I've had a really nice day today.

I've had a really nice day today. I pretty much spent time with my favorite people - the kids and Shaun. Everyone has made me feel really special and loved. So far, 39 feels pretty good! 😊😊😊

Here's my birthday loot:

Shaun gave me skate accessories and LIGHT UP WHEELS. 😍😍😍

I also got this hilarious tea sampler. I can't wait to try some tonight.

Shadow got me this mug and Kira made me a super sweet card filled with stickers and yummy candy. These kiddos melt my heart. 💗

After we all ate lunch and hung out I skated in the garage. After I got bored of that I went around the kitchen for a bit. I'm so ready to go back to a park but it's getting cold. Anyway, I feel like I'm improving and I'm really excited about it.

I'm off to relax and maybe watch skate videos to see what else I can learn. Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Y'all are the sweetest! ❤️

I got my shoe rack built...

I got my shoe rack built and I really like the look of my closet. So organized! It cost me a deep-ish slice of finger and that's not the most fun, but it's ok.

Yesterday also went as planned. We went to the tea place and the market and the boba shop. I got a few new teas to try: an oolong, a white, a green, and a biscochito green. I'm gonna brew up a cup of the green after dinner. 😊 I didn't get many fancy flavors (this time) because I wanted to see what each tea is about by itself. Kira also scored at the Mexican market. She found some things that she used to like to eat when she lived with her father. Then we visited the boba shop and got tasty treats. 😁

Today has been pretty good so far. I slept well and got up at a good time. Shaun and I cleaned out and repaired a large outdoor storage box that came with the house and I moved my plant junk into it. It looks a lot nicer than leaving it strewn around and it's so large I even put the plant stuff I was storing in the garage in it.

So speaking of "stored in the garage"... This is an onion that the kids accidentally hit with a shovel while doing some yard work in Talladega. They wanted to save it so we tried. Before we moved it started to look rotten but I guess it got packed and came with us. Apparently, this thing lived through 2 days in the U-Haul and now after over 2 months of being packed away in the garage it's sprouting! Nature is WILD! 😂😂😂

Anyway, I skated a bit today and I am so shocked with how comfortable I felt on my feet despite how long it's been since my last time. I did bubbles forwards and backwards and used my brakes some. It feels so weird learning to control my body in different ways - basically so that I can ride my feet. 😂 I love it, though.

Anyway, I'm off to repaint my nails. My polish is chipping and that just won't do. I hope you all are having a nice Tuesday. I guess I'm on an upswing so I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. ❤️

My mood has been so up and down lately.

My mood has been so up and down lately. I spent a couple of days having fun and skating, then a couple of days on the couch with a down mood, then a couple of days going hard on the housework, and today was back on the couch. Somewhere in all of that I painted my nails for the first time in AGES and it almost made me cry because I'd missed it so much.

I don't really know what to do in order to regulate myself. I'm not stressed about anything that I can pinpoint. The job search is going fine. Shaun and the kids are great. The animals are fine. I need to water my plants (desperately), but other than that I'm ok.

Tomorrow we're taking some extra trash from the garage to the dump. Then we're going to New Mexico Tea Company because I just accidentally discovered it online and now desperately need to go to there. Kira found a Mexican supermarket that she wants to go to, as well. Maybe I'll get lucky and we'll also stop by Hi BoBa. Their Taro tea is awesome. Shadow had a green tea with cream cheese foam that was shockingly very good. So anyway, if tomorrow goes as planned I'll only have spent today on the couch instead of the two days that would be next in my pattern.

I hope you all are doing well. I'm off to put together a shoe rack for my closet, then I'm taking a shower and calling it a night. ❤️

How is he sleeping nose-planted like this?!

How is he sleeping nose-planted like this?! It's making my chest tight just thinking about it.

Poor Cub has such a hard time. Rose drains his life force, I guess. 😂😂😂

When I say she doesn't leave him alone...

When I say she doesn't leave him alone...

I firmly believe this is why he leaves. 😂😂😂

Me and Shaun spent yesterday moving stuff and cleaning out the garage.

Me and Shaun spent yesterday moving stuff and cleaning out the garage. We're far from finished, but now we can skate in there when we put the cars out. 😁 I'm pretty excited about that.

Perhaps an even bigger deal:  We put all of our photos in the same place. We have a photo cabinet now. We're straight up acting like a family over here. 😂😂😂

I think I know why Cub was so unsettled last night.

I think I know why Cub was so unsettled last night. These coyotes? foxes? were in our yard, playing with his toys and peeing on his bones. Poor traumatized puppy. 😂😂😂