I wasn’t about to do this but at the urging of several writers, I decided to swallow my pride and do it — I’m keeping this short, simple, and sweet. Many of you have already read my recent struggles with housing insecurity and the why behind what happened. If you haven’t, you can read here about it. All I Want For Christmas Is A Place to Live Again We don’t know how much longer we’ll be in our current tiny home but we know we will have to part with it soonmedium.com

Finding yourself and what that does for you — Dr. Tracy Davis, it’s 17 days into the challenge now and I’m feeling a lot of growth from these writing challenges. I feel like I’m learning more about myself every day. I hope that more people start to do this as Pluto Wolnosci already has started doing now. …

This power center had two very hilariously named stores on their own right next to each other; I’m sure that the developers had a sense of humor — So, I was in the suburbs of Buffalo today and saw something that I’d only previously joked about. I was wondering if two stores would ever be put next to each other for comic effect. …

Going from depending on my bike and riding 25 miles a day to not riding my bike at all — I’ve written about my previously active lifestyle before. In that story, I even mention the accident and that I stopped riding. I just haven’t been able to really describe the details of what happened that night and what caused the accident until now. Cool October night and riding for my new job First of all, it was a typically…

A look at the teams and the league as a whole two-thirds of the way through the regular season — The #1 and #32 teams held their positions this week but there was a ton of movement from all of the other spots. There are new teams in all three tiers this week. The team that is impressing me a ton right now is the Denver Broncos. The five-game winning…

A thank you note to someone I don’t thank enough — I know it’s been a while since I’ve done a formal writing challenge prompt. I still occasionally come over to the Challenged to help out when I can and to read random stories but it’s too long since I’ve actually responded to one. I figured that right around the holiday…

Using the excuse that someone else found it acceptable isn’t valid either — One of the truck stop employees we chatted with said something horrible I’m still reeling nearly a week after finding out that one of the employees at the truck stop we were just at for a little while made a bigoted joke. In front of the group that he was making fun of. …

We survived last year’s blizzard and I know this one isn’t as bad but… — I don’t even want to think about what we went through while surviving last year’s historic and deadly blizzard while stuck in Buffalo. It was a lot and I’m just happy to be alive at this point. Forever in the land of eternal winter My partner, Mike, insists on staying in the region of eternal winter for…

A look at the best and worst teams in the NFL through 11 weeks — Some teams this week showed signs of life. Other teams, like the Lions, were also impressed with what they saw in their opponents, the Bears, this week. There are some teams at the bottom of the standings looking to move up and some teams in the middle starting to slip…