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These camellias bloom every year, but I never take the time to appreciate them. They come all the same, blooming for their own benefit. I bet it’s nice to be noticed.
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I ended up taking the day off work today. The idea of getting up at 6:30am and going nonstop until 9:30pm was just too overwhelming after the last couple of days. The extra time to myself isn’t really improving my mood, but it’s definitely not making it worse, which I’m sure would have been the…
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Today was terrible. I had to sing at church, which is always nerve-wracking. I felt like I sounded awful and I hated every second of it. Then I had big plans to go to the zoo with my DSLR and telephoto lens. I charged up the battery, got all my gear together, forced Robin to…
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Today was a day of working to fulfill obligations. Writing for an upcoming workshop, calling a friend, learning music to sing at tomorrow’s church service (nothing like the last minute), finding a babysitter. Even the things I do for myself are for other people. I don’t know what it is that I want. Sleep, mostly.
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It has been a rough week. A lot of tears, a lot of angst, a lot of trudging through endless emotional muck. February is not my favorite month.
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Exciting things that happened today: I started a new workout at the gym, I ate a peanut butter sandwich, I finished re-reading The Chamber of Secrets (now to re-watch the movie), I have a church meeting tonight. I can barely contain myself.
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Today Mom would have been 76. Even though she didn’t want to be here, the world was better for having her. I wish things had been easier. I hope she is at peace. I’m still picking up the pieces behind her.
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Today has been a day of truths and lies and trying to figure out which is which. And if that sounds like bullshit, it probably is.
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I had a very rough day today. Lots of tears, lots of very hard-won personal restraint. I may eat the remaining half a can of chocolate frosting from Christina’s birthday cake tonight. Not sure that solves a single thing, but also not sure I give a damn.
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We survived the sleepover. Christina is a little cranky today, which was to be expected. I decided to take a short hike at Losco Park. It’s not the most interesting trail out there, but it’s short and it’s close and on so little sleep, it works. It’s nice to be outdoors.
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For some reason I said yes when Christina asked to host a sleepover with four of her friends, never expecting that any of them would actually say yes. All four of them are coming, although only two are actually spending the night. I had to clean the living room and kitchen for the first time…
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Finally a day where I get to sit down and hear myself think. I actually had time to help Robin with her homework and to take a photo before 10pm. I got to have lunch with chorus friends and even managed to create a useful spreadsheet with formulas, conditional formatting, and selective sheet protection that…
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I am literally phoning it in this week, taking photos just to check the box. Life is too overwhelming for more right now. Billy told me we paid off a big loan today – accounting for almost half of our monthly debt payments. That’s huge. We’ve got a somewhat aggressive plan for the rest, but…
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No scheduled activities today, but I still seem to have had zero down time for myself yet again. It’s already 10pm and I still have to fold laundry from last week! Gym, church work, work work, drive to pharmacy to pick up prescription that still isn’t ready, clean kitchen from dinner two nights ago, cook…
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I’ve had this string of long, hard days with almost no down time, and it’s wearing me down. Today was gym, writing assignment for Thursday’s worship class, work, pick kids up from school, go back to school for parent night, food shopping, pharmacy to pick up a prescription only to find my insurance won’t cover…
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