Good TUESDAY Morning!
Lori- OMG on your eye. Can you get in to see someone sooner than a couple of months? That would bug the crap out of me! I hate it when I have those invisible hairs in my eyes- drives me absolutely crazy. Sometimes I get "fuzz" that drives me crazy too! I feel for ya girl!
Awwwhhhhh. That is great you are keeping in touch with your sister! I am sure that makes you feel good that you two stay in touch!
Definitely get outside and get some sunshine! It is amazing what some sunshine will do for you.
You are the one to try new things that most of us have not even heard of! I would be interested to know what your "new" box looks like!
Trig- - Hey there. Are you getting ready to head out again? Are they still open? What beach are you hitting up! Tomorrow should be BEAUTIFUL! Actually it will hit 83 tomorrow with full sun and stay that way through next week! I truly think we are in store for a hot Spring. But then again that is the way it rolls here- it goes from cold to hot in a blink and not much in-between!
How is the kiddo doing with her online classes? Did she get her hair done? What color is she thinking about now? I am excited about thinking about summer and warm weather. You got me thinking about state parks too!
Blue- - Oh what a difference a day makes! I am glad you're on on a routine and schedule. I really think that for work at home folks that makes a huge difference. It is so easy to fritter the day away in mindless nothingness and the next thing you know it's over.
Is your Trader Joe still open?
I know you are not getting the touch of warm weather just yet- it's coming I swear!!!!!!!
NIC- Man oh man I hear ya on the re-entry. It took me a full week to feel normal after getting home from DE. In some ways I felt "gone forever" and in other ways I never left. It's funny that way. When you are in it (a new place) - everything is new and time flys. It didn't seem like I was "gone" 10 weeks. But coming home was sweet and took forever!!!!! That drive is brutal!
I am so glad though you had such a great opportunity with your chicks. You defiantly can look back on a situation and know there was some good times in it all!
Is your hubby all over you being home!!! HEHEHEHEH (wink)
Post when you are settled. I found that no matter how much you do before you leave you always have a mound of laundry to do when you get back!
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I went to bed tired and exhausted and woke up refreshed and with an entirely different attitude.
I think one can only take so much of gloom and doom, before we adapt and start to find ways to cope and adjust and make the best of the situation we are in!
I actually felt a real excitement this morning about starting a new job next Monday! Or maybe it is my bank account clapping madly !!!!
It is time for me to get back to work! I am also excited to learn a new specialty- Cardiac. Also I requested to not be a float but have a "home"unit I report to everyday. I like the idea of knowing what I am walking into. Plus I can learn the way the physicians roll in what the exceptions are regarding the patients. Just more stable.
I made plans last night to take a get away mid June. I am thinking by then this mess will be over, or at least hugely diminished. I think just making those plans lifted my spirits exponentially!!!!! Knowing there is an end game in sight!
Ya know this lock down, curfews, and job loses people are going through is just rough. I am not minimizing by any means what is happening. Nod to BLUE's son who like millions are suddenly out of work through no fault of their own.
I do think though there is SOME comfort to know we are not alone in all of this and we are resilient people. But through hard times is the opportunity to show some kindness and come together to get through.
It will make us stronger. I believe that. Is is FUN- HELLO no. Not when we are in it.
For me this has jelled an idea that I want to support more products made in USA. I sure hope this is a wake up call to be more resourceful in our families and in our buying power.
I do think that when we go back to "normal" It will not look the same.
When we went through 911 as a country it touched us all in one way or another. Our normal was never the same, but we adjusted and rebuilt. We lost over 3,000 people that day. I love the term "NEVER FORGET".
I like that for this situation to. Lets not forget how resourceful we can be.
The silver lining is people are more aware of hand washing! I love that for flu season as a whole. We are taking seriously that we should always have a few things always one hand- Just in case.
We should strive to keep a few dollars for emergencies. At the end of the day, we are responsible for ourself and our families. We should not bank on anything else.
I do think that it is a bit harder in an urban setting. Trig- has already been living this type of lifestyle for years. We all need adopt some of those skills for us city dwellers too!
Anyway, I was just thinking about all the take aways we can learn from this experience and turn them for good.
Fear is contagious, but so is strength, and positivity.
Anyway I am rambling this morning...........
I hear thunder and it has gotten very dark. I am sitting in the glow of my fireplace waiting for the storm I hear in the distance getting closer. I like to wake up in natural light and not turn on a bunch of lights in the morning. I open my patio blinds to let in light. Right now it is dark. We are supposed to have storms all day and sun tomorrow.
WOE- I have thigh/legs I will do a sheet pan chicken in a marinade. I have left over coleslaw and then I will pull off the left over chicken and have chicken salad tomorrow.
I had a good clean day yesterday and plan to do the same today. I just FEEL BETTER.
Positive thought: - be kind to yourself today! Self care. You are BEAUTIFUL ladies inside and out!
Look at some videos that make you happy, plan a long weekend for summer, find some places we can stay in savannah! Play some HAPPY MUSIC!!!!!!!