#SoCS ~6/3/23

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “left alone.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

Well folks, I’m on Washington time. So I’m posting later than usual. In fact, I have no idea what day it is.

I’m traveling alone not that I want to be left alone. I’m meeting some family members for the very first time. Some might say maybe I should’ve left well enough alone. But if I had done that, I wouldn’t have had this extraordinary experience. And when I say extraordinary, I mean life changing. And y’all know me, I am the queen, drama. But here I am not exaggerating. And it is only day 3, with so much more to come.

Happy Saturday folks!!

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#SoCS ~ 5/27/23

Happy Saturday folks! Let’s get this show on the road. Linda writes and I copy paste: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “sink/sank/sunk.”Use one, use two, or use ’em all and get bonus points. Enjoy! Join us if you can. HERE are the rules and ping back.

Well when I’m streaming, I toss in everything and the kitchen sink. Otherwise I’ve sank into the ocean just like the band, Blue October. The cost one can’t recover is sunk, never to be realized again.

This disjointed bonus point winning post comes from the frantic mind of one J-Dub McGillicuddy. Though I’m not Irish anymore so perhaps I should adjust my pseudonym last name again. I’ll ponder for a while as I sink/sank/sunk into the couch cushions and veg out. Self care at its finest.

As always more to come.

#SoCS ~ 5/20/23

Time for another rabble rousing #SoCS where the one & only Linda G Hills repeats a prompt from 2015 that I for one do not remember since I did not come on the scene until August of 2016. My how time flies when you’re having fun & even when you aren’t!! But today we ARE having fun as Linda rewrites & I copy paste: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “stick.” Use it as a noun or a verb; use it any way you’d like. Have fun! HERE are the rules & ping back. Join us if you can.

S.T.I.C.K … I feel an acrostic coming on unless the stream begins to trickle …

drip

drip

drip

Yep! I just jinxed myself. No poetry will flow from me today. Moving on.

Next thought bubble is the expression ‘stick it the man’ … or woman … or greedy corporate rat bastards BUT & it’s a big but, I have had enough of that to last me lifetime. Corporate culture can be toxic depending on the tone from the top. We lost our north star Tuesday. Best CCO on the planet. I’m still in mourning. Many of us are saddened. This caused me to reach out to framily (coworker friends who are family). We have bonded and connected in a way that Return to Office (RTO) can never recreate. Sadly tragedy is a great uniter. Is uniter even a word? Was this even a tragedy? Well sure it was, people lost their livelihoods. I’m going with uniter is a words, at least that’s my story & I’m sticking to it. See what I did there? Can’t slip one past you guys.

Here’s a couple stick related tidbits before I go …

1- Sticks & stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me … I call BS or maybe I’m too sensitive but words hurt too.

2- Let’s play a game of pick up sticks, now that was fun. Oh how I’m ever so grateful that I was a kid in the 1970s.

Time to land the plane & head to the SA Botanical Gardens. Girl time with me & Lulubelle. We both need it!!

As always, more to come.

#SoCS ~ 5/13/23

Happy Saturday my lovelies. Our wonderful host Linda writes & I copy paste: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “starts with over.” Find a word that starts with “over” and use it for your prompt. Enjoy! HERE are your rules & ping back.

OVERwhelmed …

Yeah buddy, we’re cooking with gas. I’m in a perpetual state of overwhelmed but I recognize now that I do that to myself. In therapy, I am doing something about it. Isn’t it strange how our emotional feelings can cause physical symptoms? My gut hurts like effing hell. When I’m emotional, the pain is more intense.

I’ll let you in on my little secret. I’m convinced that after my trip, I will come home & doctors will finally (13 years later) diagnose me properly. I likely have broken heart syndrome or some such something. I will be at peace & free to die.

Ugh!

I do not want to die. I want to live! To be a real girl! Pinocchio Jill! That movie scared the bejeezus out of me as a kid. Or living daylights. I was just down right frightened & overwhelmed by Disney. Story of my life. Ha-ha!

Today we celebrate Mother’s Day early so Lulu can go to her fiancé’s mom on Sunday. I care not one iota since every day is freaking Mother’s Day to me!! My Pony is road tripping it to NM for a friend’s graduation which means Sunday I will reflect with B on all that is holy. Yep, me & the hubster. I’m his queen comma, drama.

Happy Saturday y’all.

As always, more to come.

#SoCS ~ 5/6/23

Well here we go! Linda writes & I copy paste: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “a song from your childhood.” Think of a song from your childhood and just write. Have fun! To join in, HERE are the rules and ping back.

Oh man! So many songs, so little time. Mine was a music loving family. How the heck can I pick just one? I guess I’ll go with one of the 45s. We’d take turns picking & my choice was either Splish Splash 💦 or Long Tall Texan. 😂. Never mind, I’m posting both!

B is listening while I stream this, he came over and started singing along! He can still shock me after almost 39 years married. “Giddy up! Giddy up! Well I’m a long tall Texan” 🎼 He jokes that’s his song 🎵 lol 😂. Life is good.

As always more to come.

#SoCS ~ 4/29/23

YES!!!!! We’re back! Another Saturday has rolled around. The final Saturday of April 2023. Let’s get started shall we? Linda writes & I copy paste: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “yes.” Find a word that starts with “yes” or use the word “yes” as is. Bonus points if you start your post with the word you choose. Enjoy!

Bonus score !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My work here is done 🙂 LOL

Say yes! Well not to your own detriment. I was a ‘yes’ woman for way too many years. In fact, I never said ‘no’ & became a people pleasing robot. You say “jump” I say “how high?”

Age definitely has its privileges. As I have become more comfortable in my own skin, I have learned that I can’t do it all but I can have it all by making choices to do what I want to do. Having it all is a feeling not a material possession. I try to be secure that those choices I make are the best … at the time. Insert sappy because y’all know me by now. The following quote resonates with me to a point where I can’t STOP repeating it.

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.”

Maya Angelou

Written for The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS April 29, 2023. Happy Saturday folks!! HERE are the rules & ping back.

#SoCS ~ 4/22/23

Hey 👋 folks. Time once again for #SoCS where the lovely Linda writes & I copy paste: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “scene.” Use it any way you like. Have fun! HERE are the rules & ping back.

Scene 🎬 think 🧐 think 💭 and think 🤔

I’ll be a jukebox hero …

Random but yeah

I’ll be a jukebox hero … got stars ✨ in his eyes 👀

I saw Foreigner in concert 🎵 once upon a time and they had a cheesy inflatable jukebox as part of the stage set up.

And you’re all wondering where’s the scene 🎬 in this stream of nonsense Jilly? In the lyrics man. Cool 😎 groovy ✌️

“Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene”

That’s me y’all. I make a scene 🎬 everywhere I go. Not really, I’m more fade to black or nothing else matters. Ugh 😑

I’m full of angst & music 🎶 is healing ❤️‍🩹 Let’s just post the song 🎧 that started this stream. Happy Saturday! Wishing you well. 😘

As always more to come.

#SoCS ~ 4/15/23

Tax day in the US! Or not because when April 15th falls on a weekend, there is extra time. We did our taxes months ago anyway. Instead let’s cruise into the prompt for the beloved #SoCS shall we? YES! we shall. The one & only Linda G Hill offers: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “starts with mono.” Find a word that starts with “mono” and use it in your post. Enjoy! HERE are the rules & pingback if you’d like to play along.

Monorail is the first thing that popped into ye ole noggin. Yeah buddy, now we’re cooking with gas. The 1968 World’s Fair was held in my beloved home city of San Antonio Texas. One of the main attractions was the monorail which stayed on the grounds of the Hemisphere even after the fair packed up & left town. I searched high & low for pictures of me & my brothers up in the air on the monorail but came up short. I know I have some because I always enjoyed bringing them out to reminisce.

I’ve been organizing my pictures cache to a degree that I’ve misplaced many of them. I mean isn’t that what cache means anyway? I should have developed a system before I began. The volume is off the charts & there are doubles since for a brief window, when pictures had to be developed from film, we could get doubles for the same price as singles with extra to share. Boy times change. I miss getting the packet of developed pictures from Eckert’s Drugs & being surprised by what we got. Sure we took the pictures, you’d think we’d know but no one ever remembered. The accidental grounds photos or blurry what the hell was that pictures were such a waste. Now we take perfect pictures enhanced by technology to share with the world on social media. New isn’t always better, it’s just different.

If I find the photos I will post later on. Instead, a little later this morning, I am off to visit my Lulu at her place! Yep you heard me right. She and the fiance closed on their home 4/6/23. The sellers rented back a few days but as of Tuesday night, got the keys! Over Thursday & Friday they moved in while I was off gallivanting around in our state’s capital. I’m not sad I missed their move. I would have been micromanaging & in the way. I’m learning to let go all over again.

As always, more to come.

#SoCS ~ 4/8/23

Here we go now!! Linda writes & I copy paste: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “starts with gen.”Find a word that starts with “gen” and use it in your post. Have fun! To join in, HERE are the rules and ping back.

Hmmm 🤔 Think, think, & think 💭 starts with gen …

Genie 🧞‍♂️

Mr Aladdin sir

have a wish or two or three

Uh yeah, ear worm 🪱 & done ✅

Happy Easter 🐣 weekend folks. Hope it’s a good 😊 one.

As always more to come.

#SoCS ~4/1/23

How-deee 🤠 folks. Liberty taken with spelling howdy like I’d say it. One more time, How-deee! Time for #SoCS where the lovely Linda writes & I copy paste: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “antic.” Use it as a word or find a word that contains it. Bonus points if you do both. Enjoy! To join us, HERE are the rules and ping back.

I’m very much a jokester. Full on antics but I’m not a fan of April Fools Day. Harmless pranks are one thing but in my experience, April Fools Day pranks can be extreme. Kind of like the show on MTV called Jackass. Which I’ve never even seen before so maybe 🤔 I should move along. I’ll talk about what I know.

Yep like shenanigans or tomfoolery. My coworker and I use those words often. Sometimes our jobs can be fun 🤩. Maybe even a little pedantic. See what I did there? Bonus score. Even though tomfoolery isn’t pedantic in the slightest.

Time to land this plane ✈️. Breakfast tacos are on the menu followed by a visit to a notary to prep for my hearing the week after next. Egads! My stomach just flipped. My motion for access must be notarized. No one is in trouble 👿 just a lil administrative antics. Anyways wish me luck 🍀.

As always more to come.