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...
