Life goes on
My dad died on Dec 10. I haven’t really known what to feel. This is the Dad I grew up with… As we stood there crying over Dad’s body, immediately after learning that he passed in his sleep after a bout of COVID that left his already weak and frail body even more so…no major […]
I Need Therapy
Y’all. Getting older is hard. I am (hopefully) in the final months of perimenopause (the end is in sight…I hope…), and my life is just so full of emotions. Hormones are intense. Hot flashes suck. Mental health issues suck. Lack of sufficient money sucks. 3 out of 4 of the members of this family living […]
A day off
On my days off…true days off…the days that I don’t have other commitments like doctor’s appointments or meetings…I try to get a lot of work on my personal projects done. And housework. I’m best in the morning. Which is weird because I didn’t used to be a morning person. In my previous life…prior to motherhood…I […]
Finding a way out of the bleh
Today I woke up still exhausted (despite sleeping ok…better than I have been lately) and just bleh. Depression, overwhelm…the yucks. So after laying in bed for awhile trying to find my energy and drive, I finally got up. I took my ADHD meds and made myself some eggs for breakfast. I’ve learned I REALLY need […]
Days off
It’s HOT. Fresno summers are excruciating. Regular triple digits. Though it has been less triple digits in a row this year…it’s still HOT. My ADHD brain just had to see the temps from this summer out of curiosity…here’s what I found: And I work at a store part time that has awful, ineffective AC. So […]
Life has changed A LOT
Last time I posted I mentioned that I got 2 part-time jobs: Fresno Discovery Center and Barnes & Noble. I have now been working at both for about 8 months. I still love both of them! (Although there are many times I am EXHAUSTED!) Surprisingly, even after 22 years of being out of the workforce, […]
FINALLY some good news!
Our financial situation has been BAD for over a year now…well for years really, but REALLY BAD the past year…and continued to get worse all the time. Adam’s unemployment ran out, and we were out of options since all his searching for a job in his field have been unsuccessful. We’ve been on food stamps […]
I am OBSESSED with this jigsaw app!
So I am on a serious book binge this past year or so…I set myself a goal of 50 books for last year and met it…so I made a goal for 2022 of 100 books! And I am THOROUGHLY ENJOYING the challenge! According to Goodreads, I am 5 books ahead of my goal! So while […]
I’m really a mom
I was going through some old journals of mine tonight, looking for something, and I came across this entry that I just had to post here because it made me smile: From a 9/20/06 entry– I had an interesting moment today: I was mixing cookie dough w/a toddler on my lap, one boob hanging out […]
Grasping at Clouds
Do you ever feel like no matter what you do, you’re just grasping at clouds? Like you are trying and trying and trying to get something done, but no matter what you do, it just keeps slipping between your fingers? Yeah. One of those days here. Weeks even. Months? I keep feeling like I’m taking […]