Exactly one month after my son was born I had my first big night out. A good friend and his partner were getting married and I’d known for months about the wedding. Continue reading
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
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All Done Here
I have a long history of thinking I am my own doctor. When I was 17 years old I went off to college and stopped seeing a dentist because at that time it was in vogue to just pull everyone’s wisdom teeth on the off-chance they would grow in and cause issues. But I just KNEW if I let my wisdom teeth grow in they would push my other teeth together and close some of the gaps that I was so self-conscious of. So, I stopped going to the dentist for a few years while letting nature take care of some cosmetic orthodontics. Continue reading
I’m back.
“Sonofabitch, already?!” – That phrase ringing out through the bathroom door is how my boyfriend Jason found out we were pregnant the second time. Now, I know what you’re thinking Continue reading
A Letter to My Unborn Child
From the moment I found out about you growing inside of me you were loved and you were wanted. That’s not to say I wasn’t in shock when I first saw those two lines on the stick, Continue reading
In Defense of the Nice Guy
Three weeks ago I posted about being torn on whether or not to keep exploring a relationship with the “nice guy”. At that time, I recognized that I don’t really trust my own instincts, and wasn’t sure if I was really feeling it or forcing it. Continue reading
Collateral Damage
The last guy I dated was going through a divorce. Everyone warned me he wasn’t ready for a relationship, including him. But, I didn’t listen. I hit restart on my life and everything was falling into place—why would falling in love be any different? Continue reading
Here We Go Again
I’m a glutton for punishment. Though my counselor prefers to call it perseverance and that I am full of “hope”. In fact, she says she’s in awe of my ability to Continue reading
2016: Help
So, here we are on December 31st and as cliché as we all know it to be we still tend to think over the past year and look to the coming year. Some of us do so with regret and hope, some with nostalgia and concern, others with a mix along the emotional spectrum, but we all do it to some degree. Anyone who follows my writing knows that 2016 was quite a year for me. Continue reading
Beer Notes by Awkward Jean
Last week I had the opportunity to attend an educational class at the brewery I work at; the class was for employees to familiarize us with the upcoming fall releases. A friend of mine had to miss out due to a work trip for his other job so I graciously decided to take real-time notes throughout the event and text them to him. Continue reading
Dear Dating, I’m ready.
In about 36 hours an article about me will be published in a local magazine. The article is about being single in Kansas City. I have no idea what the reporter will write, Continue reading
The Misadventures of Awkward Jean 