Battle Hymns of a Hot Mess Mom

One day at a time…


July 2023

  • Fireworks

    I love fireworks. Back East it was common to see fireworks, you could drive down the LIE and just see the fireworks for all occasions. It was always beautiful to see. It doesn’t see as common here on the West Coast for fireworks to just happen at whim. Camping was a lot of fun, we Continue reading

  • Heat and Rhea

    Nothing spells uncomfortable quite like heat and the rhea. The chemo meds and ozempic have given my stomach a run for it’s money. I’m trying to enjoy nature. The first night was a beautiful quiet. My photo did not do it justice but the air was cool and it was silent (we’re also right next Continue reading

About Me

Hello, my name is Nina. I am a mother, wife, daughter and friend. I am lover of country music, & 80’s love ballad. I love me some karaoke! I identify as hot mess mom. I get it wrong, all the time. On the rare occasions I get it right? Even I’m shocked.

I am a working professional in the field of Compliance. I am mother two, daughter to immigrant parents, wife to a “redneck” – and proud of it, sister-in-law to the two most incredible human beings I have ever met and a niece that is just so cool but doesn’t know it.

I work too hard and play too little. I’ve always focus on the wrong thing and never quite sure if I’m ever enough. I grew up on the East Coast and was a latchkey kid in the 80’s and 90’s – I dodged the sketchy people on the walk home and tried not to end up on a milk carton.

I went to a very privileged Boarding School on the East Coast and college after that. (So yeah that’s exactly why this journal will be riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. On the days I feel good, I’ll type it out. On the days I don’t feel good it’ll be voice to text. I can not be held liable for the things Siri puts in as my “voice”. ) Graduated on a Friday and started Fleet Bank on a Saturday. I hustled my way through the midnight shift at DHL and hustled and hustled and hustled. I knew nothing except the hustle. (As I said, I’m a hot mess mom).

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