1. I tried four times yesterday to start this post.
2. It didn’t go well.
3. So much blank staring.
4. Then sighing.
5. Then staring combined with sighing.
6. And finally a big huff as I firmly shut the laptop.
7. FOUR TIMES.
8. I tried distracting myself with snacks.
9. I tried random tasks.
10. There was even a nap with a cat curled up by my knees.
11. Each time I thought okay, just reset and come at it again.
12. The number of times I convinced myself THIS is it, THIS will flip the switch…
13. It’s kind of ridiculous, really.
14. All of the words you’ve read so far didn’t land here until almost 9pm Thursday.
15. That doesn’t bode well but I’m hanging my hope on a decent dinner and sheer force of will.
16. Since we all know how well sheer force of will works when it comes to creative writing.
17. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA.
18. Yeah. I think I’m sounding a little bright side over here.
19. BrightSide Lite, if you will.
20. Let’s shift gears.
21. Anyone seen Wicked: For Good yet?
22. I rewatched last year’s Wicked earlier this month in preparation for the sequel.
23. I bought the novel last winter thinking I’d be on top of getting it read before this fall.
24. Well, here we are. November 2025.
25. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West has not yet been read.
26. I’ll get to it but there’s no way I’m missing this movie in the theater.
27. So no spoilers please, but if you’ve seen it I’m curious what you think.
28. Guess what I saw in the extended forecast?
29. A chance of snow!
30. Not much, plus it’s pretty far out so it probably won’t…
31. And just like that, it’s gone. Poof!
32. Sometimes North Carolina will get a little blip of winter weather — or, more accurately, the promise of winter weather — before it remembers who we are.
33. Snow? In NOVEMBER?! it says. Don’t be silly, we’re not Pennsylvania.
34. Whatever, man.
35. I guess the positive spin is short sleeves and sunshine.
36. I did set a new daily alarm on my phone.
37. I know, I know, I’m supposed to be scaling those back, not adding new ones.
38. It goes off right around lunchtime with an emphatic “Get outside please!!” on the screen.
39. I’m 50/50 at following those directions so far.
40. It’s better than 0/100 though, so we’ll take the win. Go out and get some sunshine when you can!
Riddle from the Middle 
Well you did it! 40/40. 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
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We celebrate all the wins around here!!
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Sunshine? What is that? Is that the bright orb that hides out most of the time this time of year? Its absence is why my patio cleanup still hasn’t been done. Maybe tomorrow.
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I popped back to your blog because my memory is trash for names, cars, and locations 😂. Looks like you’re in for a long stretch of rainy days, too. That patio is gonna have to wait because nobody has the motivation to do that stuff when it’s cold and wet!
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You made it. At my PCP appointment on Wednesday the Doc wanted to give me a booster. I had to decline cause I have no time this week for the effects like I have been day drinking. I feel your pain.
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The after effects are no joke. For me, anyway. I know several people who breeze through with a little stuffy head for an hour — I cannot relate. 🤣
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I’m with you. Lucky for me, I have plenty of experience with hangovers.
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