July 16, 2025 - Wednesday


I was supposed to hang with Brit this morning, but Anna has been having a bad headache for a couple of days, so Brit decided to take her in to the doc. I can’t blame her! I’d be freaked out too. I resigned myself to playing a video game for an hour and a half, with nothing better to do. ðŸ˜… Once I’d had my fill of doing nothing, I started putting the contact/peel-n-stick paper onto the girl’s closet doors. It turned out really cool!! I’m glad I had the idea to do it. It saved us a ton of money and is much more tailored to what they want than plain white doors would be.

I had a conversation with Nathan today about the job he’s looking to fill. Most of me feels like it would be fun and totally manageable, but there’s a small part of me that has enjoyed having no job for the last year. I think I’m going to take it because it’s really just a small position and shouldn’t add much stress to my life…plus a little money would be nice. But I have some worries that this is a mistake and that I should just take the blessing of being home with the kids full time for what it is. I’m also worried that it will be really difficult to quit if I end up not liking it. ðŸ˜¬

I had to hang out with Shannon today for a couple of hours while Jonas and Micah played games. I tried to get out of it, but really couldn’t figure out a way! It was fine. The girls had a really good time at the splash pad, at least. I just had to sit outside and sweat alongside company that I would have preferred to avoid. *sigh*

I got to go to a Mom’s Night In at Susan’s with some of the ladies from our mommy group that hasn’t been active in a while. It’s probably been two years since I hung out with the group! It was really fun. Just made me miss stuff like that so much! My life is full of so many obligations. I just miss the days of hanging out and laughing with friends. I still get them sometimes, but they’re few and far between now.

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