Category: Adventures

• It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

  It’s Thursday, December 30th. Two days left in this shit-show year. All signs point to 2020 and 2021 being the ramp up or trial run for whatever is coming in 2022, but I’m choosing to just try and focus on the here and now. Easier said than done, amiright? It doesn’t help that two separate…

  samuraisamiam

  December 30, 2021

  Adventures, anxiety, depression, diabetes, Exes, Family Dysfunction, mental health, My Shit Show Life, Rant, Stepmom Chronicles, Witchy Woman

  anxiety, confessions, depression, selfhelp, tarot, Therapy, year in review

• My Truth

  I need to get this all down in writing before I become the villain of this story, which is very likely. Here’s what I know, there are 3 sides to every story. My truth, their truth, and the truth-truth. Here is my version of events and predictions for what may come: 3 days ago, on…

  samuraisamiam

  August 7, 2021

  Adventures, caregiver, death, depression, dying, Family Dysfunction, Guilt Trips, hospice, mental health, Relationships, Self Help, self love

  anxiety, caregiver, confessions, depression, dysfunctionalfamily, hospice, selfhelp

• This morning I had exactly 33 minutes entirely to myself. Complete quiet. I was able to sneak out on to the front porch, have a nice wake n bake, and enjoy the day’s first cup of coffee, it was great. Things have drastically changed lately. Especially this past week or so. I’ve realized I’ve reached…

  samuraisamiam

  August 7, 2021

  Adventures, caregiver, death, dying, Family Dysfunction, Guilt Trips, hospice, mental health

  caregiver, difficult moms, dysfunctionalfamily, hospice

• Retirement Living

  It’s June 19th, I’ve officially been in Arizona about 6 weeks now, and this is the story of how I came to live in a retirement community for the remainder of my duration.

  samuraisamiam

  June 19, 2021

  Adventures, caregiver, death, dying, Guilt Trips, hospice, mental health, Rant, retirement living

  adventures in arizona, arizona, dysfunctionalfamily, Family Dysfunction, family visit, hospice, hospice care, retirement community, retirement living

• It’s not me, It’s you.

  What do you do when you start to realize that your 8 year career isn’t fitting your needs anymore? How to you address issues of morality with your superiors? How can I express “You’re fucking up, bud” without any blow back?

  samuraisamiam

  March 31, 2021

  Adventures, Rant, Work, Work Life

  life after 30, new career, starting over, where to go from here

• It’s the end of the world as we know it

  Not really. Maybe. No one really knows and I think that is what is most terrifying. Today is day 1 of working from home due to this COVID-19 virus that is ravaging the world. I’m one of a handful of people at my workplace that have that opportunity and I’m taking it. We didn’t have…

  samuraisamiam

  March 20, 2020

  Adventures, COVID-19, Strange World, Trip Journal, Work Life

  COVID-19, day 1, Work Life