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by AMO
Posted on September 25, 2018

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If you want it bad enough, you must believe it is yours to have. And then do the work and trust the process. #sunday #notetoself #writeitdownmakeithappen

Coworker relationships are so weird sometimes. We spend months, years even, getting to know each other and having laughs and sharing the realities of our working life. And then sometimes they decide to move back home to Hawaii. They get a job, buy a house and poof! They’re gone. I’m really going to miss @mis.adventure.hi but now I’ll have a friend on The Big Island. Safe travels and good luck, Virgo sister! It’s been a lot of fun working with you. See you when I see you. #librarians #arizona #bigisland #writeitdownmakeithappen

Working today for Tempe FanCon event. Theme is Harry Potter, although we welcome all kinds. So my true librarian confession of the day? I’ve never read any of the Harry Potter books or seen the movies. Shocking, I know. When people talk about HP, I just nod politely and agree with whatever they’re saying. Plus my daughter is a HP expert. Why do I need to be when I have her? 😂 She informed me that I’m a Ravenclaw and I took the test to verify. So here I am representing the colors of Ravenclaw even though I really have no idea what it means other than I’m cool. That, and I have to work a Saturday when I’d rather be at home with my Hufflepuff.

Friday co-pilot.

Friday pep talk to myself, and the ugly truth. 😂 Today is my only day off on a 9-day stretch so I’m going to need all the coffee in the world. #friday #chores #errands #momlife #sleep #work #notwriting #dreaming #rocknroll

#tbt North Hollywood 1991. I was working at @metalbladerecords and crashing with the older musician boyfriend and 3 other rocker dudes at a complex full of tattoos and silicone. Living out of boxes and crates, just about the only things I had were that cheap Kmart lamp and thrift-store steamer trunk, a few clothes, my music collection, and a really shitty Toyota that was about to die (again). Also, all those pictures on the wall? Those are all the chicks my boyfriend had slept with during the course of his music career 😂😳 his own personal ‘rogues gallery’. So cheesy. Luckily I wasn’t too bothered-I needed a place to live and he talked a good game. I never thought of myself as ‘hot’ or whatever, still no silicone or tattoos. But looking back now, I wonder how I ever thought I was average. #mom #metalhead #librarian #heavymetal #rocknroll #itsonlyrocknroll #hollywood #dirtyrockerboys #mombod #twobabies #books #bookstagram #adventuresofametalheadlibrarian #myfirstbook #older #wiser

Note to self: The truth about life is that we all struggle with unspoken burdens, worries, sadness, phobias, anxiety. As a result, some people think the world is ending, some people get angry, fearful, accusatory, hateful. I see this in others. I understand the impulse. I think the best part about getting old is being able to sit with the darkness and not over-react to it. To just ‘be’ with it. Because you’ve lost a loved one, or gone thru divorce, or a diagnosis has derailed you - these things are staggering, but they become easier to bear as you get older. You recognize the patterns of your own grief. You understand that you will survive. You get comfortable, even loving, towards the darkness. It’s a part of you. In fact, you recognize that you need it to be hard. You need the routine of the day job to grind the feeling out of you. Because eventually you will rebel against the darkness and turn it into big, luscious art. #wednesday #writer #writersofinstagram #dayjob #librarian #exhausted #notinspired #poweringthrough #notetoself #artists #beauty #onelife #heavymetal #rocknroll #rescue #truth #adventuresofametalheadlibrarian

Yes. Too much jabbering on about meaningless BS. Quiet your over-active monkey brain and listen. That’s your heart speaking. Do you understand?

Here I go again! Tell me this isn’t some Big Magic right here!?! OMG! More #nammshow love from @instadude74 handing my book to @sarzo.rudy - one of the nicest rockers I ever met. You know I always love the bass players! 😂 I think we’ve aged pretty well since the first time we met in 1987. Happy reading, happy rocking, Mr. Sarzo. Thanks for your support! Lonn the book fairy sprinkles magic everywhere! ❤️ #mom #metalhead #librarian #writer #writersofinstagram #bookstagram #books #magic #bigmagic #namm2020 #whitesnake #bassguitar #adventuresofametalheadlibrarian #metalbladerecords @thenammshow

Getting a little @thenammshow love this afternoon when @instadude74 texted me this picture of fellow Arizona 🌵 dweller @robertmasonvox of @warrantrocks getting a his mitts on my book. Happy reading, fellow AZ rocker! Thanks for the support. And thank you, Lonn. See you soon. ❤️ #books #bookstagram #writer #reader #rocker #warrant #downboys #namm2020 #booklove #heavymetal #love #adventuresofametalheadlibrarian

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