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Life is short, week 24 of 52
This week would’ve been Anthony Bourdain’s 66th birthday. He couldn’t get himself away from his demons. I need to live because he couldn’t anymore. -J
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Life is short, week 22 of 52
Status report: Little sleep = more migraines. But heart happy because of making time to get a life. Life is short moments of the week: 1. Enjoying something on trend. Ikea opened up late last year, and my mom and sister got to it before I did. They took me last week and I enjoyed myself more than I thought it would. Mostly coz they were super pumped too. Even if I wanted to be rolled out of pallet by the time it was over. It was fun and I found things I liked that I don’t know how to install. 2. Making food for friends. I wanted to see…
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Life is short, week 21 of 52
Status report: Caffeine withdrawal migraines and regular hives. Aka back home and normal for my old age Life Is Short moments of the week: 1. Being able to say goodbye, and hug loved ones I haven’t seen the past two years. It feels like a lot of my updates sound dramatic. Long story short, a great aunt passed away last week, and I was driving. We missed her passing by 30 minutes. I was feeling so bad about it, but found our later she hasn’t been conscious in three days. While it was a sucky reason to finally be able to go home to my mom’s hometown, it was such…
