The key participle
During the time between the Firecracker’s birthday and my own, I let myself have one piece of dessert, an absolutely killer paleo muffin/naked cupcake by my sister.
Whenever I go see her, she’s always nice enough to give me one of her baked goods – which are invariably awesome – and I knew I’d be having this for my birthday.
This is where I am, excitement-wise, right now.
Electrician: You want me to just wire it up or wire it up and install it?
Me: Wait, you can install this?
Him: (looking puzzled) Yeah. Why not?
Me: Well, alright!
Continuing the spring cleaning around here, I’m making a ton of changes to my back bathroom.
That bathroom had this super dark, brass – instead of silver – backed mirror that just about everyone who sees thinks is cool looking but wholly impractical.
Alison always hated it, and the Firecracker was never a fan.
Had meant to replace it for decades but never did.
Well, a couple of weeks ago, I ordered a lighted LED mirror to replace it and was planning on having an electrician do the wiring and a general contractor/handyman install the mirror itself.
But he and his partner were able to both hook it up and install it.
Once things are settled, I’ll take a pic of the new mirror for you to see.

I moved into my building close to 30 years ago, which blows the mind.
Then, in 2004, my college buddy Buckley and I bought my pad and one of the first things we had to get was a shower rod.
That’s the one we installed some 21 years ago; it did its job all these years without issue.
Tossing it, finally.
It’s weird. It’s just an inanimate object that served a function.
Yet I hate change and like things to always stay status quo. Tossing it was more difficult than you might imagine.
But I’m trying my best to recognize that change is inevitable and it’s always better to accept change than fight it.
“Trying,” being the key participle here.
Location: listening to hammers in my back bathroom
Mood: trying to accept it
Music: love to go back to when we played as kids but things changed, that’s the way it is (Spotify)
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