Exciting News! My Eyeballs Are Getting Fixed!

Good morning, silly geese!!

Silly Goose has an exciting announcement! I’m finally getting Lasik, after 20 years (literally) of being a 4-eyed goose! I couldn’t be more excited and needed to make sure you all knew as well! This goose is getting her vision back, so flap your wings in excitement!

I’ll be sure to have Mr. Goose take plenty of pictures of the “eye shields” I’ll be given to keep my wings out of my eyes while I’m sleeping. Coupled with my strange sleeping positions, this ought to be good.

While I was doing the free consultation, I had to contain all of my excited honking until I left the building! My wings were barely able to stay by my sides, I was so excited. Then I had to sit in traffic for about an hour, which was quite the silly-block. Fun music fixed that a little, and I was still honking with excitement when Mr. Goose got home from work.

The best part of the appointment day? I will be prescribed a nap! Yes, you read that right, a doctor-prescribed nap for this silly goose! This is probably where many of the goofy photos will come from.

As always, STAY SILLY!

Have any of you have Lasik? Share your experience in the comments!

Have you been considering Lasik or want more information? Share your questions in the comment section (or anonymously via the “Contact” page), and I will answer any questions I can after the surgery!

Good Morning, Goofballs!

Happy Friday!! I hope you all are feeling great and loving life. If not, that’s okay! Things will improve. I promise.

That’s not all I came on here to say today. I’m hopping on to let you all know that today will be filled with My Silly Goose creating for yours truly. There will be new content by the end of the day, so stay tuned and check back!

As always, STAY SILLY!

Hiatus By Accident

Hello, everyone!

I apologize for the long break between posts. That was certainly not my intention when beginning this adventure; however, health doesn’t care what my plans are these days. Without giving a million details, I was sick on and off for a little bit and not up to much of anything.

NOW, I’m back! I’m planning on revamping the layout of things a little bit, because I can’t help myself. Then I plan on giving you all some more laughs, answers, and love!

As always, STAY SILLY!

Changing Your Major in College…is it worth it?

Is it okay if I change my major in college?

Absolutely! Many people I know changed their major….some even switched multiple times! None of these people regretted their decision. Most felt they had grown and developed different passions or realized their original major wasn’t going to get them to their dream job.

I changed not only my major, but also my university! I started at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (shoutout to the best college experiences). I took a year off after high school and then attended MU for 2 years. There was an issue with financial aid, which led me to unenroll. I got married and moved states by the time I started college the second time, at Rowan University, 4.5 years after leaving MU. It was a completely different experience, but I feel like I took my education far more seriously as a “non-traditional” student. I wouldn’t change my journey, because it got me to where I am today, with a wonderful husband and two demanding demonch……cats. They’re cute, and I love them….I swear.

The long and short of it is this: if you feel like you hate where your current major is taking you….I mean truly hate….change your major to something you are passionate about. You will never regret taking risks. Someday, you will regret NOT taking risks, so do it. If you want to change back, do that too.

***disclaimer, don’t go changing your major because midterms or finals are stressing you out….change for genuine reasons, folks***

This post will remain on the HELP ME SILLY GOOSE page to make it more accessible to everyone.

As always, STAY SILLY!

COVID and The Everlasting “Never Go Outside” Habit

Okay, I know I said I wasn’t going to bring up COVID this early, but I feel the need to share something with you all. It’s about my lifelong habit of staying indoors whenever possible, even though I genuinely enjoy myself 90% of the times I do end up going outside. Let’s talk about that for a minute.

Even before COVID, my husband used to joke that I was allergic to the outdoors because of the low frequency of my leaving the house. When this whole pandemic situation started, I was finishing my college degree. I went to campus 3 days a week, so I was forced to leave the house….and get dressed. When the “two week” quarantine started, I was on Spring Break and just spent the two weeks hanging out with my husband. It was like a mini staycation because we knew it would be over in two weeks. Obviously THAT didn’t happen, so I finished my degree online and spent way too much time playing video games with my husband. That was a blast, until it wasn’t anymore.

Once two months or so went by, we were so ridiculously bored that my husband started gutting our place, throwing things away, and organizing as he went along. Then we ran out of steam and went back to video games. He was on furlough until about 3 weeks ago, so we had too much time and nothing to do. Eventually, I found a remote position, and his job started back up. That’s the cliffnotes version (for those who remember cliffnotes/sparknotes).

Well, due to the quarantine and all, I haven’t been going outside every day. I know that I feel better if I go outside, but I can’t get myself to go unless there’s a reason other than just going outside. One of my favorite things to do is check the mail, and that’s a relatively short walk. I have been trying to at least check the mail every day in order to make sure I go outside. It doesn’t always work because I also get emails about how much mail we’re getting, so I know if there won’t be anything in the mailbox and won’t go out if that’s the case.

Another technique we plan on trying is taking a morning walk together. Both of us start work later in the day, so this would also help energize us for the rest of the day. Even though I’m excited to start walking in the morning, I’m also dreading having to get dressed every morning for a walk. I know it probably sounds stupid, but the few pounds I gained during the quarantine has made my wardrobe a little less available to me at the moment.

SO, what do I plan to do about this dilemma? Get over my inner teenager’s dread to wear normal clothing and walk every morning! That’s what I need to do. I have a hard time with self-discipline most of the time, so I think this is the perfect way to practice forcing myself to do things that suck. Hopefully this whole walking every day situation will also help with the whole gaining weight during quarantine thing too. Cross your wings for me, geese!

As always, STAY SILLY!

Morning thoughts of Silly Goose

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

This morning I’ve seen several posts on Facebook about helping someone in need, picking up the tab somewhere just to be nice, and tipping double when out at a restaurant. Reading these posts makes my heart so happy! As someone whose heart breaks seeing people struggle, I am elated to know that there are still so many good people in the world.

Here’s my challenge for each of you:

Go out of your way to do something, anything, nice for someone. Let someone go first at a stop sign, let someone in front of you in line, compliment someone who is not wearing a smile. I’d love to hear what my flock is up to and hear where your beautiful hearts led you!

Leave a comment and tell me what good deed you’ve done recently that filled your heart with joy or gave you that warm and fuzzy feeling inside.

As always, STAY SILLY!

Thank you!!

Hello, my beautiful flock!!

I just wanted to give everyone who has looked at, shared, and followed my website so far a huge shoutout! I started this endeavor without many expectations, ya know, just in case it totally bombed or something. I’m so grateful for every person who has visited My Silly Goose so far!

Make sure you follow for some great funny content later this week!!

Thank you all!!

Until next time,

STAY SILLY!

Why am I starting a blog??

Welcome to my very first blog post, folks! I’m nervous, excited, and……mostly nervous actually. I hope you enjoy reading about my decision to start this entire thing. Please give me feedback on what you’ve seen so far!

The first thing I should probably do is introduce myself. My name is Lindsey, and I am a recent graduate from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a degree in Psychology. Upon getting this degree, I was totally ready to get some super awesome job that I would absolutely love. I know it’s ridiculous, but I worked hard for that degree and wanted to put it to use. Then came COVID……well, actually, COVID popped up in the middle of my final semester. Anyway, this whole pandemic situation meant I had unexpected limitations in putting my degree to good use. We can talk about that another time. Everyone is so over talking about COVID.

Why a blog, you ask?

  • Well, I love to write. I always have and probably always will. I also love to talk. That’s one of the things that led me to this decision. My family and I have long conversations almost every time we talk on the phone. Since my teens, I’ve gotten the chance to help mellow out several family arguments and talk many of these crazy people (I love them, but we’re all crazy with a capital “C”) out of doing something stupid.
  • This leads me to my next point. STORY TIME!! My cousin and I were in college at the same time for two years. She’s currently finishing her senior year. Even before I restarted college (story for another time, guys), I became one of her go-to people. I’m happy to say that she and I have forged a wonderful bond over the last three years. Anyway, she told me one day that I should become a therapist for people going into college and going through college. She told me I would be really good at that sort of thing. Here’s the problem: I am WAY better at expressing things in writing. I marinated in her compliment for about a year before seriously deciding to start this silly new blog.

I hope to help many people find their place, even if it’s for a few minutes. My wish for all of you is that you find something to be grateful for every single day, even if it’s just the fact that you woke up this morning. Throughout my childhood, I dealt with several traumas and mature situations. Despite all of that, I’ve always been known as the goofball or silly goose (see what I did there? hehe). That’s why I’ve decided to go that route with the name of my new adventure. Some days I feel as though I’ve lost my silly goose in all of my grownup problems. I want this blog to remind me, and everyone who reads it, that every day contains something positive or worth your gratefulness. Take a moment each day to just be. Trust me, everything will still be there after you take that breath of fresh air or warm bath.

Please check out the homepage to view my mission and what YOU can get out of reading My Silly Goose.

STAY SILLY, MY FLOCK OF BEAUTIFUL GEESE!