I didn't want to wear blue jeans when I went to pick up my car, for fear that the blue dye would tint the leather in the seats. It was my first car in over 7 years -- and it was my first brand new car, ever. The car I owned from '04 to '06 was… Continue reading Battle Scars
Month: March 2017
Return to Racing
Check-in this year is mercifully indoors. The day's weather hangs on a precipice. All it takes is a slight breeze or the sun going behind some clouds and it tumbles into an arctic chill. I'm dressed to be comfortably warm in the middle of running. I'm certainly not dressed to be comfortable in the meanwhile.… Continue reading Return to Racing
Dark Night of the Soul
As it so happened, I learned about the dark night of the soul right as I was going through my own. As it always happens. And I can never really say whether it's because we are simply seeking out what we need, or perhaps God/the Universe puts things in our path right as we need them.… Continue reading Dark Night of the Soul
The Anger Dissipates
Practically a decade back, I found myself at the mercy of a terrible boss. A petty, hypocritical, volatile person. A boss who took me in as an apprentice in the profession, only to toss me out into the deep end, so that I spent more time trying to keep my head above water than I… Continue reading The Anger Dissipates
That (Not This) Abby Rose 