Good Things Friday (89)
October 30, 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: $1,905.47; Rural libraries, $346.69.
We will be wrapping up on November 1st!
1. I had three bites of red velvet cake that was actually worth eating. I usually consider red velvet a waste of cake but Nothing Bundt really came through.
2. We “celebrated” two birthdays this week with surprise cake for friends. We took pictures “together” with them standing six feet in front of us and just to the side so we could simulate being together. I love and hugely appreciate that our few local friends are taking it as seriously as we are.
3. JB and I held a cleaning session on Sunday and it was really satisfying. They cleaned their whole desk area and scrubbed down all the sticky surfaces on the desk and stool and activity mats. I recycled a bunch of catalogs and empty pill bottle and ran the robot vacuum.
Challenges this week: I have had to work late every single night for weeks. I don’t typically feel it in the moment, so I had forgotten what a toll the long hours over several days and weeks takes.
Smol Acrobat is the flipping Energizer Bunny. They do not stop kicking, rolling, punching, somersaulting and punching my bladder. They are active full days and well into the night absolutely nonstop. This cannot be normal. (It probably is. There is nothing remotely comfortable or dignified about pregnancy, lemme tell ya.)
The SCOTUS confirmation was awful.
4. I can’t wait to watch “Over the Moon” on Netflix.
5. I’ve been doing more regular targeted stretches and micro exercises and they seem to be helping the back strain enough that just the one heating pad during the day instead of at night is working relatively well. Ironically, I find it easier to do now when I’m working way more hours then I was when I was trying to keep it to 35-40 hours a week to make room for rest (and the rest didn’t even really happen).
6. We stopped by Sprouts on Wednesday and I got to indulge in a bit of $5 Sushi Wednesday! No raw fish for me, alas, but a bit of California roll was still a nice treat. Though I just realized that I forgot to pick up some sugar free Lily’s PB cups, drat. I discovered the Lily’s sugar free chocolate brand a few months ago and they are so tasty. I can get them from Target, turns out, so I will watch out for a sale.
Good things – I went out of town to visit a friend (longest drive I’ve ever done, 3 hours one way! Terrifying but glad I did it). Spud is now trying to climb into the pages in his picture books when he sees a scene he likes which is hilarious and adorable, and saying MAYBE to everything. (No, grandma didn’t make this cake // But maybe she did?!)
Wowie that’s a long way to go! I hope your visit was refreshing.
I love that Spud’s at that stage 😀