It was 3:23 am, and I was awake. Still. Again. In a span of five months, I had been laid off, found a new job, moved away, and left a second career field and company that I loved. It’s as if the beautifully scenic train ride of life that I’d been on simply dropped me off in the middle of a new town, and then sped off in a cloud of dust before I’d even had a chance to put both feet on the platform. Looking around, this new place looked foreign. Confusing. Lonely. I prided myself on ... VIEW POST
Lemonade For Sale
Here at Casa de Sipps, we're kinda used to change, and we try to make lemonade out of lemons whenever possible. I think we have so much lemonade at this point I could bottle it and sell it by the gallon. There's this stove in our new house. It's a gas stove. Well, it's more like a stove-shaped giant paperweight in the middle of the floor. This is me, three weeks ago:Me: "Hello, I would like to have service started at our new house."Gas company: "Sure! What's your address... oh wait. I'm sorry, ... VIEW POST
Yes, You Can Weather The Storm You’re In Right Now
This week I felt like melting into a puddle of tears and... well, tears. The straw that broke the proverbial camel's back was when the landlord for our current home told me he has on file that our contract is a year longer than I have on file. A stinking YEAR! Pile that on to existing stress of living in two households (and desiring to be in one, just to clarify), PAYING for two households, hearing my children ask "but why can't you come to parent night at VBS, mommy? Do you think you ... VIEW POST
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