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Apologies on that header...I could not not put it in there after it came to my head. This past weekend GG and my MIL had the L1 cert...

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Nov 16, 20212 min read

Time is still weird. While most of the world has gone back to "normalish" - there is still a pandemic going on and we are all taking...

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Oct 4, 20213 min read

I was thankful for all the years of listening to soft rock stations in the bay (Kbay, Koit, Alice) because I was more prepared than I...

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Sep 8, 20212 min read

We decided to put our health first at the first of the year. I know. Groundbreaking. We are truly visionaries. JVE and I workout pretty...

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Jan 29, 20214 min read

I am a supremely average baker. I do just "okay" and deliver treats that are tasty enough. I enjoy the process, but lack the real...

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Dec 14, 20202 min read

Quarantine succcckkkkkkssssss. Remote learning and work is the worst. I miss people. I miss my family. I miss being able to sit with...

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Dec 9, 20203 min read

In the beginning of June, JVE asked me to marry him. During one of our weekend runs around our neighborhood, JVE and I turned a corner to...

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Oct 4, 20203 min read

I've had my period for over two decades and I am OVER IT. I fully understand I am lucky to have a fairly unproblematic cycle, but every...

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Sep 13, 20202 min read

This last weekend, I sat on the back patio of the golf club in our neighborhood and took a couple deep breaths. It has been an...

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Sep 11, 20203 min read

When I was born, I became a younger sister. True to fashion I idolized my older sister (still do). Anything she did, I did. What she...

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Sep 2, 20203 min read

The last two weeks have been insane, in a good way. I was fortunate enough to go to Barcelona again for my third Mobile World Congress...

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Sep 2, 20202 min read

I was sitting on a pile of clothes (clean clothes) in our laundry room frustrated I couldn’t find my Lululemon workout pants. Would I...

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Sep 2, 20202 min read