February 2025 W.I.S.H. - Give yourself some love

[Summer2018]

Yesterday I was in so much pain. Sleep was difficult. Back in school today surviving on Advil and Tylenol.

Preparing healthy food for school lunches is a great routine for me. I would like to get into the routine of making a veggie fruit smoothie every day, but sometimes I just want to collapse when I get home.

I shine in my career. It’s very gratifying even during the stressful times. I can’t imagine ever retiring. Until my body gives out, and I just can’t physically do it anymore, I will continue.

 

[piglet1979]

I am woohoo looking at new houses. We have lived in this house for 20 years and we outgrew it years ago. We only have 1 bathroom. I am not sure how we survived COVID without killing each other. We are looking at building and we meet with one on Friday. I am not sure if it will work out just yet (we might have to wait a year to save some more) but I am excited to just start looking and figuring it out.

 

[ShannyMcB]

Woowhoo the boys both passed belt testing so I don’t have to bring either of them to karate Friday night
Woowhoo DD was good at zoomobile club yesterday
Woowhoo I was able to catch up with an old college friend at the office today and we are going to try to make it a monthly occurrence when she is on campus

 

[PollyannaMom]

WooHoo that I'm eating a little better, that I got some clutter under control yesterday, and that I finally managed to get an origami method from class to work (after several attempts).

 

[PollyannaMom]

It's Thankful Thursday - what are you especially appreciating today?

 

[piglet1979]

I am thankful that I have a friend that does Jazzercise with me. I needed a bit of a push to go yesterday. I texted to see if she was going. If she wasn't I probably would not have gone. She was going so I went and I am glad that I did.

 

[Oneanne]

I am thankful that for a first night in a new place sleeping on sofa cushions on the floor, I actually slept pretty good. Right now the apartment feels like an empty hotel room but that should change when my stuff gets here later this morning. The cats came out of the closet middle of the night for a bit, but from what I remember from our last move it’ll be several days before they start to settle plus having their stuff here will help.

I am also thankful for clear blue skies this morning. It helps to have sunshine while shifting thru all the emotions.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Congrats on the new place, @Oneanne!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Thankful for changing into PJs after a long (but good) day

Thankful for a cute kitty cat reminding me it's bedtime

Thankful for the hints of spring we've been having lately

 

[Summer2018]

I’m grateful that a there are people in my life who give me hope when I am afraid.

I am grateful that I have stayed healthy since before Christmas. I have been surrounded by multiple illnesses at school, church, and home. Vaccinations, masking, and cracking open windows when I can seem to have protected me. My class had the lowest attendance in the entire school K-8, 900 students in January and February. It’s a miracle that I have stayed healthy.

 

[Summer2018]

Enjoy your new home Oneanne!

 

[PollyannaMom]

What's on your mind on this free-for-all Friday?

 

[PAsFab5]

Happy Friday everyone!!!

Congrats on the move @Oneanne

I have to be honest, I am having a hard time here lately. I am a federal employee with a 23 year career and my world has been turned upside down in the past month. It feels like the past few weeks have been years, I literally cannot believe it’s only been 5 weeks.

I am so close with my coworkers, we have grown up together and we all have 20+ year careers. In addition to the mental stress of what is going to happen day to day, what executive orders are signed in the middle of the night and what emails we will come
Into each day we are all worried about one another. Since we work in HR we are working overtime to accomplish everything that needs done and we are tired and defeated. If feels like we are digging graves for people then when we are done digging we will be pushed in.

I bought a walking pad this week for under my desk and a lift stand for my laptop so I can walk and work. I think if I have something to keep my mind occupied while working I will be a little less panicked and upset all day. We will see.

I need to get back into my routines so hopefully going to be back each day this week and will sign up to host in March!!!

 

[ShannyMcB]

Congrats @Oneanne
Got my new glasses today and they are so much clearer than my old ones!
DD lost one of her two front teeth last night and the other one is probably going to come out soon.
Had a good dance class last night. The “teacher” and I started working on a routine and it felt so good to create again. Goodness I didn’t realize how much I missed the process.

 

[Oneanne]

Happy Friday everyone!!!

Congrats on the move @Oneanne

I have to be honest, I am having a hard time here lately. I am a federal employee with a 23 year career and my world has been turned upside down in the past month. It feels like the past few weeks have been years, I literally cannot believe it’s only been 5 weeks.

I am so close with my coworkers, we have grown up together and we all have 20+ year careers. In addition to the mental stress of what is going to happen day to day, what executive orders are signed in the middle of the night and what emails we will come
Into each day we are all worried about one another. Since we work in HR we are working overtime to accomplish everything that needs done and we are tired and defeated. If feels like we are digging graves for people then when we are done digging we will be pushed in.

I bought a walking pad this week for under my desk and a lift stand for my laptop so I can walk and work. I think if I have something to keep my mind occupied while working I will be a little less panicked and upset all day. We will see.

I need to get back into my routines so hopefully going to be back each day this week and will sign up to host in March!!!

I am so sorry to hear you are carrying this burden.

 

[Oneanne]

I am running on fumes… but at least I’m running? My eating and drinking water routines have been so off the past few days that my body is in total revolt. Today I had one of those heavy out of body naps which will hopefully start a reset.

I think I’m over half way getting unpacked. I really want to get the kitchen done today but have a way to go. I dropped off a car load of recycle today and want to do another tomorrow. We’ve had another faux spring day which is such a treat.

 

[Summer2018]

Happy Friday everyone!!!

Congrats on the move @Oneanne

I have to be honest, I am having a hard time here lately. I am a federal employee with a 23 year career and my world has been turned upside down in the past month. It feels like the past few weeks have been years, I literally cannot believe it’s only been 5 weeks.

I am so close with my coworkers, we have grown up together and we all have 20+ year careers. In addition to the mental stress of what is going to happen day to day, what executive orders are signed in the middle of the night and what emails we will come
Into each day we are all worried about one another. Since we work in HR we are working overtime to accomplish everything that needs done and we are tired and defeated. If feels like we are digging graves for people then when we are done digging we will be pushed in.

I bought a walking pad this week for under my desk and a lift stand for my laptop so I can walk and work. I think if I have something to keep my mind occupied while working I will be a little less panicked and upset all day. We will see.

I need to get back into my routines so hopefully going to be back each day this week and will sign up to host in March!!!

I have no words for what you are going through except that I am so sorry. It must be so difficult to handle, being in an impossible position. I am just praying for a miracle. Stay strong. You are not alone.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Social Saturday Quiz:
What Percent Nerdy Are You?

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[Oneanne]

I got 86%, I think mostly fir book stuff.

Kitchen goals weren’t met yesterday, I’ve still got four big boxes to unpack. I'm finding that I didn’t sort thru as much kitchen stuff as I had thought so I’m making a GW pile. I was pretty down yesterday feeling like pulling paper out of boxes would never end but told myself it took over a month of getting ready, so give myself the same getting the new house set up.