Today is Shadow's 25th birthday.

Today is Shadow's 25th birthday. It's crazy to realize that he's ¼ of a century old. 😂

He's not celebrating today because he's gotta work. We'll be getting some tasty dinner together as soon as he's off. He's out here being responsible, so I'm proud of him.

I just didn't want to let the day pass without mentioning my Man-Cub. 💜💜💜

Bear is looking pretty comfy. 😂

Bear is looking pretty comfy. 😂 Shaun said he's snoring, too.

Happy 7th year of marriage to my favorite person! ❤️

Happy 7th year of marriage to my favorite person! ❤️

I took the day off work because it's worth celebrating. We've had a chill day. We got some good food and tasty gourmet chocolates, but we were having a little haboob here so it wasn't the best weather to be out in. We've mostly chilled together at home, and that's just fine by me. We finally finished watching Lost. We both hated how it ended. 😂

It's hard to believe how fast the years have flown by since we met, but it makes sense because we're happy. Shaun is the only partner I've ever had who has been willing to sacrifice for me and with me, and I hope I've made those sacrifices worth it. ❤️

We've come so far together. We've built a comfortable life for these kids and these animals. I love working from home and having Shaun here in his comfort zone, wrangling Bear and taking care of the house. I can honestly say that I never get tired of seeing him, he doesn't get on my nerves, and he's truly my best friend. I love that if one of us is ever on some bullshit, the other can call them out with love and humor and shit gets better. Communication - that shit works.

I would say that compromise does, too, but that's a last resort. If we can have separate shit and be happy, that's the go-to. I feel like our utensil drawers say so much about our relationship. I'm a chaos goblin with texture issues and he's at least passable as a regular human person. 😂 But somehow it works, and it's beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️

I love you, Husbang. ❤️

Today was pretty good.

Today was pretty good. I SLEPT last night, and I had energy today.

Work was good, and I got a few things checked off my to-do list, so that was nice. I also potted up about 30 pieces of Teddy Bear cholla. They break off our plants and Shaun picks them up and throws them in a pot and they start rooting. I finally decided I was tired of looking at them in a pile.

I had a protein shake this morning, the last few of my cookie dough bites, a piece of string cheese, and a handful of pieces of freeze-dried cheesecake. I definitely need to eat healthier, but I'm not hungry enough for whole meals. I gotta get some healthy snacks on deck. I will do that this weekend.

So far, so good. 😊

I store my Harley cat where I store my nail stamping plates. 😂

I store my Harley cat where I store my nail stamping plates. 😂

Mood. 😂

Mood. 😂

Shaun's nose got sore from his CPAP last night...

Shaun's nose got sore from his CPAP last night, so he got up around 3 to go to his game room so he could sleep without the CPAP without his snoring waking me up. Unfortunately, I am a ridiculously light sleeper and I woke up anyway and couldn't get back to sleep. I had demos at 7:30 this morning. They went well, thank goodness. But I've been exhausted and a little headache-y all day.

Other than that, I've had a little heartburn, felt slightly queasy off and on, and mostly have felt too full to eat much. I'm guessing those are side effects from the Sema. It's not too bad; mostly just different. It's the first time I've felt anything other than the extended full feeling. If this is how it works, that makes a lot of sense. I've had a protein shake, some white rice made with chicken broth, and a piece of string cheese today. I wanted some cookie dough bites, so we picked up some of those, but I could only eat a few.

I still WANT to eat a lot - probably out of habit. But I'm listening to my body and not over-doing it, so I think that's probably why I don't feel worse.

Anyway, I'm heading to bed. I have some sleep to catch up on. ❤️