I was attacked in my own home last night. It wasn’t a real restful weekend. On call weekends usually aren’t. My on call shift officially started at 12:01am Saturday morning. The children waited exactly six minutes into my on call weekend to begin cutting themselves out of their gps monitors and set about exploring the … Continue reading Sleepless on the Weekend
Author: Sunshine Richards
Chaos 50K: The Aftermath
“Is it ok to get oil on this?” I was lying face down on the massage table, so I couldn’t see what she was pointing at. I assumed she meant my tattoo. So I said, Oh yeah. That’s a few years old by now. “Really? Oh wow. What did this?” And I haven’t seen my … Continue reading Chaos 50K: The Aftermath
Chaos 50k – The Race
Sometimes magic just...happens. In this instance. The magic happened on our favorite pub run course. Probably on one of the first Thursdays of the month that we run there officially. Or any of the other days that we run there unofficially. I’m not sure I was there when this idea was being birthed. I may … Continue reading Chaos 50k – The Race
Frozen Toe Not Quite 10k
So, on Wednesday I left work early. To run the virtual Frozen Toe not quite 10k. I could do this because I didn’t have any students to test that day. And I didn’t have any conviction to spend the entire day catching up on truancy phone calls. And because I didn’t have those things. I … Continue reading Frozen Toe Not Quite 10k
Smith Mountain Lake Dam Hike
Cried at work last week. I say that a lot. I know. It's just who I am now. My boss walked into my office. As I was crying. And asked what he could do to help. Tommy walked past my office. As I was crying. And closed the door. And kept walking. So last week … Continue reading Smith Mountain Lake Dam Hike
My Struggles Are Your Struggles
I have this saying written in my office. Today. If I get a second to breath. I’m gonna erase it. I’m no longer accepting other people’s struggles. For the time being. I’ve only got my struggles. Just mine. How about you keep your struggles. I’ll hold onto mine. *sigh* Obviously I don’t actually mean that. … Continue reading My Struggles Are Your Struggles
2020 Smashdown
Pics from Official Start of 2020 popped up in my memories today. That time the portal to chaos was opened. I’m not out there today. Today I’m here. On my couch. With coffee and books. Like all the other people afraid to peek their heads out to see how 2021 gonna act. Not because I’m … Continue reading 2020 Smashdown
Not Public Conversation Ready
So I’ve spent the last two weeks of the year proving to myself. As much as possible. That I am not a public ready human. Went to look at apartments yesterday. Was supposed to meet with Apartment Manager Dick. At one of the many schools that we’ve decided to turn into living spaces. I assume … Continue reading Not Public Conversation Ready
Another .1 Christmas
You know in movies? When some emergency situation happens? And someone inevitably loses their shit? And just turns a standard emergency into an absolute shit show? I get angry. Like, screaming “get your shit together moron!” at the tv kind of angry. I got sucked into the rabbit hole that is Grey’s Anatomy at the … Continue reading Another .1 Christmas
McAfee Christmas
Lil T called me stupid yesterday. Which was hurtful. Since she’s just about the nicest human ever made. Ok. What she actually said was, “You do stupid stuff. Not me.“ In her defense. She’d just been pulled out of a coma. And told to put on whatever clothes she could find. And go climb a … Continue reading McAfee Christmas
