Curmudgetante Podcast

This week’s episodes are something different. The Prologue and Epilogue to the Curmudgetante: Unawares series. These two entries are a wrap for the series. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

The thought of getting a BFA in Furniture Design both pleases and calms me, in a way a lot of my choices in life to this point have not. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

The many moving parts of my life are finally heading towards relocating from Abington to Savannah and pivoting from full-time work to full-time student. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

A welcome distraction at work. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

I was so close to the brink, all it took was one poorly thought through phone call to push me right off the edge. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

I start the weekend terrified, and end it teetering on the brink of sudden singledom. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

I’m back to my M.O. of trying too hard to make a relationship work. This time, it’s helping the girl in London move flats. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It’s early 2000, and big give and take is afoot! Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

it’s the week before Christmas 1999, or, with the specter of Y2K, a couple of weeks before the collapse of civilization. Either way, I find myself at an all-inclusive resort in Cancun, Mexico, drowning my sorrows in cheap tequila. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Maybe cheap tequila in a foreign land will lend some clarity to my life going forward. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

When I didn’t make any plans for myself, this opened the door for someone else to make plans for me. Plans I didn’t care for at all. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Problem-solving mode is not exactly the headspace you want to be in going into a honeymoon. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It’s spring and summer 1999, and everything for a destination wedding in Las Vegas is ready to go. Well, everything except the bride. But I’m too focused on getting the wedding across the line that I don’t realize the depth, or truth behind her reluctance. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

I was barreling toward 1999 in my usual M.O.: making decisions in the moment and not worrying about the ramifications or consequences. Sometimes this would somehow work out, but most times, it was a tried-and-true recipe for disaster. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

1998 was a sweet spot of a year. No Y2K worries yet. 9/11 was still three years away. No financial bubbles bursting or killer pandemics. By today’s standards, it was extremely chill. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

I even have an official Massachusetts driver’s license. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Making friends on my daily commuter train ride home from Boston. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

After six-years in the Army, three years of college, a divorce, and not getting fired on my second day at a new job I moved across the country for, I thought I knew what adulting was—until I bought my first home near Boston. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Before I’m even completely unpacked, I make a really, really bad mistake at work that could get me summarily fired. I know, you’re thinking HR violation, but surprisingly it’s not that. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It’s late March 1998, and I’ve accepted a job 2,500 miles away in Boston with a very short window to wrap up things in Reno and start work. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

When I see a light at the end of the tunnel, I don’t hesitate to throw the switch. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It was only an hour once a week, and since I already knew how to read, I didn’t have to learn anything new, but I did! Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It’s late 1997, and change is in the air. Some of it is better than others. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Every workplace has it’s liabilities. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

A strange confluence of circumstances has lead me to find somewhere other than my parent’s house for Thanksgiving, and I get invited to a Christmas party that could have been a Christmas Carol showcase from the 60’s. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe