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@Psalm139 @IsayUncle
@Psalm139
Is that when your in-laws are coming? on Monday? We never know about the weather until it gets a bit closer but hopefully there won't be back to back storms and they get the roads cleared.
It sounds like you're in a good headspace. Are you? You're doing good with your clean up plan! keep it up. Must be nice not doing the schooling. I'm enjoying my time off.
I did get my generator running and it was pretty cool working past dark in the shop. I installed ceiling lights last week, just pluged into an extension cord. There's no wiring in the shop yet.
@IsayUncle Yes they will be here Monday. And Justin will be home from Friday through January 1. So I may not be able to check in as often but I will try.
I'm definitely enjoying the time off from school. Its so hard getting back into the routine of super full days, but I'm trying not to think about that. I've been doing pretty well the past few days. I am nervous though because it never lasts much longer than that.
Today I will do the living room and my bedroom. Mine won't be finished because of all the Christmas stuff but Ill just do the best I can.
I'm trying to imagine your setup. I have a little bit of an idea from the pictures. I'm glad you got your generator going. So you were working on shelves? What is your plan for today?
@Psalm139
Good Morning. I went off yesterday to work on the dump truck brakes (Gotta go back today). Then my ex called with a flooded basement. I went there and discovered a leaking water heater. I can't deal with her too much so I called a friend that needed the work and he replaced it for her. She paid him Christmas bonus good so everyone was happy at the end of the day.
I know what you mean about being nervous after a few good days. Go with the flow kiddo, you'll be good. everything has it's ebbs and flows. (Like you said... don't put too much thought into it). It brought to mind the saying, "Waiting for the other shoe to drop" (Where did that come from)?
Have you ever wondered about the origins of the saying “waiting for the other shoe to drop?” It began in the early 1900's with poorly constructed buildings in the U.S. that had very thin floors and walls. At night, tenants would often hear their neighbors above them getting ready for bed. This expression alludes to a person awakened by a neighbor who loudly dropped one shoe on the floor and is waiting for the second shoe to be dropped. (Just some fun trivia 😊 LOL).
Stay in good spirits, but you are probably also worried about the snow storm. 😟
Did you get your supplies you'll have to have for a good hunker down? Need supplies now for a good Snow Day Survival Event! Hot cocoa, Popcarn and Activities planned. 😃 (Do you often lose power from storms?)
We'll talk when you can and hopefully you guys get some stuff done when Justin is home, that'll be awesome.
This is a terrible post, I'm just remindinding you of all the other shoes. I'm sorry, I hope you can feel the light heartedness in my words. these things will happpen BUT you'll be Ok. I'm sure of it, you're doing great!
You're awesome! Have a great day finishing up your cleaning and then take a good deserved rest.
@IsayUncle How have you been? Did you have an ok Christmas? What have you been up to? I had a good Christmas but I'm exhausted and relieved it's over. The in law visit went well. I made a vegan sweet potato casserole that was really yummy. Ill probably make it again. The house is still clean and the dishes are done. We will see how long I can keep that up! Sorry I haven't been on here for a while. I hope you're doing ok💙
@Psalm139
Welcome back. I'm super glad you had a good Christmas and landed on your feet afterward... beautiful! I'm doing well, nothing special on this end. Taking care a lot "end-of-year" paperwork and computer back ups. We got hit with a 1 week deep freeze too but little snow (2"). Made me wonder how you made out but I see the in-laws got there so that's awesome. 😊
Good to see ya and hope you have a great day!💚
@IsayUncle I wondered if you had gotten any snow. The news said there were bad blizzards as far as New York. Have you been able to stay warm? I hope so! Its been super cold here too! I'm thankful for my deliveries!
@Psalm139
hey M, so my post might be a little longer and filled with typos. One of my Christmas gifts to myself what is my computer camera. I think I told you I lost it, I found it the other day in the back of the pickup truck in a tool bag ha ha. I didn't know if I was gonna be able to do talk to text but I can so you will probably get longer messeges.
I just use my computer, I don't have an app on my phone. Do you use your phone or a computer? And do you use voice texting or do you type? So anyway this is pretty cool, I've tried it on my e-mail and a Word document and it works fine.
I remember about 10 years ago I installed a dragon voice recognition software on my computer but then the instructions said I had to talk into it a couple hours a day so it would recognize my voice. I never tried it, what a waste. I just thought that was a too much of a pain in the ****. They have come a long way so this is pretty cool.😃
@IsayUncle I tried to reply but it wouldn't let me. I guess I said something wrong. Idk.
@Psalm139
I know what you mean that happens to me sometimes too. That's OK. Yeah I spent all my time off; doing paperwork and computer stuff, wrapping things up for the end of 2022. I got all that done but it wasn't very rewarding except for being done, which is great! I did a lot of sleeping and eating too so it wasn't all work work work.
It's finally warmed up so I'm gonna go do some shopping and also work on the brakes on that dump truck. I hope you can stay on A roll, feeling good getting things done. That'll be great, I hope you have a great morning. + day. See ya later.
@Psalm139
Hey M, I just went and looked at your new icon picture, what beautiful kids you have. And you too you're very pretty. Just so you don't think I was leaving you out. That was Jax last time I think, who is this one?
I noticed you got rid of your write up about yourself. Is that because you're feeling better about things? I wish that for you. Maybe starting a new chapter? I wanna go back and add to mine and continue my growth story. (and change my icon too) LOL! Do you think you're gonna write something else to share about what's going on?
@IsayUncle It sounds like you’re doing pretty well! That’s good! I’m happy you found your camera!
The picture is me and Ajax again lol. He’s almost constantly next to me so I get more pictures with him than anyone else.
@IsayUncle Oh and do one day I just felt like deleting everything so I a deleted that and my social media accounts and I got a new phone and email. I get that urge sometimes I guess. I hope you have a good day too😊
@Psalm139
I just got home it's 7:30 PM I've been shopping all day. I went to work on the dump truck but my friend was off running around with it somewhere so then I picked up some equipment from my friend's house. They had a calf that died because of the cold weather. Kind of sad but it happens with farmers my partner used the backhoe to dig a hole for them.
I've been shopping all day had to go to two big towns harbor freight in London didn't have what I needed so I had to go up to Richmond. I bought a pretty big piece of equipment from harbor freight. A thing for bending metal to make like metal boxes and shape metal like that sheet metal. Was $629 but I had a 25% coupon off so that saved me 100 and 50 bucks. I love crafting and so this thing is gonna be awesome, I bought a little spot welder couple weeks ago so I can tack Weld the boxes sides together. I'm going to incorporate them into my stained glass artwork, I'll be able to cut holes and stuff and then put in little pieces of stained glass out of them in and make candle holders and stuff like that. I can't wait till I get sorted enough to do the things I want to do but it gives me a reason to keep going everyday.
Yeah so it sounds like you like shaking off your old skin and start anew in a fresh way sometimes. I think that's a pretty cool idea I bet you it feels good too! (or do you get a lot of people harassing you? that wouldn't be cool!) I'd ask you if you had any plans but I think we should just enjoy last few days that we have off before reality sets in again. I'm gonna go unload the car in bits and pieces so if you wanna chat I'll be checking in for the next hour and a half or so, otherwise have a good night OK. (That's funny with ajax... is that his full name and does he have blonde hair?)
@IsayUncle Jax’s name is Jaxon. I got a new phone and I have to save the kids’ names so they don’t autocorrect. And no, his hair is brown like mine. It does look light in that picture -maybe the sun coming in the window or the flash.
I didn’t realize you liked to craft. That sounds fun! Are you still doing the dog house project too?
Do you like shopping? I don’t like going out to shop but I shop online a lot. Probably too much sometimes.
I think the deleting stuff thing is just my way of running away. Carl didn’t ever respond to that message in September so I think a lot has to do with him. Get rid of any way he could contact me. And then that listener I had that I gave my social media information too and then he wanted pictures and stuff and it was just a bad deal. But yeah with Carl, he probably won’t contact me but I would rather not know for sure. I’m ignoring my sisters too. My sister that is two years older just gets busy with life and barely says anything to me anyway. They don’t understand anything. One pretends nothing is wrong and the other overreacts to things and gets worried. But what I mean is, idk if it’s really a good thing but being on those sites was triggering to me. So many people just pretending.
Idk. I think I’ve been doing well a few days and now Im not again but Im trying to be.
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I would love to have a long conversation about "So many people just pretending." we may have something in common here. I believe this is my core problem with socializing or being incapable of socializing. I believe I can write very long posts about my feelings on this topic and I also think it is a topic that can be discussed all year long to develope life long habits of learning how to balance the dynamic of lying. My only fear would be alienating you as I alienate or have alienated so many others while trying to be a non-judgmental problem solver. I'm good with mechanical things but not people things.
I was wondering, would you like have a long in depth look into this subject. I've studied on it for a long time, not with books or schooling, just experience. I haven't been able to figure it out for myself yet. I know it has to do with a lot of self reflection and self honesty and for me admitting my inadequacies in a way that are not destructive. I'm currently struggling with this dynamic because It's hard for me to trust people..... Anyway, like I said, this could be good topic for us to talk about in depth and long term but only if you want to. I've learned not to assume that people have the same inclinations as I do which is 100% normal and acceptable. That took me many years to learn.
I guess Carl is your brother's name. I really have the same conflict and feelings about a lot of my family members now. I don't trust them enough to share anymore. I don't like that. I believe talking about the above topic can really help a lot with that. ...So you see that topic got very long winded fast.
But on the lighter side of things lol about Ajax, sorry about that.
I wouldn't consider myself a typical crafter but definitely love crafting things out of anything. I totally appreciate anyone doing any crafting. I've collected numerous tools and pieces of equipment over the years just to have the ability to do anything that's fun to make. I absolutely love it, it's a big part of what I'm doing with the students, and it goes hand in hand with what I wanna do for building an activity themed tourist destination. I think camping involves a lot of crafting and that's part of the fun.😊
What's up for you today.... Absorbing another day of non-schooling. ahhhhh. hope so!💚
@IsayUncle We can talk about whatever you want. I don’t know why you think you are so bad socially. You’ve been really patient with me.
@Psalm139
I've felt the exact same way too but I don't know how much it is pretending as it is human nature to crave nice and easy things. Other people's problems are not nice easy things to digest. I think, "How are you?" should be avoided by people who don't really wanna know. YOU GOT MY GEARS WORKING.... So I queried the Internet with the question below. I could have copied and pasted some links but there were a lot of interesting information and different pages to read.
How did "how are you?" become a greeting?..... Check it out, let me know if it makes more sense to you, it did for me.
It is not really interpreted as a genuine question, but more as a general greeting. it's up to us as the listener to interpret the genuineness in regards to the greeter. Plus they gave some great examples of flexible replies that didn't commit the conversation but allowed the greeter to pursue a more in depth explanation if they wish to.
How's your day going? (Genuine question lol) I'm still just choring it.
@Psalm139
I don't know where to start about my social dysfunction. I initially come off as a great guy but then alienate people with my... I don't know... Lack of common subjects or even too much honesty maybe, lack of sensitivity or genuine understanding.
I know one thing that's a great disadvantage is my memory. I don't remember things that people tell me from one day to the next. It takes me a world of effort and notes to remember points of interest and etcetera. I think with us, I can go back and refresh my memory about something that we've talked about so it's easier to maintain a flow.
I often wonder my inability to remember is a condition from thinking about my stuff too much and not paying attention to their stuff. So I try to listen better but I'm not very good at it in personal conversations.
@IsayUncle I agree that people shouldn’t ask how someone is if they don’t want to know. What I mean about pretending though is that people post pictures and things on their profiles and it creates this picture of a perfect life. My profiles even looked that way because I didn’t share what was real because I know that no one really cares anyway. And then I thought, if no one cares, why am I even here?
I’m sorry you feel like you have something wrong with you socially. I think with the help of our old posts though, you are great. So it isn’t that you don’t care. It sounds like a memory problem. Maybe use your phone to go over your conversations on an audio file and listen to them to help you? Or just be honest with people and say your memory isn’t that good. It’s not your fault.
@Psalm139
That sounds good about napping all day. I actually did just about the same thing. Started off strong but fizzled to nothing. I'm gonna try to stay up late and finish up with the dishes and the vacuuming and the cleaning.
After reading all those articles about- how are you?- I understand it better now to just be a general greeting and not an actual query and to my well-being. Now It will help me to dismiss the angst against someone when they don't mean it and are just using it as a greeting.
I agree with you about pictures. It is so easy to think people are having amazing life by looking at all their happy pictures and then to find out that most of the time they are all suffering their own problems too 😟. But we need the happy pictures to remind us of happy moments.
@IsayUncle Jax still has a fever😞. He hasn’t eaten all day. I don’t really want to leave him to go to bed so I might take him to bed with me tonight. I’m guessing he got it from his grandparents or Justin. We don’t go anywhere so that’s all that makes sense.
Also, when I ask how you are I am asking for real. I don’t want you to pretend to be ok if you’re not. I usually tell you if I’m not ok but sometimes I’m nervous about some things because I don’t know how you will react. But you have been really nice with everything I’ve told you so I probably shouldn’t be so scared.
I think you’re right that everyone is suffering to some degree. But when I’m feeling so hopeless and I see my brother with his beer pictures from his hockey games or pictures with his wife and friends I can’t handle it. It just makes me feel pathetic for even trying to be in his life. Like why would he want me? He’s normal. I wish he never did the dna test. Even looking at pictures of my cousins with their families and parents are depressing. I guess it all just reminds me of what I don’t have.
@IsayUncle Oh and I’ve been in bed all day with Jaxon. He woke up with a fever. We slept until a little while ago and now he’s using his tablet and I’m watching tv. What chores are you doing?
@IsayUncle Are you mad at me? Im sorry if I said or did something wrong. I hope you’re ok.
@Psalm139
Oh No, I'm so sorry. I meant to come back and respond to your post. It was good. I just got super busy getting things ready for the students to come over. Your post was perfectly good and everything is very OK. I'm tired now. It's 920 PM and I just got home from bringing the kids back home. We had a pretty good day working in the shop and then we started putting up another work shelter.
I know what it's like to worry if you said something wrong but you did not, sorry if that messed up your day a little bit. 😟 I hope you have a good night and of course Happy New Year!
@IsayUncle Ok thank you for answering. I was just worried because you seem to be here every morning. I’m glad you had a good day with your students. Jax had a pretty bad fever until tonight. I gave him some ibuprofen and it finally came down. I hope it stays away. It’s been almost 5 hours since he had medicine.
@Psalm139
I hope Jax is feeling better this morning, I'm confident he is. Happy New Year to you. I have no celebrative plans but I never gave the older kids on the bus thier Christmas gifts so a lot of time will go to getting those wrapped up for them. Do you all have any special plans?
If you are interested about reading some of my other thoughts about trust and believe in what people say and stuff like that, check out this other thread I got going. You can reply on that or you can reply back here if you want to, whatever makes you feel comfortable😊. I just wanted to share it with you too.
@IsayUncle Was that my fault? Making you feel like that because I disappeared for a while? I try not to do that but I just get overwhelmed sometimes. I’m sorry. I thought you didn’t want me to attached so you wouldn’t care. Are you a listener?
@Psalm139
No, Not at all M, You've been nothing but awesome, Really! Mostly I'm talking about my personal and physical awkwardness with people in the past/present and then getting magnified a thousands times over with my divorce experience. I have a listeners account but have not opened it up. I use it to remind me how to become a better person by trying to be a better listener in life..... self education and healing for myself, you might say. There's lots of insights and exercises to participate within oneself for self betterment. (Sounds selfish but it's a stepping stone in the right direction I think.)
I'm back to work tomorrow, are you back to schooling?
@IsayUncle Jax is still sick. His fever got over 102 again today. Plus it was Makennah’s birthday - 16. Crazy. I haven’t been feeling very well either, very tired. It occurred to me that I could be anemic. I took iron yesterday. Or maybe it’s my half caff coffee. I haven’t even been taking my anxiety pills and I feel like I could just sleep.
I’m glad that other post wasn’t about me. I know sometimes I disappear. Was there anyone in particular that brought that up for you?
Today was just a tiring and busy day. Jax has been lethargic and wanting to be held. How was your first day back? With Jax sick the past four days and me not feeling well either, the house is a mess so the plan is to start next week.
Have a good morning ☀️
@Psalm139
How's the "M" household feeling this morning? I hope, on the mend and feeling better.😌
@IsayUncle Jax is doing better! He’s not up yet today, but his highest fever yesterday was 100 and he was a lot more like himself. I wasn’t as productive as I wanted to be yesterday but hopefully I’ll do better today. How is your week going so far?
@Psalm139
Honestly, just dragging. I seem to be perpetually tired and overeating a lot. i'm tired of not being settled but I know the holidays threw a wrench inthe routine rhythm. Having those two weeks off, I thought I was gonna be way ahead of the game but I just feel further behind. I need to work on my weight but that's just another discipline added to all the other ones. And I just wanna stop, I'm tired.
With that said, back to the routine I go and clean the kitchen, wash the dishes and then go to work. Boring😟
@IsayUncle I get how you feel about the routines being boring. I am not looking forward to getting back into mine next week.
I haven’t been getting a lot done but I’m try to make some progress each day on getting the house where I want it before we start doing school again.
What do you want to do instead of your routine and work?
What are you doing when you overeat and what makes you want to? I feel sick if I eat too much so that makes it easy not to for me. Do you have any healthy foods that you like?
I hope you have a good day💛. I’m still in bed but getting up go make my one cup of coffee lol.
@Psalm139
I'm glad jax is feeling better, I hope he's in full recovery by now I know that's gotta make you feel a lot better. You gotta get back in the groove next week too huh? Good luck with that I hope it goes smooth for you. I hope you're feeling better too. I was wondering if you were keeping up with your medicines on a daily basis? I hope so, going into next week.
I enjoy cooking I love working in the kitchen and working with foods and so when I'm tired and no energy, it's easy for me to wanna cook and eat. I've been going for about three weeks with healthy foods like vegetables and rice, I'm gonna start cooking up some beans. But then I breakdown and get sandwich meats and breads for a week or more. And then back to a healthy frigerator. So when I'm tired which is all the time now I eat watch TV and nap a lot.
I'm a dreamer and a people pleaser and so I have a ton of sticks always cooking in my brain and things to do. I don't watch TV guilt free or do anything to relax because working with my hands and trying to make things and do things productive is the most rewarding way for me to spend my time, but not being able to get to everything is very stressful and frustrating. So I just keep it to the basics ... And if I can't figure out a way to master the basic tasks of living, there will never be no extra time for the big fun stuff.
I can tell you everything I wanna do right now but it would just tire you and me out both. Lol
Anyway, I hope your day went well and you are having a good evening. I was wondering if there was any more progress being made on the laundry room? Or the shelves in the shed? I know with the holidays everything must have been put on hold but do you guys think you're gonna get back to it?
@Psalm139
My Goodness, I hope this illness stuff passes soon and especially with Jax. You must be very worried. That alone could tire you out all by itself. You took a break a break from your meds and that's not all bad but get back on them and to a regular schedule again.... keep the balance😉
That other thing is just my daily struggle with dealing with people in general and trying to understand the balance of ........... and that could be a very deep and long conversation LOL. and it's time for work. Feel better and have a good day.
@IsayUncle I am not looking forward to getting back into our routine at all. I’m just tired so much. I can relate to everything you said about just being overwhelmed by day to day stuff and basically becoming paralyzed into doing nothing. That’s my life too. I do like watching tv on my spot with my coffee (or pretend coffee lol) and trying not to think about all the things I should be doing.
As far as the food, if you are eating healthy 3/4 of the time, that’s pretty good! The only thing is that you always say how much better you feel when you eat well. Do you ever use Pinterest? Maybe you could look up some healthier recipes for foods you already like? Another thing I wanted to mention is walking. Walking can help you lose weight and isn’t hard. Of course the weather isn’t great right now. But just an idea.
You sound kinda down but you shouldn’t feel bad if you are doing the best you can. I know how it feels to have your head get in the way. Anyway, I’ll talk to you tomorrow 💛
@Psalm139
Yea, losing momentum and direction takes all the good wind out of ones sails. I like this camera and microphone I got because I can dictate what I'm thinking. Sounds like you're doing pretty good with less coffee, especially if you're feeling more tired. Must be hard sometimes. Same thing with your meds I know that those make you tired too. Are you keeping up with your meds? (second time I asked (((hugs))). 💚
It feels good to be Friday but my ex talked me into trying to fix her gas heater tomorrow. I wish she would just leave me alone, I don't have the heart to excise her completely. That's a big thing wearing on my brain, I gotta find some way to put a period to the situation between my niece and my ex and my family. I get lost though, with the idea of sharing my feelings with them. It's like I can't break away without being honest and yet I don't wanna expose myself by being honest. I'm feeling manipulated but responsible for my own actions and decisions on how I handle the situation. Freaking exhausting.
Tomorrow morning, I go shopping, stop by the Ex's, stop by my partner's house and see how he's feeling after some my minor surgery, come back and work with the students on the property here, cook dinner for them, bring them home call it a day. WTF, nothing really for myself. Working with the students is a little bit I guess because I'm getting stuff done to help with the shop and stuff and it's rewarding to see them learn.
Tonight, some gin and tonics, some music, and do any stupid little thing that I can get done to try to make the weekend more productive. I live here in rural Kentucky and my 30 minute drive to town is pretty scenic but I had a heavenly view the other day. It was a Gray foggy morning, things were damp and wet but the early morning sun was breaking through the clouds. As it was, it gave the sky that reddish orange look that the sun often does reflecting off of clouds. But the fog that I was driving through happened to act as one of those clouds and it cast a surreal reddish orange glow throughout the valley, river road that I was driving on and throughout the forest. It took me by surprise for a moment and by the time I figured out what was going on, I was through it and what was ahead of me was the black, white and gray of a foggy woody road by the river. It was an amazing moment but I don't think a camera could have ever captured it except with a artificial filter lens. 😃 so that was very cool!
That was an awful lot about me, thanks for listening. So, what about you? What's your weekend looking like?
@IsayUncle
I’m happy to hear from you! Seemed like you weren’t doing that well yesterday. Tomorrow sounds crazy busy for you. I can imagine it’s hard for you to say no to your ex, especially if she doesn’t have anyone else to go to. Does she have no one else? If she doesn’t, maybe she could join a church. If she doesn’t drive, a lot of them would pick her up. And there are also lots of social service organizations that could help too. I could help you find some places if you want.
I know you asked about the meds. I have only been skipping the anxiety meds twice a day. I take it at night. The lower caffeine seems to get rid of most of my anxiety, honestly. I feel pretty dumb because I was in like a state of panic a lot of the time and I’d sit there and drink coffee not realizing I was causing it. And the pills just make me soooo tired without the caffeine to counteract it.
The view you described sounds beautiful. I don’t like to drive in fog but it does create a fairytale sort of atmosphere that is pretty cool!
I thought the kids were only coming over Monday nights? How many do you have coming now?
My plans are to chill lol. Our school routine starts back Monday and I’m running out of time😞 so no big projects. Jax asked if we could go bowling and I mentioned it to Justin so maybe we’ll do that.
I’ll talk to you tomorrow if you have any time! I hope you get some time to rest on Sunday💛
@IsayUncle Oh I forgot I wanted to ask if you had heard of flylady? She has an app that Injust downloaded and it looks like it could be helpful. The colors are kinda girly but if you can get past that you might like it. Lol
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I just finished looking at the fly lady website. It looks like an awesome resource for organization and I liked her uplifting spirit. I got a big kick out of her shiny sink video, but that's the truth ain't it, keep a shiny sink. Thanks for sharing. It's really funny, she had a thing there about keeping your shoes tied and lately I've been going around with untied shoes because I take them off every time I come in the house because of a muddy yard but it has gone further than that and not lacing them when I'm out and about. (just being too lazy to bend over and tie them) So it made me think that keeping your bed made, shiny sink, and shoes tide can be three very good disciplines for the day.😊
thanks again and enjoy a great weekend before school starts, I saw your schooling routine layed out. good luck!
@IsayUncle I don’t do the lace up shoes lol. I wear slippers in the house. Maybe you could tie your shoes closely so they can just slip on?
@Psalm139
I'm glad to hear you had a good day. I hope you have another one today while you prepare yourself to gently... Gently ease into next week's routine. I hope you have a nice day of getting stuff done and resting today. Have you all taken your tree down yet or is that kind of the last thing to go?
I had quite the hectic full day as planned. I was glad to go see my friend because he was working with his boys trying to move a shed and so I was able to help them out with that. I just had two kids today out of the four. I do Saturdays now because because that stupid bus aid I had; told my boss I was bringing the kids home on the bus on Mondays. My boss already knew I was doing that but now that it was exposed, she had to tell me to stop doing it. It worked out OK though, it's too dark in the winter evenings to work much anyway past 5:00 PM. I picked the kids up between one and two on Saturdays now, which gives me my morning to myself. And committing to the kids forces me to work on other pressing projects. We continued to work an our 10' by 40' Quonset Hut frame. Plus I cooked up a big old pot of beans and chili. But I don't think they liked my flavor profile. I think they like canned chili and I used a lot of ethnic flavors like corn flour and hominy kernels. Homemade tortilla chips from corn tortillas because the store didn't have any crackers or a bag of tortilla chips.
The dinner thing has turned into quite an event. They are always eager to know what we're having for dinner after work. That started as a fluke because I brought the kids straight from school to my house on Mondays, so I thought it only fair to get him something to eat. But now it is expected and very much look forward to by the students. I tell them if they don't like what I cook, I always have baloney sandwiches or they could cook up some eggs or something. It's a must that they wash my dishes and clean the kitchen afterwards! That's a part of the ritual they don't like and oh do they fuss. Lol.
My ex and I got into an argument and that kind of ruined the rewarding experience for the day. But not completely as I just put on my armor and moved forward knowing I did OK.😊 with that said, yesterday was pretty tiring but productive and I hope today I can finish up a lot of loose ends with paperwork and house order.
I hope you have a good day today make good progress on getting the Christmas stuff put away.💚
@IsayUncle Yeah I didn’t think of that about it getting dark early. That makes sense! And it’s good that them coming over gets you to work on projects you need to get to. Funny they like canned chili better than homemade - Bentley and Jax like boxed Mac and cheese better than the time consuming baked Mac and cheese I made lol. Whatever. It’s easier anyway!
Sorry about the argument with your ex. Did you tell her you couldn’t help her anymore? That’s a hard and complicated situation I’m sure. I’m sure you still care that she’s ok.
Anyway, yes, the tree is the last thing we need to take down. Justin hasn’t gotten the boxes from the shed yet because the Bears are playing, but hopefully sometime today. I have done some work in the bedroom today. Now I’m watching tv but I want to take a nap. Lol.
Hope your day is going well! Ttyl💛