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Tag: Life
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Out of Spoons
I have not, in fact, got any spoons. I’m not just speaking in the mental health metaphorical roundabout lack-of-energy way. We have two, I think, maybe three, spoons. The rest of them? Somewhere in a box. Probably a couple of hours from my present location. Hopefully, in a box that will get here on…
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Excited State
In atomic theory, an electron can be in one of several states. For this, I’m thinking about two… the ground state, and the excited state. When the electron is struck by a bit of light, it gets knocked out of it’s usual low-energy orbit, and goes as far from it’s center as it can…
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Chat Topics
I’ll be doing my usual weekly livestream chat at 7:30PM EST tonight. It’s Friday! What would you like to hear me ramble about? I’m always open to topic suggestions. In the meantime, work is very busy, which makes the week just fly by. It feels like it was just Monday yesterday. I’ll take it.…
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Blessings from Shadows
This last week was a wild ride. Not that anything big happened, externally. No, it’s more that some things happened in my head. My head is a strange place. I’m aware. Trying to explain it is.. I don’t. Not usually. Look, I’m very aware I’m not a normal person. Actually, I kind of like…
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Silver Linings
July is drawing to a close, and we have passed the halfway mark of 2020. This is going to be a year we all remember in different ways, for different reasons… but we will remember it. Memorable isn’t always a kind appellation. I’m thinking about this as I am relaxed and happy and sleepy…
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Stayin’ Alive
Just a quick post to say hey, I’m still here. It’s been a week. Nobody’s sick or anything, just I’ve been extra busy so I could help surprise the Junior Mad Scientist. She is celebrating her 18th birthday tomorrow, but Friday the whole family conspired to have the house decorated, her favorite meal, presents……
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Finding Limits
Huh, funny how that phrase gives me flashbacks to calculus class. And in some ways what I’m thinking about today is similar to that level of math. As you approach zero, without quite ever reaching zero… That’s where the limits are. When you can’t go any lower without your heart stopping, that’s where the…
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Condescension or Compassion
One is wanting to feel a little better than the other person, the other genuinely wants to help the other person. The first cloaks their feeling of superiority (whether warranted or not) in a guise of being helpful. One is odious, the other sweet and to be cherished. The Jr. Mad Scientist and I…
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Single-handed
It isn’t until you aren’t fully capable of using one hand that you realize how much of your life depends on having two available. This isn’t the first time I’ve dealt with this particular quirk in life – the first big hurdle of having a baby was learning to do everything while I held…
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Some Days…
Some days it don’t pay to get out of bed. I had every intention of writing up an LTUE AAR today. That did not happen. On the upside, the lot of us are safely at home and I can sleep in my own bed tonight. The car is in the shop, tomorrow I’ll have a…
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It’s a small life
There are days I let the blog go not only because I’m tired, overwhelmed, but because I have nothing significant to say. It’s a small life, after all. My world revolves around my kids, my husband, the dog, the house, sometimes the garden… and work, which I can’t really talk about here. So I don’t…
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The Answer
Yesterday I turned the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything! years old. Today, I was in the mood to bake, so I was thinking while I shipped up a couple of pies and some quick bread. I have been craving pumpkin pie – as my readers will recall from my last post – and…