Yesterday, our lease on the townhouse ended. Yesterday, I began a new job. One chapter ended and another one has begun. The last two and a half weeks had been very busy. Sometimes I was stressed and overwhelmed. Sometimes I was hopeful. There were so many arrangements made and preparations done for the move –…
A New Chapter on the Horizon
My son and I have been residing in a leased townhouse near his school for the past year. Our current home is approximately an hour’s drive from the school, and the heavy traffic we face daily chips away at the soul of every commuter. Fed up with this inconvenience, I resolved to find a place…
Second Week of a New Chapter
I have somehow ended up being gainfully employed. To be quite honest, I am not even sure how I ended up here. I wasn’t even fully invested in it, I mean, I probably was just halfheartedly answering the application, which was pretty easy – typing tests, email management, a bit of math – I don’t…
Cozy Up with a Cuppa: Exploring the Charm of Cozy Mystery TV Series
Cozy mystery series have carved out a niche for themselves both in books and on television, providing bookworms and couch potatoes with a delightful combination of crime-solving and heartwarming elements. These shows, often featuring small-town settings, amateur detectives, and a lack of graphic violence, have gained immense popularity among a diverse audience. In the past…
DITL: 4 March 2024
I did not even notice how the hours flew by. I had a productive day but that didn’t mean I only worked. There was some balance between work, household chores, hobbies, and a bit of rotting on social media. The first day of my training was rather challenging but not so much that I wanted…
Skin Care Products Re/purchased
The last time I purchased skin care products was in late December, and the items were delivered on the last day of 2023. Since then, I had all the skin care products I needed and I pretty much stuck to my routine, except for the week when I had awful migraine headaches that I could…
Book Review: Cupcakes and Chardonnay
N.B. This review was published on a previous blog. I got a free copy of Julia Gabriel’s Cupcakes & Chardonnay from Story Cartel. It’s a short novel, 128 pages long, which only took me a few hours to read. Still, those few hours of downtime were enjoyable. The story is simple. It does not have…
Book Review: Act One, Wish One
N.B. This review was published on a previous blog. I received a copy of Mindy Klasky’s book, Act One, Wish One, through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. A quick glance at the cover of the book and one would already know that the story is related to the theatre. Even better, the title is very telling,…
Good Things Do Happen
To most people, being able to get up in the morning, do one’s morning routine, and get some chores done are nothing but tasks that one does mindlessly. These daily activities are usual parts of a routine that are nothing but mundane components of life. But to me, even the most mundane task can be…
When Skin Care Progress is Not Linear
People my age are expected to be wise, to be more accepting of things as they are, and to just “suck it up” and move on if things did not go our way. I am almost forty years old and it is still difficult to just suck it up and accept that my face will…