March 18, 2023 - Saturday


I'm processing some really upsetting news I got about Clem yesterday. I'm not sure how much I'm going to say about it or even what I'm going to do about it. I'm stressing. I will say, she did something bad. She's not sick or anything like that. She messed up badly.

In other, kind of related, news...we might go see a house tomorrow. It's like a street over from the Hawthorne's house. It seems like a great place. We also might be able to see that house two doors down soon. I don't really want to get our house prepped to sell, but we might decide to move forward with leaving soon, even though we thought we were thinking we might not. I have no idea what is going to happen in my life at all sometimes! It's crazy and totally disconcerting. 

I went to 4th street this morning and spent a few hours working on the new bulletin board. I think it turned out ok...definitely not exactly how I hoped, but ok. I texted Anne last minute (again) and asked if she'd like to keep me company while I was over there and she did join me! I've been feeling stressed today, so it wasn't quite as good a convo as last time. That's definitely on me. But it was nice to have her company and to get that bulletin board done. 

We did not do tech-free today. I think Ben and I are both just a little too tired and a little too stressed for that today. We took the kiddos to Bob Evans this morning and spent, what feels like, a million dollars for everyone to not eat. It's kind of nice to go out to eat sometimes, though. Not cooking and not cleaning has its pros, even if it did cost $70. 

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