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Obstacles on Day 133

Monday September 1, 2025 ~~~ Day 133 Happy Labor Day! We celebrated yesterday with a small get together at our house, so today was reserved for chores, errands, etc. I was eager to have a productive day. Sadly, things didn’t go as planned and I’ve been at the ER with the dog for about 3 hours. He’s ok, but his eye is bad again (the real one, not the prosthetic). I think it’s just a scratch on���

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Navigating New Dynamics in Education and Home Life

Sunday August 24, 2025 ~~~ Day 125 It’s been super busy around here, I haven’t had any opportunities to even think about drinking! Going back to work last week was pretty good. My classroom is ready to go for Monday. Some of my walls are bare, so we’re going to have to do some crafting– which isn’t something I was able to do a lot of as a resource teacher. I’m actually really excited to…

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Summer Showdown

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101 Days

Thursday July 31, 2025 ~~~ Day 101 Like always, the summer is cruising on by. We leave in two days for our annual family vacation in Tennessee. Then, hubby is off the following week (which means we may stay home all week and try to get stuff done- or we might take off to the island for a few days, we’ll see how the dog does with us gone the first week..). And that’s a wrap- I go back to work the…

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Influencers Gonna Influence

Friday July 25, 2025 ~~~ Day 95 Randomly, Tik Tok has become an obsession of mine this summer. It started in May with the death of Trig Kiser, the child of a popular Tik Tok influencer, Emilie Kiser. I had no idea who she was before this sad event, but have watched her since and am just so intrigued. It’s become a really big and awful scandalous situation. Trig was a three year old and his mom…

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Eighty Eight, Peace after Suffering

Friday July 18, 2025 ~~~ Day 88 These past couple of weeks have been so sweet. I’m reminded of the biggest life lesson; you can’t have happiness without suffering. I think back to May, and early June, when my tears were abundant, and sometimes uncontrollable. I think of the post I wrote, Five Years of Tears, and it makes me grateful. I think of when I was getting an iron infusion and started…

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EIGHTY

Thursday July 10, 2025 ~~~ Day 80 I acted defiantly this morning and took my methotrexate. This pain is really getting to me. I’m waking up needing motrin and/or tylenol in the middle of the night, and it’s taking multiple doses before I can function each day. Typing and writing is excruciating. I’m supposed to be going camping this weekend (rustic, and in a tent- on an air mattress….). It’s…

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222 - It's a Doggy Dog World

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Sweet Sunny Summer ☀️

Monday June 23, 2025 ~~~ Day 63 The pendulum of life has swayed since my last post. After I wrote, I had my foot appointment, which turned into a positive visit. I got the okay to walk in my boot! This was kind of unexpected and really huge! This means that I can get to and through the yard so much easier than when on the scooter or crutch. Being able to walk is a low key major upgrade because…

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Favorite Historical Person; Daily Prompt

Rachel Carson is my favorite historical person. Marine biologist and writer, she is a hero of mine. She noticed a significant increase in bird deaths and wrote a book called Silent Spring. She said horribly offensive things in her book, things like DDT is toxic to people and the environment, and she received huge backlash for it. There’s no question why. Commercials on TV showed people eating…

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Sometimes You Feel Despair

Friday June 20, 2025 ~~~ Day 60 This won’t be a pretty post. I’m ecstatic to celebrate day 60, but I’ve been so down and tired. I’m tired of my health becoming a full time job every summer. Yet, I feel guilty for not being grateful for having extra time to address it. And decent health insurance that allows me to see all these specialists. I’ll have a recheck appointment for the broken bone…

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Summer Healing

Wednesday June 18, 2025 ~~~ Day 58 This week has been a good week. Jules had his 1 week recheck yesterday and his eyes look great. We were able to take the cone off him and give him a bath. He’s like a new dog! I’m still blown away when I think about how disabled he was just less than two weeks ago. What a strange blip in time!!!!! Other than that, life is kind of a bummer at the moment, but my…

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Rosy 51

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 ~~~ Day 51 It’s been one hectic week! On Monday, I took my niece to school to help me and got the rest of my stuff moved to my new room and all my boxes unpacked. We got more than I expected – and it felt great to get it done. My teaching partner was there organizing her room. She took over a special ed classroom right after spring break, and mostly left it the same as…

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Big Things

Sunday June 8, 2025 ~~~ Day 48 I learned something unexpected throughout COVID. I am horribly camera shy. Up until Covid, I never HAD to make, post & send videos. I hated it and never once watched them back, the thought of it was repulsive to me. I guess I’ve always done anything possible to make myself look small. I would always disappear, if given the opportunity. I always sat in the back…

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47 Feels like Heaven

Saturday June 7, 2025 ~~~ Day 47 I was angry at my family when I woke up today, due to a compilation of undone tasks and forgotten promises. As I was going to bed last night, I started to grab a few dishes I had on my table and hubby stopped me. I was trying to juggle the items with my scooter and he offered to pick them up for me. I was dismayed to find them still on my table this morning. I…

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Grateful for Day 44

Wednesday June 4, 2025 ~~~ Day 44 I’m grateful for day 44. I’m grateful for counting days, and my resolve. Summer vacation is a blink away, and I am feeling so excited for all the healthy things. With my foot and the dog’s eyes, etc, these past couple of months have been super busy and much of my self-care routines have been on hold. When I got my foot boot and scooter, I vowed to workout my…

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Embracing Light

Sunday June 1, 2025 ~~~ Day 41 WOW, June! It sure doesn’t feel like it though. It’s been pretty cold, for the most part, and for the first time in ten years our pool was still closed on Memorial Day. One week later, and it’s still closed. I’m not mad, it’s been way too cold for water anyways. It’s felt like early October weather since around April. Today I celebrate and am grateful for 41 days…