Green Days

On our family calendar I have different colored Sharpies I use and everyday when I cross a day off I use a color to note what kind of day I had. Green is good, orange is not great, and black is bad. Well, we're quite a ways into January and I've only had one orange day! This has been the best winter I've coped through in such a long time. I think it's mostly the Vraylar but the move could be credited as well. 

My days haven't been necessarily easy, planning for school still stresses me out A LOT, but I have been coping all right. I haven't been exercising regularly or doing my cross stitch, but what coping techniques I have managed have kept me in the green! No judgments, right? Well, I should clarify I'm not boozing it up or doing anything more harmful than watching a little more TV than usual. No judgments. Gotta remember no judgments.

In other news my therapist recommended a book called Atomic Habits and I'm really liking it so far. I've got some hard work ahead of me working on some bad and good habits and so far it feels like a novel approach. Mental and physical habits...

Getting distracted and have already had this post entry up for a couple days incomplete! My life has become typical somehow. A routine without disasters being routine and it's leaving me with a lack of something to write. Things have changed so much since I began this blog so long ago!

One last note. I went to a Zoom baby shower for my sister-in-law. The one that didn't bother to tell us that she was pregnant or getting married. It was a little awkward hardly knowing anyone there but there were some familiar faces, my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. We got to talk a little bit, well not my mother-in-law. She was very anxious about it all and didn't speak much. I had completely forgotten about the event until she texted me the morning of. She said she really wanted me to go so she had someone that loves her there. I couldn't let her down. And the hubs was pissed that I had forgotten about his sister's shower, so there was that motivator as well. I sad I was sorry and he felt much better.

Exploring writing techniques this week in class. I think I'll have to write a stunt essay for the kids to dissect, which I am woefully out of shape for! I will try my best. Hopefully next year will more simple.

I'd love to say it...

 I'd love to say it. To say that today was unbelievable and staggering. It just wasn't. Sadly, while I was shocked I wasn't totally surprised. What a horrendous day in US history. I'm embarrassed for my nation. I'm afraid for the future as those people pass on their legacy, talk of this day with pride, and spread their dogma. 

Safe thoughts as we continue toward inauguration day. 

It's a new year already!

Our holidays went really well. BB was showered with gifts which left him with a "gift complex" thinking he should get gifts EVERYDAY. We're transitioning out of that phase but it's been difficult, especially when he is sleepy or hungry. My favorite gift has to be the heated throw from my mother. It's amazing! 

I'm not looking forward to going back to school... I managed to disconnect pretty thoroughly which is leaving me feeling unprepared and out-of-sorts. I'm worried about remembering how everything works not to mention planning which I have been completely uninspired toward. End of quarter is just two short weeks away so I'll have to have everything set.

The hubs also got to relax some and take a few days off. He doesn't accrue paid time off so he couldn't take more than a few days. His contract is coming up for renewal this month and so we're not quite sure what the future holds. He doesn't really want to continue with this company but he hasn't found another job quite yet. We shall see. I'm not freaking out like I may have in the past but, as I said before, we shall see.

I'm grateful for the sunnier (that doesn't really look like a word, does it?) weather here but not as much as the hubster. He glows with gratitude when he compares our previous region to our current locale. It's nice to see him peaceful and joyous. It has become more regular to me, normalized and perhaps I don't feel as much gratitude for it as I could. I still gawk at the mountains around us though. Sure we had mountains in WA state but not nearly as close and there is something more majestic here, older. 

I hope that everyone else has had a lovely holidays and bright New Year. I know things aren't going to change overnight but the change in numbers has brought a little hope. We are symbolic creatures, are we not? I also get to have my vaccine in a couple weeks and I'm very excited for that. Although I do hear of a different strain of the virus coming about and that makes me nervous. It really  is boggling.

Damn, some Boggle sounds awesome! Maybe I can get the hubster to play Upwords later... 

Happy New Year all and best of luck!