Dear Friends: If I hate the days where I’m at the mercy of my own hormones, I really hate the days where I’m under the control of hormones that don’t even belong to me. The ones that are currently leaching their way into my body via a plastic patch on my ass. I decided to switch to the Ortho-Evra patch ...

Dear Internet: All these years, I’ve been living a lie. Or not exactly a lie, since it wasn’t deception so much as ignorance. I hope you can forgive me, because it’s time to come clean. My last name isn’t Ripley. I am Jennifer Lynn Eppenberger. It’s doesn’t really have the same ring to it. It sounds so wholesome. I should ...

Dear Waffle House: I tried to deny my love for you, but I can’t any longer. If it’s not love, it’s at least a sick obsession. Which is pretty much the same thing to me, anyway. I had to come to terms with this realization last night while working on my travel journal. I had your website open in three ...

Dear FutureMe: 7:30am Thurs 9/11/03 Nashville TN900 miles, 1 hour sleep4:30am breakfast at Waffle House in Paducah KY Don’t ever, ever forget this moment. More importantly, don’t ever do it again. Love,Jenni