Good Things Friday (52)
February 14, 2020
If you’d like to join me in helping Lakota families and/or rural libraries this year, please read this post. Over 6 weeks in 2019, we raised $2669.94 for the Lakota families, touching 27 lives. What can we do in 2020?
Current total: Lakota, $521.62; Rural libraries, $321.62.
1. I’ve scheduled an increase in our auto-savings! A small one, sure, but an increase nonetheless.
2. I shipped our first box of items for our first Lakota family this week. It was a rare instance when it was cheaper to buy direct and ship flat rate.
3. I took the morning shift of JB time on Saturday to let PiC have time with his friends. He took JB in the afternoon to a playdate. The divide and conquer gave us both a little time. I spent my time watching two episodes of Good Omens, petting Seamus who slept on foot, reading Thief of Time, and pondering how I feel about turning 40. (Not yet but soonish.)
Challenges this week: It’s frustrating how little time I get for doing things. I stood for 40 minutes watching over JB at the pool and after 30 minutes of sitting, my body was DONE. That’s all I get: 15 minutes of driving, less than an hour of standing. I may have to up the frequency of my massages while dealing with this loved one’s abuser’s demands in their court case. Every single customer service rep I dealt with this week for Amazon and Target orders were incredibly frustrating. Not one of them understood the problems I explained, it took about 3 to 5 repetitions with them misunderstanding every time to get to the point.
4. A loved one is in town and our small family dinner turned into a group gathering accidentally. But that also turned it into a free dinner, unexpectedly, from another member of the group that I don’t think I’ve even ever met before. While it wasn’t the catch-up we had meant it to be, I’ll happily take free yummy dinner, especially if it means giving our guest-loved one what they were jonesing for. They ask for so little, it pleases us to be able to give them the experiences they want. 🙂
5. I’m so grateful that we are generally financially stable right now and that I’ve built a family that isn’t perfect but is one I can rely on. It means I have the luxury of helping loved ones through their tough times both with some money and mostly using my superpower of organizing people to help someone they care about and feel helpless to help otherwise. I hate that feeling. My job is to learn to care for them while still living my life and being present in my own life as well. My job is also not to take on one iota more of work because the organization I just took on is a 7 month commitment and there’s a lot to do. It’s a juggle.
6. I got myself a little treat this week: a word search book. I think it’ll relax my brain in that way it needs – when it needs something to do but I’m supposed to be resting instead of working. (Is that a hobby?)
