Back to school today.

Back to school today. I was late for a few reasons and that was a bummer.

I got maybe 2 hours of sleep last night. I think I was feeling anxious about going back. Also, my boobs were (and still are) causing me an unreasonable amount of pain. On top of that I have several rather painful bruises from being more active over the last week so it was super fun trying to get comfortable. It's always something, I guess.

In any case I barely got to sleep before I had to get up. As you might imagine I had a hard time waking up and left later than I should have. Then once I got to school I had the wrong classroom number in my calendar. Therefore, I went to the wrong classroom. Empty. Professor's office, empty. I logged in to my JSU account and saw my error. Came in 10 minutes late and felt like a douche. But, I got there eventually so I guess that was something.

I came home after class and napped for a few hours. I'm up doing chores and about to have dinner with the kids so I suppose I'm ok. I'm going to go to bed early with some Melatonin and pain reliever tonight and try to get my schedule worked out. So it didn't start out on the best foot, but I think it's going to be fine. I'm excited about my classes so that's always a plus.

I hope you all had a good day. 😊 If not, try again tomorrow!

Pardon our mess...

Pardon our mess; we've been cleaning out closets and have bags and boxes of things to donate sitting around everywhere. But my old puppy playing makes my heart so happy that I'm posting this despite the mess. The days he feels good enough to play give me LIFE.

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This is why I'm in school. We're leaving poverty behind.

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Shaun and I have both been cleaning...

Shaun and I have both been cleaning and organizing for the last few days. I don't care how lame this sounds, but I'm THRILLED with my "craft" closet. I have all of my jewelry and supplies in there. I also have packing materials, wrapping paper, tissue paper, gift bags, etc. in there; all organized and easily accessible. I told the kids and Shaun not to buy packaging for special occasions because I have us covered. Much of it is recycled because I can't bear to throw pretty things away. I just can't stand waste. I mean how would anyone know that the tissue paper in their gift bag was crinkled before? They wouldn't.

The other big thing I did was organize my nail polish stuff. The polish itself was sorted by color a few years ago with the help of Janet, but I've gotten a few gels over the last couple of years, as well as the chrome powders and transfers that you can use with them. I didn't realize that I had so many foils, either. That situation was pretty out of hand but it's under control now. In any case all of my gel stuff is sorted and I kind of feel inspired to do some nail art. I still have some things to accomplish around here first, though. We'll see.

Aside from that the only things worth mentioning are that I moved my betta (Salamander), into the kitchen, and our tarantula (Anansi), into the living room. I would like to buy some new shelves for my bedroom because the ones I have are very old and sagging under the weight of my plants and books, but that's not urgent (hopefully).

It feels nice to be doing things I care about. I'm pretty bummed that Shaun has to go back to work tomorrow but the time off was good for him. I've enjoyed spending time with him and the kids. And snuggling my old puppies on the couch. And having my cats home (we got them from the kids' house recently).

Things have been going surprisingly well considering that there are now 10 cats (yes, ten! 😲) in this house. Shaun's biggest worry was that they would pee everywhere, but we clean the boxes every day and it hasn't been an issue. Aside from the expected initial hissing everyone is getting along. I've missed Balthazar grooming my nails and Tobi (Orange) hopping around with his adorable no-tail having self. I've missed love bug Adrian and the weird way she drapes herself over the arm or back of the couch. I've missed Scar less because he was more Shadow's cat, but they'll be reunited soon. Anyway, it's good. I feel whole. ❤️

We got the kids 23andMe kits for Christmas.

We got the kids 23andMe kits for Christmas. They got their results back today.

Shadow is 58% European and 40% Sub-Saharan African (primarily Nigerian) and Kira is 55% European and 38% East Asian and Native American. Of course there are other elements filling those percentages out to 100. Kira's DNA is the most interesting out of all of us - she even has a small amount of Ashkenazi Jewish in her. That is so cool. We're really enjoying checking out all of the things that 23andMe can tell us. It's so neat!

I'm finally feeling like myself again.

For the last two days, I've felt well enough to do some cleaning and organizing and checking things off of my to-do list. I like that.

School starts Wednesday. I'm not necessarily excited for that just yet, but it'll be okay. I've decided that I'm only taking Differential Equations and Human-Computer Interaction so I shouldn't be too overwhelmed. Unless I get a job, which I really need to do. (ಥ﹏ಥ)

Anyway, I hope you all are doing well. I am - for now. 😂

Repotted my Pregnant Onion...

Mama has ROOTS! I also see another baby about to drop off, plus two more... gestating?