Tag: anniversary

• Dessert for Breakfast and Restroom Restrictions, Thoughts from June 18 and 25, 2024

  

  June 18, 2024 I must go back to four days ago. It was June 14, and we ate at Super Sushi in Redlands. We took the leftovers home. Patti also bought two pounds of tiramisu while we were out before we went for sushi. I had some later that night, but Patti had some the…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 13, 2025

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  2024, accepted restrictions, accepting reality, age restrictions, anniversary, breathing heavily, Cheerios, choos wisely, dessert for breakfast, grunting and straining noises, justifying bad behavior, layer of sugar, leftovers, men are gross, men sitting down to pee, mini vacation, Mini Vacation Land, neutralizing smell, observations in the restroom, Patti, Redlands, restroom, restroom habits, restroom options, restroom talk, restrooming, stomach problems, sugary cereals, Super Shushi, thoughts, tiramisu, unhealthy habits, urinal, weight problem, you make the choices in your life

• Operation Jamaican Vacation: The Anniversary Part – Thoughts from June 13 to 15, 2023

  

  June 13, 2023 Day two of operation Jamaican vacation, but it feels like day one. We were too tired to vacation yesterday. I had a dream where I was petting a seal. This was probably from me missing Luna laying on top of me and our daily rubbing exercise. I rub her and she tries…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 4, 2024

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• Vacation PTSD and Loud Nerds – Thoughts from May 14 and 15, 2023

  

  May 14, 2023 I’m tired and cranky. It’s Mother’s Day, but that’s not why I’m cranky. Patti’s mom and my mom are no longer alive. It’s my life that’s feeling more and more out of control. Patti makes decisions for me, my work makes decisions, and time doesn’t allow me to make more than a…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 21, 2024

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  2023, acknowledge another human being, anniversary, cayenne pepper, dripping sweat, eating lunch, I told you that, ignoring other people, Jamaica, knocking my chair over, lack of decision making, life out of control, living without a say in our lives, loud conversation on phone, loud noise, lunch, lunch at night, making decisions, Mother's Day, my part in the plan, mysterious plans, Patti, plans, podcast, spicy meal, staring at their phones, steamed vegetables, sweating, talking on speaker phone, thoughts, tired and cranky, vacation, vacation PTSD, vacation time, vegetable lunch, visioning a plan is easy, young and nerdy

• Brian Explains Screwing Up and Food – Thoughts from October 1, 2010

  

  Future note: This is the third Brian Explains Life blog article I am including as part of the Thoughts from Life blog, but it should have been the first. I thought it was strange that the introduction to the blog was from 2010, but the articles were from 2011. To make up for this screw…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 27, 2023

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• Losing My Job and Movie Theaters – Thoughts from May 27 and June 16, 2003

  

  May 27, 2003 Well, it’s not officially official (because we could still back out), but Patti and I are close to officially owning my parents’ house. The house I grew up in from the time I was 5 years old; the house where I experienced the joys and oddness of puberty; and the house where…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 2, 2023

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