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  • Writer: Stefanie Rhyner
    Stefanie Rhyner
  • Apr 13, 2025
  • 4 min read

Hey everyone! It is 12:54am and I just got home from driving all the way around the city. At about 9/930pm, I took the same sleep meds I took 2 nights ago, but instead of sleeping 9pm-6:30am, I only slept about 3 hours. I do need to go back up to 2mg instead of 1mg on one of the meds. Tonight, I just got in my car, put Christian radio on, and went up Kolb Road south to the freeway….i10 west and went all the way to Ina where my cousin lives. Drove by her house to see if she was up partying with friends but she wasn’t. They were all in bed. The lights were out. Then continued down Ina, passing my old law firm again and just went to Craycroft which was my usual way home at 4pm. Blessed my sisters work, TMC pediatric ER. I know she is not there cause she is at Country Thunder with a friend. Got to Golf Links and took a left to get home. I freaking love driving. For a second, I thought about driving to San Diego for a couple days since I had my purse and wallet, but no clothes or even a bra or underwear….just a tank top and some comfy sweat pant shorts they my Dad bought me last year for the hospital even though they never let me wear them. They are pretty long. Wore them to my CBD Gold amazing pedicure. Anyway, I have a trip to Disneyland in April and San Diego in May, so tonight I just wanted to get home to sleep a bit more and go to AA at 6:30am and church at 8:30am. Then an amazing older gentleman is coming over to fix the recliners on my awesome hand me down couch!

So 2 nights ago when I drove around for IB proven, I first went past the Walgreens by my house that used to be 24 hours. It is so longer 24 hours so I went to Swan to go to Wal Mart at Alvernon and Grant. That was closed too. So I kept driving down Grant which is a crazy construction zone. At one point I had to make a left turn just to do a U turn and come back. I realized after a few seconds I was on the dirt and construction zone that was blocked off for work trucks! I was like oh fuck! I was able to slow down even more tho and go threw the barricade cones and back into the lane on Grant going east. I also ended up downtown somehow. Oh ya, I turned around and went all the way down town using Grant after I realized Wal Mart was closed. I took the Broadway exit to go east and wanted to get over to go right on Aviation freeway. Again, had to slow way down and go back through cones.

I stopped at Circle K to get IB profen and gas and a Smart Water. I went straight to the water, was distracted by overhearing this cool ass guy named Bobby talking to the cashier about how he works at a bouncer at Frog and Ferkin.. where they just had a fire fighter event at that I did not know I missed. It was so so fun a few times when I went before. The Fire fighters do the serving helped by the servers who work there. I was also distracted by the guy delivering the old school newspapers which my Gramps Fritz used to love! He wrote to them a few times that I know of. So I got a newspaper and started chatting with Bobby. So I forgot to pay for my gas, but let another woman go ahead while I talked with Bobby! He was a cocaine and/or other drug addict and was living on the streets at some point at a very young age. Think he is only about 26 or 27 now and is blessed to be married and has a boy and girl. I guessed both girls cause he is such a good man, but he was blessed with I think a girl first then a boy! I finally paid for my gas and went to pump my gas.. The credit card was not working at the pump but I needed to go in anyway. Forgot the damn IBprofen, but I swear Bobby was jamming out in his truck and eating just to make sure I pumped my gas safely and got back in my car to go. He is a bouncer and it is his job to watch out for women or anyone who is not safe!!! It is 1:18am now, and I am going to take another sleep med and try to sleep till 6am. I did set my alarm for 6am but maybe I will delete it just in case I need to sleep longer. Wanted to go to AA at 6:30am to see some cool people I love, but I will just be happy if I wake up at 630/7ish to get to church at 8:30m. I will cook breakfast first since I ate out for breakfast the last 2 mornings. But I will see what God’s plan is today. I want to go to AA. I missed it this morning and went to 9:30am last minute after breakfast and it was so meant to be. That meeting triggered me bad a few months ago, and I was not planning on going back but so glad I did. Hope everyone is sleeping now but if not…get some sleep and sweet dreams. If you read in the morning or another morning, Have a great fucking day!! Peace and love my brothers and sisters!!

 
 
 

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