last night, i accidentally dialed a wrong number and ended up talking to this random guy who was absolutely lovely. i thought i’d ruin my entire evening when my original call went to voicemail, but instead, we spent thirty minutes laughing about how we both thought we were just bad at talking to people. i never would have guessed i could feel so connected over the phone. it's wild how one little m...
literally have spent two years feeling like a broken record, sitting in those cold, sterile doctor offices, spilling my guts about chronic pain, only to have them shrug and say it is just stress. like, okay, sure, i guess my body is just a stress sponge, absorbing everything life throws at me. but tell that to the dozen ibuprofen bottles sitting on my counter, staring me down like i’m losing this ...
the way that i reported the illegal dumping at my old job, thinking i was doing the right thing. you know, playing the hero. turned out my reward was being blacklisted from the industry, while the CEO treated it like a Saturday morning cartoon. he's probably still enjoying his beach house while i spend my weekends contemplating whether to buy new clothes or go to the grocery store. life's funny like that, right?
the way that i reported the illegal dumping at my old job, thinking i was doing the right thing. you know, playing the hero. turned out my reward was being blacklisted from the industry, while the CEO treated it like a Saturday morning cartoon. he's probably still enjoying his beach house while i spend my weekends contemplating whether to buy new clothes or go to the grocery store. life's funny like that, right?
last night i found an old jar of coins and started counting them. it felt like a museum exhibit about my past - dusty quarters from trips i forgot. but then i realized, there’s no one around to share this random find with. no one to tell about how i found a mysterious ten dollar bill hiding in the bottom, like a relic from a forgotten era. i flipped through my contacts and scrolled right past the ...