August 31, 2021 - Tuesday (330/365)




Day 330 of my 365 Photo Journal

Today was a decent day. I took Ollie to the plant store and we got some pots to repot my indoor plants that I keep in the bathroom. After we got home, we went upstairs and worked on it together. Then Ollie grabbed the cat litter scooper, and dropped it on the carpet, and rubbed it around, and then shoved it into the litter box. After asking her to stop, telling her to stop, demanding for her to stop, and her never stopping, I lost it on her, yelling like she did something horrible.

I feel awful about how much I've been yelling lately. There have been a couple of times every day that I've yelled at one of the kids (usually for something that REALLY should not have made me nearly that mad) and it makes me feel so ashamed of myself. I wish I weren't losing my temper so quickly lately. I told Ben that I think it might be safe to say that I'm going through a depressed period and he said something like, well, you've been extremely mad lately, that's for sure! hahaha So...if I thought I was hiding it, I guess I haven't been!

I redid the kids first day of school pictures today. I can't wait to get some good lighting for photography, because it's all wonky in these pictures and I'm over having to rely on natural light all the time. Oh, and I put on the sign that Jonas is in 3rd grade instead of 4th! Oops! Hoping some Photoshop will fix that. 




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