January 27, 2022
Trying to pull all those photos from yesterday’s post took FOREVER! Today will be an easier post for my sanity. How about I tell you a little about me? Because you’re just dying to know, I’m sure …. I grew up a military brat and lived mostly east of the Mississippi River. I spent about 7-8 years as an adult critical care nurse until the awful schedule got the best of me and my family and I moved to occupational health for another 10ish years. I have the personality and sense of humor well-suited to critical care and emergency nursing – no nonsense, let’s get shit done, don’t come at me with your bullshit problems if you can still breath and have a pulse. My husband and two boys have gotten used to it, I think. I’ve come to love trail running, specifically ultra running, and decorating/design – but I’m not particularly talented at either. I realize these are two very different things but they are the things that bring me joy.
So Jenn, it’s 2022 – why are you starting a blog now? That is an excellent question! I don’t really know! Maybe I’m bored, maybe I’m lonely, maybe I need a connection to the outside world, maybe I’m feeling like IG and social media are full of ‘fake’ or highly polished things and I’m stuck in my head screaming, “where are all the REAL people?!” You see, I’m an introvert. So I love people. But they also exhaust me. Introverts have no tolerance for chit-chat or small-talk. I’d rather make a connection and talk about real shit, with no barriers or pretenses.
I’ve never been good at pretenses. I’ve often been described as “direct”, “flip”, and who knows what else? But you know what? I probably am those things and I don’t GAF anymore. Here’s the thing, I’m not here to hurt anyone’s feelings. But I’m also not here to coddle anyone’s feelings. So, I try to treat everyone with kindness and give them the benefit of the doubt (mostly), because maybe they’re going through something I don’t know anything about. But I needed a space, my own little corner, where I could try to connect by being vulnerable but on my own terms. If you don’t like it or me, that’s ok – I bid you adieu and wish you many blessings.
So, here you will find a REAL human, no pretenses, constantly striving to ask myself, “what if?”. You will probably find a lot of me trying to figure myself out. Stay, if you’d like – it could be fun! Or don’t, that’s ok too! Here you will also find my very amateur attempts at making our homes look beautiful and cozy. I am a function before form kind of gal. You will also find my adventures in running – which often involve frolicking in the woods with friends for hours on end while we eat snacks and complain about our current misery and also form the BEST friendships.
Dont Should on Me 