December 19, 2024 - Thursday


We had school in the morning today, along with plenty of attitudes. But it was fine. After that was over, I worked on the floor again. I definitely spent some time feeling bitter that I’ve done everything in this entire project by myself…aside from some help with painting. It was Ben’s idea and I guess I’m the unpaid labor! It is looking beautiful, though, and it’s given me a goal, which I sometimes need to get off my ass.

I met up with Grace for coffee/tea this afternoon and it was super sweet. We haven’t caught up in a long time. I’m so grateful that she reached out to me! She’s really lonely. I hope she has more friends than it seems like she has. Sadly, we’re just not the types of personalities that would get close, I don’t think. We’ve known each other for 8 years now and we like each other a lot, but that’s it. Maybe because our kids never clicked with each other? Idk. Anyway, it was good to catch up and we both got to talk about how much of a struggle it is to reclaim some of that carefree-ness after having kids and shouldering the burden of that responsibility for so long. It’s not bad, but it changes you. We both want to feel some of that again! I’m thinking New Year’s resolution for me? We’ll see!

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