this one medication I take that is always a week delayed every month when I need to refill it. It literally lays me on my ass for days while I wait for it. Right now it’s been five days since I ordered it and it’s still out of stock. I…
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