By: Revanche

Good Things Friday (7)

March 29, 2019

With the return of the grey skies and drizzle, the depressive nibbles are back. Positive thinking has been good for me but it may not be enough to hold back that tide. I’m not feeling pulled under yet but I can feel myself hovering around the edges a bit so I’m being extra mindful.

1. Friday: Though so much of my body was hurting that it seemed pointless to apply heat patches to any single area to ameliorate the aches, I was able to fall asleep in under an hour. That never happens!

2. Saturday: We had a downright gorgeous day for our free event of the day: Holi! Hundreds of people descended on a nearby town for the Holi celebration and it was tons of fun. I’m nearly broken from it physically but my face hurts from smiling and the kids had so much fun they were tired enough to go home without protest after.

3. Saturday: I’m extra proud of our provisioning. I usually fail to bring something essential but this time we only ran short of water because JB spilled my water bottle. We had: sandwich quarters, ham, cheese and veggie rolls, cut veggies, nuts and cheese, goldfish crackers, string cheese, apple juice pouches, and Cuties. The three kids and two adults ate EVERYTHING. I think we did have a few little leftovers but it was minimal. I don’t have a lot of aspirations in life for how other people view me but being the parents / people who are adequately prepared with provisions on excursions like this is one of them. It makes me feel so rich even though it’s actually being frugal to pack enough food instead of standing in line for food truck food. We probably spent as much on the basic foodstuff as we would if we bought two big lunch plates BUT we also had a lot of extra snacks that meant we had a much more fun several hours than we would have if we’d hit 3 pm with hungry tired kids and no provisions.

4. Sunday: We hosted a long overdue set of friends for dinner. It took all my everything to prepare for the evening, and PiC did a completely fair share of the heavy lifting on all the side dishes and entertaining JB during the mandatory Mom-break periods when I literally could not move any longer.

5. Sunday: JB and I seem to be getting into a decent pattern of having Sunday mornings together. I’ve never dreaded them, I’ve tried to view them as bonding opportunities, but haven’t always been good at making it play out that way. We’re doing some cooking together, followed up by playing and art time, and spend a little bit of time on language skills. I managed not to run out of patience more than twice the entire morning and I’m proud about that.

6. Monday: This weekend was a massive case of overextension. So many regrets. Not for all the things we did but definitely for how badly I timed them to be in the same weekend. So much pain and fatigue. But the fatigue slowed me down enough to realize I should reschedule all our recurring transfers for savings so we aren’t inadvertently overdrawn again just because of bad timing.

7. Tuesday: I AM VICTORIOUS. I have been fighting with the rental prop’s HOA for 3 months and they’ve ignored my very polite and reasonable requests that they do their job. I finally escalated to their Regional Manager. In less than an hour, I got my answer. I’m still reporting the local office for intransigence.

8. Tuesday: Had a friend drop in for a very quick visit on her way home, it was so nice! Physically I still felt terrible but it was a nice uplift to my mood and the timing was perfect for my weird (right now) work schedule.

9. Wednesday: Hot damn. I had to wake JB up to get zir ready for school and for once, we didn’t have a single tantrum from wake up to departure. Minor miracle.

:: What were your good things this week?

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