January 16, 2024 - Tuesday


I so wanted to cancel my plans for nature group today. It’s cold and it feels like we won’t get any schooling in this week with all of the plans we have. But I didn’t! Because I hate being unreliable and I don't want to be the type of person that doesn’t show up. I just hate it. Ben encourages that side of me even more and, while it’s great to know that I get no judgement from him when I want to just cancel life, it’s just plain bad sometimes. SOMETIMES, I just need to do what I say I’m going to do, even if it’s a drag. All that to say, I went to nature club. We went to an event at Sharon Woods and it was really a lot of fun.

On the way home from the event, Ben reminded me that I had to take the van for the oil change appt! And it was in like 40 minutes! I dropped the kids off at home and turned around to go to the car dealership. The oil change took an hour and a half, which is crazy to me. It was free though, as part of some warranty package we bought, so we had to get it done there.

I got home and tried to be productive. I did laundry and cleaned and cooked, rather than sitting down and playing Zelda. I did read my book for a little while because it is SO good, but otherwise was productive! I totally forgot about book club and was busy organizing when it started, but managed to jump on late. I’m glad I made it. I know MJ really appreciates it when I’m there and, you know, all the being reliable stuff I mentioned earlier.

I realized today that Jonas is 2/3 done with his childhood and it absolutely broke my heart and terrified me at the same time. I only have 6 more years with him as a kid. Who knows if he’ll stay home or leave or whatever, but it’s just gone by so fast. I'm really sad about it.



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