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Continue reading →: A Very Good Weekend
I don’t know how much I weigh today. Don’t really want to check; this weekend was a bit debaucherous. One of the biggest rules of trying to make life changes in the diet and exercise department is that every day is a new day. If you mess up, don’t beat…
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Continue reading →: A Short Life In Music
Don’t know if I’ve said much about this here, but I recently started singing with a band again after years of hiatus. I started singing in public in college, when I joined an a cappella group at Tulane University named THEM. It’s a great group, you should check them out if…
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Continue reading →: Another Day, Another Laundry Pile
Everyday isn’t laundry day in my house, though sometimes it sure does feel like it. I don’t mind doing the laundry, though. This is my first apartment with an in-unit washer and dryer, and they’re both brand new and awesome. For the first time in my adult life, I don’t…
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Continue reading →: First Post Since Turkey Day
Today’s Weight: 154.8 lbs. Today’s Mood: Ack! Today’s To Do List: Long. Oh so long. I’m OK with my weight, considering I’ve been avoiding the scale since Thanksgiving, thinking I was surely over 160 again. I’m back on the wagon, though – no snacks or sugary drinks, no bingeing, no…
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Continue reading →: A Frustrating Day
Maybe not excruciatingly frustrating, but rather one of those days that makes you wish you had just stayed in bed. Except – here’s the punchline – I’ve been in bed all day. Since I work from home, and my home is a rather small apartment, my work day is conducted…
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Continue reading →: Made of Stars
Sorry that the last post was private. There are two reasons for that: 1) I needed to vent about a problem I’ve been holding inside for the last year or two, a problem that has become more intense since my move. I wanted to share without making my musings public,…
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Continue reading →: Friday Night Lights
Today’s Weight: 153.6 lbs! Today’s Mood: Surprisingly peppy Today’s To-Do List: About 3.5 million miles long. Ack! Last night I had swim lesson #2, and it was fun. Not as exciting as the first lesson, since obviously I can’t be amazing every time, but it was good. I spent the…
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Continue reading →: Swimming
I swam for the first time ever yesterday. Those swim lessons I mentioned in my last post actually didn’t have to wait until January, and I went in on my lunch break. It was terrifying at first, but then somehow it just got easy, and almost fun. At some point…
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Continue reading →: 9 Pounds to Go
Today’s Weight: 154.0 lbs. I’m happy with that, and I’m feeling great, all around. Work is stressing me out, and my parents’ visit over the weekend was a major stressor, but other than that, it’s all good. I’m hoping to get a large chunk of writing done today for work,…
Hello,
I’m Nova
I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!
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