Janae Says...

What kind of person are you? Are you the kind of person who steps in when someone is in trouble? Or do you get nervous and freeze? Do you worry about stepping into a situation that’s “none of your business”?  I can say after being witness to or part of several uncomfortable situations in my life, I probably am more fearful than I care to admit. I freeze up in situations and feel like I don’t know what to say.  It can range from the harmless situation of a man at church grabbing my left hand to ask the (basically stranger) single guy next to me, “What about this one? What's wrong with her?” to the creeper outside Starbucks giving me eyes and saying, “Helloooooo.”  Or it could be a straight up emergency, where a car is flipped over, and people could be hurt. Do you call an ambulance? Or do you check on the people, if a car could explode while you’re next to it?  Today I was walking back to my car in the Smith’s parking lot after getting a key copied for work. I heard ...

April 1 I officially took myself off of my mom's family cell phone plan and got onto my own. It was a way bigger ordeal than anticipated. But it's done. I also made macaroni salad for our dinner the next night.  April 2 I got to go to my OBGYN and have an unexpected PAP smear, so that stunk. But oh well. We made our version of Mo Bettahs. I made rice and the mac salad, and Matthew grilled the chicken. It was yummy. Saturday, April 3 I realized that my cat was missing. He likely ran outside when Matthew was bringing the dog back in or taking him out. I wasn't worried enough to skip my workout. So Matthew looked for him around the building. I went to Orange Theory, and Matthew had left to go to work to put in some extra hours. I got back from Orange and started to worry. I walked around our building in his usual hiding spots, crinkling his treat bag. He didn't come. I walked around a couple more buildings. I finally came back to ours and stood in front of the bushes and g...