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How I spent my Christmas holiday
The great thing about being stuck in the hospital during the Christmas holiday is that you have a lot of time on your hands. And for hyperactive workaholic me, time is a most precious gift! A dear friend once gifted me with a bucket list journal, and one of my entries went this way: “Write…
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What Gen X learned when she went back to school
It’s been two weeks since our graduation, and I still cannot quite believe everything that happened since I took it in my head that yes, a fifty-year-old person can go back to school. And so, on this lazy Sunday, I pause to take a few minutes to reflect on some of the things I’ve learned…
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Why road trips are love
It was a six-hour drive which turned into an eleven-hour one. Oddly enough, I didn’t mind. As a matter of fact, I had a blast! One of my sisters, who now lives in Canada, was coming home for the holidays, and my parents thought it would be nice to take the whole family to a…
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What happens when a Gen Xer and a Millennial go on vacation
It was going to be our first vacation together, just the two of us, my 27-year-old millennial daughter and Gen Xer me, and I was just a little bit anxious. I knew exactly how she’s like on vacation. She’s the type who’d research each and every must-visit spot of a particular destination, plotting her itinerary…
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How it all started
A couple of months ago, I felt that I was getting just a tad heavy. I’ve always been on the petite side, although in recent years I’ve been on the wide side of petite more than anything else, so I’d know it immediately if I gain more than the ideal amount of weight. I was…
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