I'm trying to study...

I'm trying to study for my D.E. exam but my Celexa is hitting me hard and I can't concentrate due to drowsiness so let me tell y'all what happened today.

When I was on my way home from school I guess there was an accident on 21 and traffic was diverted off to some road I'd never been down.  Traffic was moving at a snail's pace and it was a LONG ROAD so I ended up having time to observe what was going on around me.

In the car ahead of me a lady was driving with a dog (it looked like a black chow).  I'm guessing it was her dog.  So he seemed to behave pretty well in the car - he stayed in the front passenger seat just looking out of the window.  At some point we were stopped in front of a field with donkeys in it and I saw her urge her dog over to her side of the car.  She had her arm out pointing the donkeys out to him and I thought that was so precious.  He came and looked at them until we passed by and then went back to his side.

Well a bit later there were some horses in a field and she did the same thing.  This time the dog leaped out of the window and ran up to the fence.  Cue a heart attack for me!  The horses came towards him; I guess they were friendly and curious.  But then they ran away like he was barking or something.  The lady seemed pretty calm the whole time and she let him run for a minute or two before getting out, opening the car door, and calling him back.  He jumped in the car and they continued on their way.

I don't know why he chose to greet the horses; maybe it's because they were a lot closer to the road than the donkeys were.  In any case... had my dog jumped out of my window I would have FREAKED THE HELL OUT, which - I know - would be the exact wrong thing to do.  I must be getting cautious in my old age because now I seat-belt my dogs in place.  😂

But anyway, I'm glad that story didn't have a tragic ending.

I have a few succulents...

I have a few succulents that etiolated for various reasons; a couple stretched before I bought lights, but most of them were, sadly, purchased that way. I know that arrangements of plants are pretty, but it just doesn't seem good for them especially when sitting in places like Lowe's and Home Depot for an extended period of time.

So... since you can't un-stretch a plant it's usually recommended to cut its head off (😮😥☹️😭) and also cut the plant near the base and let those two pieces dry out, then you re-plant the head and treat both like nothing happened. 😬 The section of plant that you removed from between the base and the head usually has leaves so you can carefully pull those leaves off and 🤞🏻hopefully, propagate them into baby plants.

I never had the confidence to try this... until today. I hope I haven't damaged my plants in a bad way, but I was really careful and they are pretty tough.

Here is my tray of leaves that I would like to propagate. If all goes well I will have lots of babies in a few months. Babies that I don't need or have room for, but I couldn't throw them out like trash. Supposing they live, they will be up for adoption with the only request from me being that you try your best to take care of them. Of course I catch feelings for basically every living thing so these would be my grandchildren and you really have to love them. That's the rules. 😂😂😂😍😍😍

I don't even care if it's only 9.

I don't even care if it's only 9. I'm in my bed. I didn't sleep well last night and didn't get as much done today as I would have liked because by this afternoon I was dragging. Oh well. Gonna rest up and try again tomorrow.

Goodnight, friends. ❤

Check out these babies in progress!

Check out these babies in progress! (Plus a few more pics.) The babies are propagated from my own plants. I think they'll be getting new homes in the spring. 😊 I added pics of the adult plants so you can see how they will turn out. Also... that funny yellow bloom just keeps getting weirder. 😂😍

I deserve more and I'm taking it.

I could use some of this in my life. If I've come off harsh to any of my friends or family lately (and I'm sure I have), it is because I don't have either the mental or emotional space to deal with what you're tryna throw at me. I'm doing a lot and I'm putting myself first so I can keep doing a lot.

I'm focused on my health, school, my relationship with my husbang (because we are good and can withstand another year of school as a priority), and helping the kids (who are almost 19 and need to be working towards functioning as adults) - in that order.

If I have little to nothing left for your causes, your wants of my time, your problems, or your feelings, then SO. BE. IT. I'm done sacrificing myself to everyone and everything leaving only a crumpled mass of stress, tension headaches, migraines, and psoriatic flares for myself (and my husbang). I deserve more than that and I'm taking it. Unapologetically. It doesn't mean I don't love you, though. ❤

This shoe fits.

This shoe fits.

Seriously - if I ever give you something, you're special. I have things I want so to give them away is usually a big deal to me.

Advanced Calculus exam in an hour.

Advanced Calculus exam in an hour. Yes, this is what it looks like - paragraphs of text with more symbols and letters than numbers. Wish me luck. I will need it. 😳