The most unnerving situations during this entire home buying experience have come from old guys at Home Depot staring me down trying to figure out why I’m in Home Depot by myself.
Signing a contract on a home that I will own (Lord willing) this time next month very thankful that my family and my church have helped me to combat the standard that single women are in constant transition and shouldn’t live like they are settled down.
I don’t even like tweeting about racist police violence bc it feels like part of the ritual. But what Black people feel is how everyone should feel when harm befalls another human. Not an intellectual exercise/talking point. You should feel. Grief means your humanity is in tact.
My confidence after hearing 5 girls want to dress like me for “dress like your favorite teacher” day. 📈My confidence after hearing what they are planning on wearing to dress like me📉
Living Uptown for 4 years has provided me with countless sleepless nights because of Tulane frat parties, a deep fear of The Boot, multiple power outages, but also the ability to perfectly parallel park on a busy road in between two potholes and not stop traffic.
Things I learned since March of last year:
Never say no to going to a concert
I am 100% a hugger
I’m too much of a control freak to order my groceries.
Got my first vaccine today and am just completely overwhelmed with thankfulness. Louisiana does a lot of backwards things but choosing to take care of teachers so we can take care of kids was right