by rmontalvan | May 10, 2020 | Blog
If you told me six months ago that I would lose my big-girl writing job to a global pandemic, I would have laughed in your face. Life has thrown some clusterfucks my way for sure, but that would be the cruelest joke the universe could slap me with. But, alas, here I...
by rmontalvan | Nov 9, 2019 | Blog
With my birthday in July and three months down this journey, it feels like I have so much to do a so little time to do it. I made these goals to challenge myself and to push me to my absolute limit. Machu Picchu still feels like a far-off dream and I’ve been putting...
by rmontalvan | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog
Sitting on Sophia’s couch, she and I sipped wine and could barely keep up on the movie playing in front of us. Wine and movie nights with my best friend was a tried and true tradition and our way of trying to save money by not going out. There was a lull of silence...
by rmontalvan | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog
“Quick question for ya’”—a once simple saying is now a trigger for PTSD. I clutched the tablet and pulled it close to my chest. My smile hurt almost as much as my bleeding, blistered feet. “Who do you have for cable and internet?” I forced through my painful smile....
by rmontalvan | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog
After a few months of utter nothingness and not moving forward, it was easy to pinpoint what I could have done differently. We all have our bad habits keeping us from our full potential. Mine above all is napping. If I could, I would seriously nap all day every day...
by rmontalvan | Nov 5, 2019 | Blog
Firstly, I have not forgotten about my 26 goals. As I sat on the couch over the past few weekends, elbows deep into a bag of cheese puffs and rewatching “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”, I thought about writing. Then I thought about how great it would be to watch...
by rmontalvan | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog
When looking at my 26 goals before I turn 27, sometimes I begin to feel extremely overwhelmed. I start to wonder, what the heck have I gotten myself into? But every day, I wake up and tell myself, “I have control”. I’ll repeat this over and over until I believe it. ...
by rmontalvan | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog
My 26th birthday was a night of dancing, free drinks, laughing out loud, and coming to the near-fatal realization that I am 26 years old. At this age, I’m still just a writer working part-time as a waitress (or maybe it’s the other way around) and barely making enough...
by wineandtaco-com | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog
There are many blueprints to dating that one relationship or another finds itself following. There is one pattern in particular that hits the heart a little differently than most. Take Leo for example. Leo and I met in the typical millennial way through a dating app,...
by wineandtaco-com | Mar 22, 2019 | Blog
The Recycle Downfall “Don’t cry,” he told me. A part of him sounded sincere; like he felt bad—the other half not wanting to see the aftermath of his torment. I sniffed back snot endanger of trickling down my lip but sniffed too hard. The loogie caught in my...
