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My daughter and partner are in town, they are at my son's house, and will come here tomorrow...as my husband and I were eating, they called and asked did I want to go to an Ethiopian restaurant with them. Wah! I was done going out for the day. So I stayed home and feel bad. It doesn't help that a dear friend died exactly a week ago.
Tomorrow all will be well and my house will be full of people I love and I won't have time for H&J.

My thoughts for today:
Today was my 26th birthday but I should have known it would be a bad day since it's Friday the 13th. I had a good few hours and I am finally eating for the first time besides a few cupcakes. But I spent a good majority of my day alone feeling very un-birthday-ey...

I have been dreaming of getting a small aquarium for plants and one betta. Fish tanks have always brought me a sense of calm and I could really use some of that right now. But I just moved into a new place and don't have a surface yet to put the tank on.

I'm sad. I've had a bad week at work (That's a whole other story) so me and my husband went and got impulsive Friday the 13th flash tattoos. Made my day better.

Life update:
I've had my paperwork sent to me to approve for my separation from my husband. So now it's on to the custody papers. I was raised in a strict Christian household and yet I find myself leaning more and more toward Paganism lately. Haven't stepped foot in a church in years. I met someone online a few years ago and recently reconnected we've been talking for a few months now. Most of the things going on in my life I can't talk to my family about, but I've found acceptance from this friend in everything. I'm still cleaning and fixing my neglected home while juggling a job and now single motherhood of three girls who never stop. My life has gotten slightly hectic. Moving upward, but a ways to go still.

there has been no cake in the house for a while.
so, i am going to make chocolate cupcakes. oven will warm up the house and treats for later can't beat that.

Deep soul searching about my place in life and what I really want out of it. And painting water color greeting cards. Might as well kill two birds with one stone

Happy Birthday HorseAngel! :) It's my birthday later this month. I wasn't very well for about three weeks, including over Christmas, so now that I am better I'm feeling quite good. Our grandson's birthday was just before Christmas and then our eldest granddaughter (his big sister) had her birthday right at the beginning of January closely followed by my husband, so we had a family dinner last week for their birthdays. My other two granddaughters have their birthdays just after mine, so we will have another family dinner for our birthdays! It will be the youngest one's first birthday.

Today is Sunday and I always cook a Sunday roast for me and my husband. Today it's lamb and I can start to smell it cooking. I've splashed out on a big leg of lamb so that hubby can make himself several curries (to put in the freezer) for himself - I don't like very spicy food. I'll be doing roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli and cabbage plus gravy for dinner today, together with mint sauce (although that comes out of a jar!). Lamb is my favourite roast and I'm always very greedy with it so I probably won't be able to move afterwards.

I sympathise with those struggling at the moment - I know what it's like to worry about money and to have mental health problems. You just have to believe that better times are ahead. :)

I'm sitting here playing H&J while my oldest daughter plays in her room and my youngest and husband sleep. This is my prime playing time. Usually my youngest doesn't sleep. Ever. She wakes up every night for anywhere from thirty minutes to 3 hours. I love being a mom but I miss my sleep and I am slowly (or quickly) losing my mind. But at least there are virtual horses to play with. I wish I had enough energy to do all the other things I used to love. Yoga. Painting. Composing music. Walking my dogs. I've even written two novels and was looking for representation from literary agents. But everything is always on hold now because my kids are always sick and I miss my sleep. Functioning on 4 hours a night is hard. But pretty virtual horses help.

Sleep deprivation is torture. It is an internationally defined method of torture. We expect too much of parents with young ones and provide far too little support. :(

It helped me when Fluffle was little. Just being able to say to myself, "this is so f'ing hard it breaks trained soldiers and here I am keeping things functioning despite it." Sure maybe it wasn't as good or as much as I wanted it to be but the house was still standing and everyone was clean and fed. It helped put it into perspective. It is so terribly hard, and you are doing amazing doing all that you do despite being subjected to actual torture every night!

Continuing on this theme.. when i was pregnant with my first child, i needed a lot of coddling, i was a wimpy baby. 2 years later, pregnant with child number 2 i realized that i could do just about anything. And i did. Worked full time, raised 2 kids and dealt with an immature husband..( he grew up eventually too) pictures of me from that time display me with one or both eyes shut as until my youngest was 5, i was the walking dead.

This is Awesome News @biological ! just hang in there ; Cali sun will let you relax , just dont come home with a sunburn lol

I am thinking about how scary and thrilling it is to create my own company. I am sure this year will change my life. But I really miss having someone to talk with in the process

oh I can rant here! I am SO TIRED of COvid!! and stupid covid tests that keep coming up positive. GRRR

thank you guys...

i didn't get infusion, i took pills a trio 3 twice a day, for 5 days. then for 4 or 5 days, i was negative and felt great!
then... i got to feeling punky again and sure enough, test positive.

The test is a free over the counter test and the way my nose is running, there is NO way I'm going out in public (or into friends' houses) like this. Every time I blow my nose, I think, VIRAL LOAD...

And congrats on getting a job that you really wanted! so rare these days. YAY!

wow, glad you're feeling better, Ammit... just stay away from my house, we're spewing covid droplets every time we breathe.

My household has really started to de-stress and have fun. My two oldest kids are doing better in school, and the youngest is sleeping better with fewer nightmares. Getting rid of dead weight has helped us all in the long run! :P

I've joined a choir. :O I think I was more surprised than my family as I can't actually sing! I've joined a local community pop choir where everyone is welcome and there are no auditions. The lady who set it up is fantastic. She's classically trained but wanted to set something up where no one felt left out and you didn't have to pay up front, we just pay when we turn up. I've been four times now and I'm loving it. Nobody has refused to sit next to me so my singing can't be awful. :D Studies have shown that singing in a choir is good for mental health, and certainly belting out 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen puts a smile on your face. :) Singing in a 'proper' choir is wonderful. We're in three sections - the men, altos (that's me) and sopranos. They are rehearsing at the moment for a concert next month. I won't be doing the concert because I have only just joined, but I might pluck up the courage to sing at a performance in the future. You're never too old to try something new. :)

@ambervalleyarabians i have to count from after the paxlovid a rebound, and then I'm on day 5

Here in Seattle, wearing a mask is fortunately common and comfortable

Congrats @ichigo on the new job!

Oh no! I am so sorry to here that. :( Colic is a bitch.