My computer has a Post-It tab affixed to the upper left corner.  It’s hot pink and reads: Today is Wednesday, May 6, Day 62.  Because, as we fell into the repetitive sameness of the stay-at-home order, I lost track of the days.

This week was a bit of a rough one.  We’re all confronting the changing landscape and asking how this “now normal” will impact our daily lives.  And this was a week of big decisions.

Tomorrow, we will begin week eight of quarantine/self-isolation.  Days drag on, but weeks seem to fly by.  I feel like I went to sleep on Leap Day and woke up in May.  So headlines like this one feel jarring.

Self-isolation day: 38.  The story of a dyed-in-the-wool introvert, trapped in her home with her painfully extroverted spouse, two dogs, and a dwindling vodka supply, wondering if her husband always breathed this loudly or if, like his quarantine mustache, this is being done to annoy me.

Yesterday, I had a plan.  I was going to get up for work, put on one of my favorite dresses, and bring a little style to an otherwise mundane work-from-home day.  But it didn’t happen, because I never went to bed the night before. Around 10:00PM, I got a call from one of my candidates. […]

Last Tuesday, I was suddenly struck by a high fever and a sore throat.  The next day the cough was dry, but mild, and my chest felt like someone dropped a brick on it.  I was trying to assess my symptoms free from panic but, with the 24-hour news coverage laser-focused on coronavirus, it was hard […]

Winters in Montana are cold, and they are long.  They could start in August and finish in April, and then throw in a June snowstorm just to remind you who’s really in charge.  But the wonderful thing about Southwestern Montana winters is that even when the wind chill has plunged to 30-below-zero, and the snow […]

This New Year, I resolved to “boss up, and change my life.”  But it hasn’t been easy.  Self-reflection can be messy and difficult.  You can start pulling back curtains and realize pretty quickly that you don’t like what you see.

The holiday season is a time for togetherness, joy, and last-minute shopping.  And during the holidays, retailers and brands are eager to partner with influencers to endorse everything from $2,000 exercise equipment, to Tiffany bracelets, to gourmet sipping chocolate (“for all your holiday cocoa needs”). Initially, I was excited when a handful of brands reached […]