Life Update: Gripes, Growth, & Gratitude

Hey! It's been a while. I spent the last month looking for something important enough to share here, but every time I came up empty. Whenever I tried to think of something fun or insightful to write about for the blog, I just drew a blank. The fact is I didn't have any big, exciting news to share with the world, nor did I have the energy necessary to invent one. To be honest, life has been kicking my fuckin' ass lately. The heat waves that've been battering the US left the Midwest muggy and miserable. We slept in the living room for over a week. Our AC is so old, the bedroom was an oven that stayed at 80 degrees most of those days. It killed the momentum I'd managed to accrue on my weekly walks. Shit, I didn't even open the blinds for two weeks. I lived in darkness. I didn't see outside unless I was walking trash to the dumpster or driving to the store. I even had to use cooling tricks while sitting on the couch. But at the end of the day, the flow of time moves forward whether I go…