Good Things Friday (17)
June 6, 2019
The sole focus on just good things in this post isn’t working for me anymore. It was helpful in the first several posts to get myself oriented to seeing the good, but now just focusing entirely on that feels like forced cheerfulness and that doesn’t help. Pollyanna isn’t my normal mode of operation.
Having a bit of perspective here in seeing both good and bad is a better fit for my personality.
1. Friday: Trader Joe’s smoked salmon dip ($4) is a great way to get that bagel and lox taste without springing for the actual full spread of smoked salmon and capers. Since I shouldn’t be having bagels anyway, the dip on other vehicles like cucumbers is a nice way to go.
2. Saturday: I was up way too early for a Saturday but that’s good because it gave me time to prep the crockpot for dinner. We were serving pulled pork, coleslaw, and Hawaiian rolls. I think it should have cooked a little longer but overall the dinner was delicious. Sigh of relief. I’m still not great at hosting and now need to sit down and make a list of menus we should try, ahead of inviting people over.
3. Sunday: First swim lesson! I was a bundle of nerves because JB hasn’t been friends with the water lately, and though there were touch and go moments when zir reluctance looked like the lesson would be a bust, ultimately the lesson was good. Ze came out happy to have done and that’s all that matters here right now.
4. Monday: Woke up to disappointing news – a standing friend date was cancelled and that make me sadder than it should have. In my disappointment, partly because I’ve always been bad at making friends but partly because I’d looked forward to this event with those friends, I remarked to PiC: we need more friends! He later texted that he’d invited another set of parents to join us at the event instead. Proactive spouses FTW!
7. Monday: Not my finest moment but I stole a Twix from JB’s candy bucket. It was good. Terrible for me but my mood was worse and sometimes the cure has to be something that’s not good for you.
8. Tuesday: Complaining to my life Board of Directors almost always produces good results. In this case, clearly stating what has been bothering me for months lead to them making three comments that turned me right around. It’s not fixed but they helped me get my feet back on the right path and it made a world of difference. The long-simmering anger and resentment that I’ve been unable to pin down and pluck out was almost non-existent for a full 24 hours. I am hoping for long-term calm too.
9. Wednesday: I did ALL THE THINGS on this day. All of them. And I didn’t keel over. Calling that a win.
10. Thursday: JB received a lovely gift of books and ze is at least as excited as I am to read them. 😆
Lots of ups and downs this week – cross your fingers I can find the resources I need to make my life run a little more smoothly!
Balance is always good. Kudos for deciding a Pollyanna approach might not be what you need.
Thank you!
crossed fingers!!
Thanks!
ahh! i am catching up on blogs after a long time. your stock dividends seem amazing!!!! also, i haven’t had a twix in forever – i gave up candy a few months ago and have not looked back since. O.o
They’re alright!
I’m on sabbatical (just finished week 3) & I’d just say that the entire experience has really, really changed me. I’m so much more relaxed at everything. I have energy to entertain. I’m tackling hard parenting problems. I’m working in the yard. I’m RELAXED. My normal life is a house of cards, just waiting for one tiny thing (cough, early dismissal days the last week of school) just waiting to topple our carefully planned & regimented life.
My revelation this weekend is that the weekend is much more enjoyable when you’ve gotten most of your chores done during the week.
This sounds like HEAVEN. There’s so much to do even without work in the picture, I wish more of us could take sabbaticals.