Gooood morning sports fans! That seems like a peppy way to jump into this, let's go with it. I feel like the past month-ish or so I've been all over the place. And I tend to keep everything bottled up inside me until it really gets to me and I'm terribly stressed and anxious. I'm not really great at opening up or talking about my feelings, but writing is a good way for me to let everything out. I hate asking for help or feeling like a burden, so I'm really thankful that writi

This was one of the first weekends we really got to enjoy our new apartment in Fairmount! We've been so busy lately, traveling home to see family, seeing friends for St. Paddy's day, etc, so it felt great just spending the weekend in Philly. Patrick was actually supposed to head out fishing for the weekend (sleeping in the car, waking up at dawn...everything that sounds like a blast to me) but last minute decided to stay in Philly. I feel like I really lucked out, getting to

I've just ordered a refurbished laptop (bc broke and it was $100) but I'm hoping this will help me really dive into my love of writing. Anyway, I found this incomplete draft from December and WOW is it a good look at what seasonal depression and being in a rut is like. But this is such a good reason why I love writing: I can look back and see what was going on in my head, even if it's just a random stream of consciousness and not a perfectly composed blog post. So without fur