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Continue reading →: In Search of CommunityI attended my first AA meeting the other day. Not because I’m struggling with alcohol addiction, thankfully, but because I’m taking a class this semester called Social Work Practice with Substance Use Disorders, and one of our first assignments is to attend a meeting and report back on the experience.…
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Continue reading →: Perspective, Four Years LaterThe other day I thought about a movie I’d seen a while back about a woman who lived in her van. I remember the movie being really sad. She worked odd jobs, traveled from place to place, occasionally crossing paths with other people who were equally disconnected. She was lonely…
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Continue reading →: Worst Birthday, Ever.When I started this blog last summer, I promised myself that I would post at the end of every week and not stop until I’d reached 100 posts. I just checked, and I’m up to 26! On the one hand, it feels like 26% of my goal is not very…
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Continue reading →: My First Poutine, aka Canadian SaladCarey and I drove up to Montreal last weekend to celebrate our January birthdays, which are six days (and five years) apart. The drive was super easy, only about six hours with stops along the way. We got a nice early start, and reached the border mid-afternoon. Our very first…
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Continue reading →: Camping in my Own HomeIn order to determine if #VanLife is for me, I wanted to conduct a little experiment. What if, for a whole week, I did not use the microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, or coffee maker? No hot water, shower or toilet. Only two pots; a cast iron dutch oven for…
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Continue reading →: Could #VanLife be for me? I think so!Oh, boy, did I fall into a rabbit hole this week. Remember when I said I don’t need much space to live in, I’d be happy in a tiny home with a postage stamp garden? Well, the other day I went on YouTube to search for something, and the algorithm…
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Continue reading →: Feliz Año Nuevo from MadridMy first award trip finally arrived! This is the one I booked back in August for $126 and 58,100 miles. At the time I thought that was a really solid redemption, but my trip to London this coming August was significantly less, coming in at $289 and 18,000 points. Regardless,…
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Continue reading →: My First House SitI did my first house sitting gig this week, and it went pretty well. I drove down to Arlington, VA on Monday. What should have been a 4.5 hour drive took more like 6 hours because of holiday traffic and a Costco/Michaels pitstop. But the food and craft supplies were…
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