My day is fine until my daughter loses her shit after school. She loses her shit because her underwear is suddenly uncomfortable. I have been expecting this all day long. She tends to lose her shit after school, and underwear is just the worst. She is six. I handle the uncomfortable underwear apocalypse very well,Continue reading “Date Night”
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Training Journal 9.14.2022
Tonight I trained at Alberta park, the normal place I practice martial arts on Wednesday evenings. My normal training mates weren’t there, so it was just me practicing my stuff, whatever that is. I did my Physical Therapy exercises at the park tonight, then I marched around to songs I played in my earbuds. SometimesContinue reading “Training Journal 9.14.2022”
PMA&C 5 Star Review: Thor: Love and Thunder
The Portland Martial Arts & Crafts 5 Star Movie Review is a new segment on my blog. My reviews will all be five star reviews. Why? Because there’s enough negativity in the world, and I don’t want to add to it. Some will be old movies, some will be new movies, most will be moviesContinue reading “PMA&C 5 Star Review: Thor: Love and Thunder”
Ostentatious Promises
I just picked up my phone and saw that my horoscope on Co-Star today says: “Don’t make ostentatious promises.” Well. There go all my plans for the day.
The First Monday
Today is the first Monday my kids are back in school. I drop them off, go on a Trader Joe’s run, then come back home and relax a bit. Next I go to the coffee shop, where I hand my writing partner/barista J the Sunday New York Times Book Review, and get an iced coffeeContinue reading “The First Monday”
Michelle Folk Johnson 