We found our gate open this morning with Rose missing. She's never left home before and she's pretty skittish around new people. She is spayed, just a couple of years old. We're in Talladega in the Providence area. If you see her, please call me at [redacted].
This isn't public because I'm not interested in dealing with the fallout that comes with announcing a possible big change. But I LOATHE the weather in Alabama. Like, for real.
We lived in a mobile home when I was a kid. I can't even count the number of times my brother and I were woken up in the middle of the night by my mom to be rushed out of the house so we could go down the street to a relatives basement. My dad would never come, nor could we bring our pets, so not only was I terrified of the weather and worried that our house would be blown away; I was also afraid of losing loved ones.
I remember all of the tornado drills / warnings in school. Get in the hall, put your head against the wall with a book or your hands over it. Stay in that uncomfortable, awful position and wait. Wait and worry and fear. It was so much worse after I had Shadow; I hated being separated from him. I remember knowing that bad weather was coming so I went to pick him up from school and his principal wouldn't let me take him home. I lost my shit over that one. No one comes between me and my kid.
We can just be out here minding our business and next thing we know our whole lives are about to be blown away. My immediate family and I have been very lucky that it hasn't been us yet, but that could change at any time. None of this even touches on the fact that it's humid year-round so both the heat and the cold feel miserable. I am over this. I don't want it anymore. I'm finally in the position to have some control over my life so it might be time to consider a big change. It is not logical to be here and there are plenty of other reasons I'm not into it, either. Desert, I'm looking at you.
We moved a bunch of stuff today and Shaun is currently passed out snoring on the couch. I swear he just stopped for a moment and said "Woof." 😂😂😂
I wanted to water my plants today. My body had other SUPER FUN plans called being nauseated and headache-y. I had nightmares last night and woke up feeling pretty rough. I took some Tylenol and napped not long after I made it out of bed. Then we ate and watched a couple of shows, and now I'm ready to sleep again. I accomplished nothing today, but Shaun got some stuff done. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
I'm only still sitting here because boyfriend is snoring in my lap. Cats have no business being this cute when they are interfering with my life. 😂😂😂
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| My boyfriend is too precious. 😍😍😍 |
Going through old stuff and came across this stash:
Throw back to that time around 2005-ish where I was out here making goody bags of products and info to give to friends or anyone interested.
Travel Mate so anyone can stand while peeing (there have been many innovations on this since then; I now recommend the P-Style if you need a device). Info on The MoonCup and DivaCup (they weren't available in the US at that time, but you could buy from the UK or Canada if you wanted to. And I included some janky printed instructions from the Instead SoftCup website, as well as a SoftCup to try. I don't know if any of my efforts improved life for anyone, but I tried. I'm glad information and products are more widely available these days!
Let me add: If any of my friends stateside would like to try a disposable disc (FlexDisc or SoftDisc), I am more than happy to mail one to you to try (no charge or anything). All you gotta do is let me know! ❤️
Yesterday we used the truck and moved the big stuff (beds, couch, dressers, etc.) from the kids' apartment to the house in Anniston. They have been moving smaller stuff for weeks now so at this point they are mostly moved in. We still have some stuff to get out of that house and the kids need to get a bit more settled in and then we can get started on getting it ready to sell. I don't know why but I'm pretty excited about that.
We also need to finish purging / organizing the house in Talladega. There is so much to do and we've been working on it steadily since my class ended in December, but we're still not done. I guess that's how it goes. If this is the kind of work it takes to "get your life in order" then I TOTALLY understand why more people feel like they don't have their shit together. 😂😂😂 It is not an easy process.
On that note I'm off to make the most of this day. I thought it was supposed to rain but that seems to have changed so it's a good day for moving stuff. Super fun. 😛 I hope you all are doing well! We are; just busy - but there's nothing wrong with that. ❤
