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Sunny warm days make it all better. Hey. It’s been a while. How have you been? I’ve been struggling for a bit. I haven’t updated this in a while. After my last post in September, work and life got busy and I pushed a lot of my projects to the back burner. Then on November 13 I almost died. I suffered from internal hemorrhaging due to an ectopic pregnancy. I went to the hospital that morning for what I thought was severe case of stomach flu— which they agreed with and went home. That night I passed out and my husband rushed me back to the ER. I was in surgery before sunrise on Thursday. It was rough and the recovery from it is an ongoing process— physically I’m doing just fine but I have highs and lows with the mental fallout from it. On top of that, I got a promotion at work and now I’m learning some new things and the workload itself has increased since I’m the only one in my division. Which isn’t the first time but it just seems harder this time around. Plus, right now there are a lot of unknowns in the civilian workforce. I’m trying to take things slow and plan out some fun things for myself to blog about. I’m thinking about writing about the process with the ectopic pregnancy on my sister site on Substack and keep this more light hearted. It’s going to be okay. I’ll keep wandering. You too. BJ Keep wandering— please.

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2024 Goals

Harvest Moon, September 18, 2024 I started writing this in January– it’s now September. Oddly enough, this year I spent a lot of time in my head. I took pictures and video– wrote a little bit of poetry, that was about it in the writing realm– and working on the Pennington Book Project. I think what I wrote in January still resonates though. I’m not a resolution person. I’ve tried them, I’ve…

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Depression and Other Things

Here is a long doozy of a post! Enjoy!

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Flashback Friday: Blue Spring

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Day Hikes & Baby Wipes: Fort Niobrara NWR

I really enjoy hiking at the refuge in my back yard! He had a bug on his hat… Now that I’m feeling more like myself I took myself on a self prescribed hike with my 2 year old and 3 week old. It was wonderful! Little video and TikTok plug…

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Wannabe Asleep

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Return to Baby Wipes and Day Hikes

I got some news... **This post originally appeared on my PRW Newsletter on Jan. 27, 2023. There are few edits.** It’s a new year, a new day, and I have a new #baby on the way!

I got some news… **This post originally appeared on my PRW Newsletter on Jan. 27, 2023. There are few edits.** It’s a new year, a new day, and I have a new baby on the way! Between Covid-19 and winter I didn’t get out as much with my newborn in 2020. I’m hoping this time around, since the “stork” is making the delivery on May 11th, I get to do more hiking with my new baby and my toddler. I’m…

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Flashback Friday: Glacier National Park August 2022

#FlashbackFriday! I'm getting my groove back and writing again. All the projects I've procrastinated on I'm finally getting done!

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Current River Mood

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#wandered home to the #ozarks for a few days. Went #exploring the #elevenpointriver Should have brought a #canoe… #paddling #rivers #missouri #wannabewander #wannabewandering #wannabeoutside #wannabebackpacker (at Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9LU0cvlMq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Havasupai Gardens

#IndianGarden has been renamed #HavasupaiGardens!

Hi all! I’m still taking my time writing my posts from this summer, float trip on the Current River in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and day hikes in Glacier National Park. However, this announcement from Grand Canyon National Park caught my interest and I wanted to post an update about my first overnight backpacking trip that started this whole blog! Here is the first of three posts about…

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Time Flies When You're (not) Having Fun

Time Flies When You’re (not) Having Fun

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Gotta thank @ozarkgirlknits Pike Creek Fiber Co. for the lovely #knithat that kept my ears warm in #glaciernationalpark I think I need a another one….👀❤️😘 #handmadewithlove #handmade #knitting (at Glacier National Park-Going-To-the-Sun Road) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg-KmQwvoZr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#peacock strutting his stuff in #northplatte (at North Platte, Nebraska) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgF2TL9vJob/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The last few weeks have been a #whirlwind of adventure from a trip home to the #ozarks to a work trip to West Virginia’s #newrivergorge— a plane ride to the #rockies where I’m pretty sure I saw a #langoliers in the fog somewhere over #colorado I finally made it back to Valentine! #blogpost to follow! #travel #nature #books #wannabewanderer #wannabebackpacker (at Nebraska) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmsqpiP-VZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’m a little off on my timeline for the blog— I was taken by time, campfires, (work), and rivers and I’ll eventually float back to a place with a computer and time to type up all the happenings, adventures, and pulled muscles soon! #campfires #blogs #rivers #riverside #tired #wannabewandering #wannabebackpacker (at Camp Brookside Environmental Education Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfVJKYmjAOw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#newadventures in old places! I’m out and about and finally back to writing for my blog— look for a new post this week! #currentriver #missouri #blog #wannabebackpacker #wannabewandering (at Van Buren, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfJyn3vOcU9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=