Category: Life Experiences
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New Kitchen Floor
Part 2: A work in progress. I have to admit, a lot of my “helping” on this renovation journey was really me standing there watching, or needing my brother to hammer a piece down because I wasn’t quite strong enough. I am INCREDIBLY sore from all the up and down, but it was worth it.…
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Church BINGO
Do you ever overhear bits of conversation around you at services and kind of smile to yourself? The classic church goer conversations that almost make you feel at home when you hear it because it’s so familiar? That was me Wednesday night. I thought to myself, Church BINGO. What a game. Some of the squares…
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Kitchen Floor – Linoleum No More
My first major home renovation, the kitchen floor. A few years ago our dishwasher leaked. It got under the floor and left big, discolored rings. I was worried that it would be moldy underneath and was nervous to even pull the linoleum up. My Grandparents put down this beige-tan linoleum on top of their cute…
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My Life as an ESL Teacher
Part 1: Getting the job. When I was in my second year of working at the bank (and hating my life) I began plotting how to escape. I wanted out. I wanted to work from home. I wanted a job I liked. I wanted a commute that was literally six steps from my bed to…
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My Life as a Teenage Nanny
Part 1: The road to nannying When my baby brother was 2 years old he was diagnosed with autism. My mom did ALL the research and got him ALL the help. She reached out to a behavior consultant (we’ll call her Sue) who quickly became a dear friend. When Sue started having kids my mom…
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My Life as a 1L
Part 1: Law School, an introduction. I wanted to be a lawyer. Or so I told people. I was pretty argumentative in school, I was full of hubris, and I wanted to make my parents proud. Since I graduated from my Christian University unmarried and in loads of student debt I thought, “What better way…
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My Life at a Christian University
Part 1: Arrival At 18 years old my parents helped me load up my Grandparents’ old Buick and make the trek 9 hours east to college in Tennessee. I attended a private christian school with about 2,000 undergrad students. There were 2-3 girls for every guy, and instead of fraternities or sororities we had co-ed…
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My Life as A Small Town Bank Teller
Part 1: Getting the Job When I quit taking courses at a local college (because I learned my program was NOT accredited) I was desperate for work. Nothing was working out for me. I graduated a Christian school single. I dropped out of law school (a VERY expensive mistake) and felt like I was being…
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I’m Glad My 10 Year Plan Failed
When I turned 20 I made a 10 year plan. It included, but was not limited to, being married, being debt free, and being finished having kids (of which I wanted many). I wanted to be a “young mom” because what was life after 30 except dull and mostly finished? Well as the saying goes,…
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Life As My Grandma’s Caretaker
On July 4, 2017 I moved into my Grandparents’ house. (They lived across the street from my parents.) I was almost 27 years old. Grandpa was sick with terminal lung cancer and his biggest worry was what would happen to Grandma. She was immobile and in poor health. Winter Break 2011. I had just come…
Redheaded Jill 