• 132

    Although I haven’t lived in Tennessee my entire life, for many people here at least, I am considered a native Tennessean. My family moved here in 1992, and other than a 5-year span of living in other states (SC and KY), I’ve been here ever since. It’s absolutely beautiful here with rolling hills of greenery…

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  • 131

    I’m not sure what the impetus was for my brain to switch gears, but it happened: I am truly starting to live my life. It kinda sucks that it took nearly forty years to realize what living actually meant to me, not just what was expected of me, but I’m happy that I at least…

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  • 130

    This weekend, I had dinner – well, it was more wine and charcuterie board, but I’m an adult and can call it whatever I want – with a friend that I’ve known since 1993. Nineteen ninety-three. I remember meeting her so very well. I am brand new to school and am trying to stay as…

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  • 129

    After three weeks of excruciating pain, I finally have a diagnosis: I have an 8-mm kidney stone and an ovarian cyst, both on my left side! I am happy to know what is causing all of this bullshit, but on the other hand, I now know what I have to do to resolve the problem.…

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  • 128

    Like any woman, I have my own dating horror stories – like the guy who coined the term “face five” or the Louisville town rapist (that is another story for another time) – but for the most part, I’ve just had your run-of-the-mill “we just didn’t click” situations. Even most of my long-term relationships were…

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  • 127

    Wow, it’s been over two months since I posted anything, and I didn’t finish my Lord of the Rings challenge because of course I didn’t. I’ve had a lot going on this whole time, from dating – and subsequently breaking up with – a new dude to new job to holidays to adopting a new…

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  • lotr challenge, day 22

    Another one of my favorite days to do during my month-long challenges because I get to 1) take a break and 2) show off some amazing work that might otherwise not get seen. Naturally, there is a huge amount of fan art related to Lord of the Rings, so being able to find stuff that…

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  • lotr challenge, day 6

    I’m running a little bit slow today because I was dumb and stayed out until after 04:00 like I forgot I am an almost 40-year-old woman and not a college student. Hopefully I have learned my lesson, because my head is killing me. And I didn’t even drink! Oh, well. But anyway, onto today’s challenge:

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  • lotr challenge, day 5

    Just FYI, I have about 4 million modules I have to complete by the end of today, and I have to write 1667 words for NaNo, so this is gonna be another quick post; but this was easier than I thought it would be because only one character came to mind super quickly.

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  • lotr challenge, day 4

    God, there are so many main characters in Lord of the Rings, and it grows exponentially throughout the trilogy, which should actually make this challenge post a bit easier. Luckily for me, my favorite main character shows up early in the story!

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