“Your best is what you can do without harming your mental and physical health, not what you can accomplish when you disregard it ( Read more... )

Today was a real whirlwind of a day. Finished part 2 of my social security office saga - why it took almost two hours to speak to a human being and get them to use the right fax number to send a single form out, I don't know, but whatever - it's done. The security guard gave me a VERY thorough weapons check, including tapping each of the keys on my ( Read more... )

Well, that weekend was just about as crazy as I thought it would be. Maybe more, even.

Saturday, I was in an emotional way. Three people cancelled on me for karaoke, including my kid (who had spent the whole night out yesterday with his friends and was just too tired), and my two good friends I hadn’t seen in months (who couldn’t swing it ( Read more... )

Our big weekend event went well. Even managed to get some cleaning done at home, in between restful periods.  About halfway through season 3 of Schitts Creek now, and then on to spooky stuff watching for the next forseeable month (Agatha All Along is fantastic, btw). I've got a few fantasy books I'm looking at for the future, and wondering which to ( Read more... )

You know what I said earlier, about hoping I don't reach the limits of my capabilities? Yeah...I went way over that yesterday. It was not good. I was having a heart palpitation (a strong one) an hour before my very important Social Security meeting to work out my dad's benefits, and was refusing to cancel the appointment (took me over a month just ( Read more... )

Last weekend, we moved our eldest into the dorms. He kept not wanting to let me into his room upstairs while he was packing though, and finally after days of that, I insisted on looking in there. It’s a complete hoarders mess, wall to wall. You can barely see the two foot sliver of the bed he’s been sleeping on (no wonder his back was so painful), ( Read more... )

This week has been a little exciting, for better or for worse. My dad got through his skin cancer surgery ok and he's recovering well. My eldest son is moving into the dorms tomorrow, and while his back was really hurting him he was able to get some new meds for it today, so that should help considerably. Been looking around for a craft sale to ( Read more... )

This weekend, I came to a point where I was too exhausted to do much of anything. I got a few things done Saturday, but by Sunday I couldn't even shower. Just slept for hours at a time, and got exhausted with even the smallest effort towards anything that had been on my to-do list for that weekend. It didn't help that I'd been fighting insomnia and ( Read more... )

This week has really thrown me for a loop. So much going on at work, with family, friends...and lo, at last it is FRIDAY!  I needed this break so badly.

I made some progress on a lot of things. The issues with my eldest son's finances got worked out, and he moves into his new college dorm in 2 weeks. My youngest kid had to go to urgent care ( Read more... )

So on Monday, I got called at work by a lady who works with one of my oldest, kindest, most loyal friends. By "oldest" I mean I've known her since we were both 13 years old and just starting high school, but her physical age was the same as mine, far too young to be considered a normal time to be found dead in her home, from some unknown ailment. ( Read more... )