Finally Some Sleep

Happy Friday! Did this feel like a long week? There is nothing I am more grateful for at this point than medicine that helps cure an ear infection and rest. How I can't wait to cozy into the bed and get some sleep and pray the body continues to heal itself throughout the evening to wake up positive and happy.

Today was a GREAT day. I got to train with one of my favorite trainers today. He's smart, kind-hearted, goofy, loves his job, and likes to work in a team setting. He gives me confidence and hope. It was a much needed, positive, and refreshing day. Then, I ended the day with seeing my "old crew" favorite teammmates, had an unexpected and wonderful conversation with my "new" boss, and found out I have health insurance... like soooon!!!! (Thank goodness for so many reasons for health insurance: #1: if I have to race to the doc again and #2: I need a different med to reach goals in 2022.) We (my coworkers and I) also should be part of a bonus plan, and my boss believes in me personally too. It was just inspiring to end the day with positivity.

Animal love is what I was greeted with when I arrived home. My fat cat and poofy dog crack me up. I love how when I eat dinner they both beg for food. (I did not give in.) They literally just got fed their specialty food. Yet, that's not good enough. They want mine. And afterwards the cat rolled around on my computer while the dog got jealous and continuously pounced on the cat. I just pet tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb and ensure the outdoor cat is happily fed too. LOL. Gotta love our friendly, furry (scaley: fish included) home.

On that note, eyes are heavy and the brain is mellowed out. Time for bed.Let the real challenges begin tomorrow. Hopefully I'm feeling better.

Don't forget to thank God for all the blessings and miracles he bestows upon us each day and how he works in all of our lives for the better- through good times and challenging times. Amen.

Blessings.

Urgent Care (Thurs)

 I barely survived the day. It was another emotionally (at work) and physically (pain) challenging one. The worst was when I went to leave work and my throat and ear pain was so bad I started balling my eyes out. I never cry! This isn't mean. Yet, let the tears flowed down as the throat became even more painful and the sharp pains in the right ear shot through the internal canals.

I ended up going to urgent care... AGAIN! Thank you to the doctors that saw me. Easy in and easy out. No strep, no covid (go figure), no sorts of infection EXCEPT my ear infection is very prominent and even worse than before (fourteen days ago). Antibiotics are much needed!!!! And thank you to the pharmacy that filled it so quickly. Again, easy in and easy out. 

Poor animals love to say hi and I did say hi. I pet and cuddled my animals. Took the medicine. And passed out within twenty minutes. The poor animals need more love and affection. But when you don't feel well it makes it so hard to stay awake and function. Sometimes you have to take care of yourself before you can help take care of others. 

Sleep... and hopefully a good night (as best as can be under these circumstances). Fingers crossed.

Blessings.

More New Years Pain (Wed)

 Oh my goodness! There is nothing like waking up in tears from the pain. The ear throbs! The throat is sore. I slept all night and am still exhausted.

Have to go to work... must go to work... have to go to work... all for the meeting that I don't want or agree to have; yet, it must happen.

The day went.

The meeting happened.

Unexpectedly, there was ANOTHER MEETING at the end of the day that was surprisingly a good thing.

Got home and fell asleep immediately. (Fingers crossed over the counter medicine works.)

Blessings.

Sore Throat & Sleep (Tue)

 Sometimes you just need sleep. With waaay too little sleep and drainage that just won't stop (aka: sore throat), ya just gotta go to bed early. At least I do tonight.

Wanna laugh? To make my writing check-in goal, I even tried to blog on my phone in the middle of my sleep before midnight last night, but I couldn't figure it out. All I remember is passing out again.

So this morning, this is what I would have written last night... enjoy your zzz's and good night.

Blessings. 

Monday, Monday

Nothing like surviving another grand day. Waking up was soooo difficult this morning. The cold, my nice warm bed, kinda dreading going into the office... yea, waking up was not the easiest feat. Then after work I had to take care of some important tasks: phone calls, meetings, trainings. Running more errands after that- such as getting gas and going to the grocery store. So I basically woke up at 5am and came home and sat down by 10pm. Good times! And of course I had to deal with important computer requests like registration, emails, etc. after sitting down. So it's a little after 11:45pm and I'm about to curl up into a ball and go to bed.

The cat has been snuggled. The dog has played and had her snacks and is cuddled next to me. Phone calls and emails made. Time to CRASH FOR THE NIGHT! 

As the snow falls and the roads become icier, it is a beautiful night. It just makes you realize you have to prep even earlier in the morning to leave. Maybe I'll have to clear the snow off the car tomorrow but most likely not. It's the roads in the morning that worry me more; yea for driving. (not!)  

Some of my personal, important goals were finally met today too. Remember those baby steps we were talking about? Yea, climbing the steps to victory. Examples: grocery shopping after not going for a month, exercising- even if only for 5 minutes, writing tonight, playing piano chords. Not going to lie, mentally and emotionally, it really does feel good to check off the boxes.  

And I can't help but giggle. I have an eighteen pound cat sitting next to me, flopping his tail. I keep hearing "thump, thump, thump" as his tail occasionally swishes on the computer making it difficult to type. Oh cats! Gotta love the attention seeking lovers while you wanna write.

Keep doing you. Keep smiling. Hope you have a great tomorrow. And until we meet again.

Blessings. 

Personal Growth and Fresh Starts in 2022

This is crazy; I started this blog ten years ago and never quite found the time to utilize it the way I hoped as a writer. The other interesting fact, I had many articles on this blog that I posted but only two managed to survive from 2012-2018. Where did the rest of the articles go?!? LOL. Not that it matters anyway...

The year of 2021 involved so many challenges. They were the challenges of hardship that make you a better person. Sometimes you have to learn to "let go" to move forward. I remember being on a phone call with an older friend January 1, 2021 talking about what I hoped and dreamed for. Ha! Be careful what you ask for because it just might come true and not in the way you expected. I had a part time job that was extremely stressful and wasn't paying the bills at the time; though I loved my job it wasn't enough. Little did I realize I would be accepting a full time position with a new company early in the year, dropped out of college (granted, it's for my second degree- career change), dumped the boyfriend, he moved out a week later, knew I couldn't keep the house and made a difficult decision to sell my house a week after that, completely moved the house on my own, relocated to a new town, and started a new job all within the same time frame. (Stressful!) That new job became horribly toxic (as predicted). Then the men I dated became even worse (that was awful). Which of course in turn put me into a downward spiral. Ended up going to a dark place emotionally. Finally picked myself up in August and reached out for emotional help. Job hunted for a hot minute. Did make new friends. And then.... AAAHHHHHH, LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL... I started my new job at the end of October. Made more new friends. Then everything started to change for the better. And it's only gotten EVEN BETTER since then.

My words of advice: TRUST IN OUR LORD. He knows what is best. God's timing is always perfect. We must give him the reins to our life and then let the miracles of life happen from there.

And this brings us to today. We are officially back in the year 2022. Don't know about you all, but HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope it's been a good one for you. For me, I started out being as sick as you can imagine. (Man, I haven't been this sick in YEARS.) Upper respiratory viral infection that lasted for like 10 days, ear infection, pink eye. Ugh! Sleeping sounds great, right? After almost two weeks of sleeping for almost sixteen hour days, I'm OVER THIS! And today... finally this morning, I woke up with no sore throat, energy, and emotional hope again. Granted, my hearing is still gone in both ears from my ear infection, but that will change one of these days soon (hopefully). Yet, I STILL BELIEVE 2022 is going to be a GREAT YEAR!!!!

Now, for those of you crazy people who actually choose to read this blog, great! For others, keep moving along. I'm not writing on this blog for anyone but me. If you feel the need to write a comment, please be kind; the world has too much hatred in it and we could all use a little more kindness. I have no idea what I'm going to do with this blog. I don't have a plan anymore, or a goal, I just want to write each day and see where this leads. You see, my original dream was to be a writer. Then life happened. (Boy, do I have LOTS of working life experience-- I still can't get over the fact I had twenty-three jobs in two years while I was trying to find my way after my original career came to an end- that was four years ago.) Then I finally found a career I LIKE!!! So, I still want to write, (someday I hope to have a family too) but in the meantime I need to work my full-time job that I actually like that also helps to pay the bills, be healthy and exercise daily, while I'm also focusing on becoming an engineer. Ya! I'm crazy... and crazy talented too. Did I also mention that I'm descent at music and music plays into this goal too? Specifically, the piano is my favorite. And of course you have to make time for pets, family, and friends. This probably sounds like it doesn't make sense because there is so much jam-packed here, but it does, and there is a bigger picture too.

Last year may have been the year for hardships, but this year is about finding personal happiness. I truly believe the best has yet to come. The best WILL COME this year. And if you ask me what that means, I have NO IDEA! But I know great things will happen this year with God's guidance and love. (Everything in the past was the building blocks to help get where we are today.)

My personal favorite advice from last year to this year: " Motivation helps while discipline is key." Discipline is going to make the difference. You can't wish something, or want something, or hope for it, or buy it... sometimes you have to work for what you want by putting the time and effort into it. Even if it's a small step each day, that step will get you to the next step. Two of my favorite examples: #1: you want to exercise but you haven't done anything. Even if you only do ONE PUSHUP, that's still more than what you did yesterday. One pushup, right? Not even worth your time, right? But guess what... that one pushup is the start that will guaranteed lead to another pushup, and another, and another, etc. You get the point. #2: climbing a ladder: one ladder has small, reasonable sized steps while the other ladder has big steps that you may be able to go higher and faster but you have to struggle to jump and reach each new step. Which ladder do you choose to climb? I don't know about you, but I think I'd rather take the smaller, easier steps that will get me farther in the long run that will help me climb and reach my actual goals. (think of a ladder that looks like you're climbing towards heaven and the top is whatever you want your personal goal to be.) Keep climbing baby! 

Each day we have a set of goals we want to achieve. And then we have things we need to add in for self improvement or continued self achievement each week. What is your goal? What do you want to make reality? How are you going to make that reality come to life? Just saying and wishing isn't enough... so what's the one thing you will choose to start today to improve your quality of life or how to help others? I wish you the best, and may we begin that journey this year.

Blessings! 

Back to the Gym 2018

Ha! I just read my very first post (when I started this blog) and everything is still the same.

Good news: I made it to the gym and instead of working out for 40 minutes... I ended up working out for 1 hr 30 min. Talk about a good workout. :)

Workout included:
- 40 min of bicycling (13 miles)
- 50 min of walking (2 miles)

My body hurts. But this was a good start to the beginning of 2018.

Next, the day has been relaxing. Who knew... relaxing?!?!!! Yeah, I found a little bit of time to breathe. And spend time with Gary. (Although, he seems a little annoyed today.) I almost got the perfect picture of "annoyed" but once he realized I was going to take the picture, he moved. Boo.

Tonight, I still have to cut up my celery for the week (favorite vegetable). And then I have to play piano.

Wish me luck with the piano playing. I owe my student a recording- of a piece of music I have yet to practice. Wheeewww, this is going to be interesting.

Have a blessed night. Until the next time we chat.