2018
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The Only Thing That Really Matters Is Love
2018, apartment, bad idea, baggage, beloved, California, childhood, Christmas, common sense, compassion, concern, dead of winter, dopamine hit, event planner for end of days, family, gift, good idea, grace, healing, ice, Jefferson Airplane, Kindness keeps you young, letting go, life, Logic, Long Term Friends, love, Magnificent Disaster, mania, material goods, Meanness makes you old, mental health, Mid-West, Minnesota, Out of the Cage, Practical Magic, rent, retirement, Retirement She’s Come Undone 2018 Tour, Scion xB, Scotland, Scrabble, snow, The Committee, travel, trippy, vacations, White Rabbit, worn-out teddy bear, Worst Case Scenario, Wright BrothersWhen I retired and thought my destiny would be found in a tiny little town in Minnesota in the dead of winter, I reveled in the freedom of being able to tie a pretty little bow in what had become my past and move forward with all the energy and gusto of a professional deal…
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I started writing this post on Christmas Eve 2018, three days after my party celebrating my retirement from the City of Folsom after 21 years of service. The good, the bad, the punching walls in stalls of the ladies’ room so I wouldn’t punch an actual person, such as that annoying next door neighbor that…
Mostly Michelle Marie 