A Simple Life

 

         Today's prompt ponders the question: what does a simple life look like to me? That's easy. Having my kids and my pets with me, in my home, all of our needs met, healthy, and happy. That is all I really want. I don't need a fancy house, I love my small place. I don't need a lot of money, just enough to not have to worry about anything. I don't need people to entertain me, I love the company of my kids and pets, they make me happy. 

          Most people would want more, and they would not be wrong to do so, I myself do occasionally, but since I don't have lots, I am still happy with what I have.

Happy National Dog Day

 

          These are my two little girls :) They are amazing. They bring so much love, loyalty, and companionship to my life. They are always so happy to see me. They give unconditional love. They follow me everywhere because they want to be around me LOL. They have the sweetest and funniest personalities. I do not know what I would do without them in my life.

           I got Honeybee (the one in front) when I moved into my home. I made sure to have a fence put up first so she could play outside. She was so tiny when I brought her home, I had to put a bell collar on her so I could find her at times. She is very jealous of the other pets around me. Not mean, but she will always come over to make sure they know I am her human LOL the tiny dog in the back is Sunnybee. She came a year later. She was so scared the first day. She would only eat if she was up on the table next to us. I made her some scrambled eggs LOL she is always snuggling under blankets. She doesn't just walk, she prances everywhere LOL it is so cute.

What Would You Do?

 

          The question of the day is: what would you do with an extra $50,000? That is a lot of money. Not enough to pay off my student loans, so not going towards that, but enough to pay off my car and some credit card debt. That would be my logical, responsible answer. For fun I would most likely do something to my backyard like screen it all in and maybe add a jacuzzi. Something that adds value to my home, but is still completely frivolous. 

          I am not enjoying my dental work. It doesn't hurt thankfully, but it is annoying. I miss my morning coffee. So tired right now. I also am hungry LOL too afraid to chew anything. I might make me some scrambled eggs. My tongue will not stay out of the socket, I am worried I will mess up something in there. I keep telling myself the dentist has to know people will be fiddling with it, so they suture accordingly. Only good part is I have doctor's orders to just relax LOL something I am very good at.

Toothless and Now a Mutant

 

          Weekend did not go as planned. I somehow managed to splint a tooth in half eating some chips. How I was not screaming in pain is a mystery. So emergency visit to the dentist this morning. They pulled out my busted tooth and put in a graft made from a cow into the space. It is supposed to help with healing and if I ever at some point want to get an implant. So now I am part cow MOOOOOOO. They didn't even let me keep the tooth for the tooth fairy. I could have used that money for the bill.

          My son is awesome and hilarious. I was freaked out after dentist visit and woke him up to go get my antibiotics. I also wanted some sweet tea to drink, mashed potatoes, and soup to eat today. He comes home with 2 gallons of tea, six tubs of mashed potatoes, and 7 cans of soup LOL this is definitely going to be a weird diet this week LOL. Worst part about the whole experience...NO COFFEE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS!!! 

Intuition

 

          Today's prompt asks: what does my intuition tell me?  I do not fully understand intuition, so I had to look it up. It seems it is doing what your gut tells you to do, basically an instinct. I have that, but I never listen to it. I tend to think things through and go with the logical choice. I am not brave enough to believe in my intuition.

          Oh so tired LOL I seem to be that a lot. Last day of my weekend, I need to get a few things done, mainly my daughter's school. Ugh I hate having to do things. I would much rather do what I choose to do. Doesn't help that it is stormy outside. Makes me want to go just cuddle up and chill.

Don't Eat That!!!

 

          Today's prompt: What advice does future you have? Best one I can think of is don't eat that. So many days I start out with the best of intentions of controlling my calorie intake, and I do good, then BAM, night time hits and I lose all control and go to bed feeling horrible. So best advice, don't eat that. It may taste yummy now, but later, it will make you feel horrible.

          OMG I am worn out today. I managed to go to Aquatica with my kids for a couple of hours, and then came home and mowed the back yard LOL. I physically exhausted myself. But the backyard looks good again, and I felt no guilt going to bed LOL.

          Today is going to be spent getting my daughter caught up in school. It is hard getting back into that groove again. We got very lazy over the summer brain wise. I finished my school for the week, now it is her turn.

Sixty & Sassy

 

          The prompt for today asks: who am I five years from now? Yikes, I will be 60 years old then. An old lady (groaning over here). Hopefully I will still have a sharp mind and a working body. I really want to be healthier by then and shocking everybody that I am actually that old LOL.

          Today I am back in school. This semester I am taking Deviant Behavior and Forensic Psychology. Sounds like I have issues LOL. I just thought the would be fun. First week is just the basic blah blah intros. Those I have done already so I am free until next week.

          Waiting for my kids to get up. We are going to Aquatica today when they do. Sunny and hot, so it should be fun. Yesterday I managed to stay awake long enough to go to SeaWorld LOL Yay me!!! if I am going to make the swimming thing, I need breakfast first, so I am off to find food.

Manifestation Prompts - Goals

 

                    Okay I found another set of goal prompts to help me out with choosing topics LOL this one is a 30-day manifestation list.  The first day asks for my goal for next 30 days. LOL I don't really have one LOL. I am always afraid to set a specific task for fear of not being able to accomplish it, then feeling like a failure.  These prompts though seem pretty interesting, so if I have to choose a goal, I will go with just finishing all of these prompts in this blog. Ongoing goals, as always, is to get healthier.

          Today is Sunday, so doing all of my home adulting tasks that I slacked off on while at work, ie laundry, dishes, cleaning... I am also hoping to head over to SeaWorld in a bit with my daughter. That is a hard thing to accomplish because while I am waiting for it to cool off a bit, I am getting sleepier. I do not think we will last long there. 

Past, Present, Future

 

          I see a lot of popups on Facebook with the question: would you rather? Quite a few of them have getting loads of money or changing your past. I would never change the past.

          Every action in my past led me to where I am now. Even a slight change could have huge consequences. I am not a big fan of my ex-husband, but because of him I have my son. If I erased meeting and going out with my ex, who knows where I would have ended up. Having my son, led me to growing up, going to nursing school, etc...etc... There was a guy I was seeing for a bit in Tucson, if I had stayed with him, I most likely would have ended up having lots of kids and living in England now. I would also not have my daughter.

          If I had not been bored and turned in one day to look at homes being built, I never would have bought this house. That decision forced me to build a life here. I used to move a lot, but now that really isn't an option. Shoot just the stress of moving in led to some life altering consequences. 

           Small, insignificant things lead to big things in the long run. Skewing from the path you took in life, in any way, will find you somewhere else completely. Any change made in the past would cause me to lose my son and daughter. While I might have different children, they would not be the same. As much as I dislike how life turned out, I would not change it for fear of losing them. So, just give me the money LOL.

Taco Tuesday

 

          It is cliche, but I love making tacos on Tuesday LOL. Today I am going to try something different, shredded chicken tacos. I have some chicken taco seasoning and some weird flavor taco shells Staci picked out LOL street corn and lime. We will see how these go over. I also wanted to make some rolls, but I found out I have no flour, so I need to go get some today. 

          Since I have both kids home today, perhaps I can talk them into doing something together LOL doubtful, but I can ask. Biggest problem is that by the time they wake up and are willing to go out, it is my siesta time LOL and I have no motivation. I used up a lot of my energy mowing the front yard yesterday. Looks good though. 

          Staci also needs to do her school work. I did find out one unexpectedly good news yesterday. I thought this year her in person tests, the ones that count towards graduation, were due. Turns out, she took the math one last year and we didn't even realize it LOL she passed it just fine. So now we just have to get her past the language arts one. Still so weird we are thinking graduation now. I am not sure about college. Currently the plan is computer programming. Not sure she needs a full bachelor's degree for that one. Counting on RJ to help us navigate this one plan.

How Did We Get Here So Fast???

 

          How in the world did we get to 10th grade so fast??? I cannot handle this rate at which time is flying by. Can somebody please take the expresso away from Father Time??? 

          Today Staci becomes a sophomore in high school. She is taking courses now to help her with a career. She will learn to drive this year. Heaven help me if she starts dating (I will need Xanax).

          It is just so strange that she is this old. I remember being a sophomore, it was a horrible year. I actually dropped out of high school after that. Kids were so grown up, there was all sorts of new problems to deal with, it was a mess, and now she is there. I so hope and pray she does better than I did. She has a better advantage than I did. My mom was popular in high school, had tons of friends, so she could not relate to how high school could be a bad place. I can. I do not want her year to be bad, I want it to be great. I want her to flourish, becoming the amazing woman I know she can be, but if it is tough, I want her to know I understand. I will help her realize that it will pass and she will make it out okay. It is just nine months, not forever. It will just seem like it LOL.

Weekend Wonder

 

          Well I survived the weekend LOL barely. It was crazy. At work, Saturday morning, I had just given report to the oncoming nurse, I was free. Then I made the mistake of looking over at her to say goodbye and noticed she did not look too good. Ugh, I should have just walked away (not really) but I went over to assess the situation. I figured she just needed some encouragement that it wouldn't be so bad LOL nope, she was in distress. I drug her down the hall, in a rolling office chair, up to the nurses' station, where she immediately went nonresponsive and everyone freaked out!!! We had to call a code on her. Almost had to start CPR on the floor because no bed. Thankfully with so many staff around, we were able to transfer her into a rolling recliner, throw some oxygen on her, vital sign machine hooked up to her, and dashed her downstairs to the ER. Now, though, I was stuck LOL I couldn't go home because nobody to watch the patients I had just signed off on. I ended up having to stay almost 2 hours extra until they found somebody to come takeover for me. I was tired already, and I still had to come back Saturday night. Saturday night was a whole other disaster. I got only 3 1/2 hours sleep before I had to come back in to find out all of my patients had been discharged and now I was going to be admitting patients all night. I was so busy. Only good part is it made night go by quick. I was worn out mentally and physically by the time I left this morning. BUT at least nobody died or fell LOL those are my only two things I don't want happening. I keep my standards and expectations low LOL.

Thursday Thinking

 

          Oh boy, it is Thursday already. Time to head back to work. The weeks seem to fly by so fast these days. When you are a kid, time goes by so slow, but as an adult, it seems like time is in fast forward mode. The summer is over already. Back to school Monday. Before I am ready it will be Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year. All before I can catch my breath. Also have to add in my son's birthday, brother's birthday, and my birthday.  It is going to be a whirlwind.

          I am still hoping I can get cancelled for work tonight. My son is not working, so it would be a nice night with all of us here. That doesn't happen often enough.

Wishful Wednesday

 

          Well, Wednesday is here, which is my Sunday, so I am a bit wishful. Wishing I was rich enough that I did not have to work LOL. I would so love being a SAHM. I did cheer myself up with Pooh Bear and Tigger. They are so cute.

          Woke up very early today, 5am. My sleep schedule is all wonky. I have been productive though. I have already started laundry and did my banking. All the adulting I have left is planning meals for weekend so that we avoid ordering out. That is way too expensive.

          My daughter is finally better, so she is a chatter bug again LOL. I knew she would make a recovery in time to go to her church group LOL she would go nuts not getting to see her friends.  It is Fuego night and they are watching movies.

         For fun, I have the last few episodes of Relic Hunter to watch and we might go over to store to look at Autumn decor. It is August, so I feel completely okay with getting my spooky season started LOL. 

Tuesday Time

 

          Tuesday has a much nicer meme selection LOL seems it is pretty safe. People have made it past Monday and are settling into their week. I just liked the picture because it had Minnie Mouse LOL.

          Yesterday I got nothing done. Both kids are sick and it rained all day long. I am hoping they feel better today.  Is very quiet here with both of them not talking due to sore throats. I have started having conversations with my cats LOL. 

           I don't have anything planned today other than water my flowers and mail in my ballot for the local elections. Nope, I am not a political person, my son made the choices LOL I trust his opinion. I also need to schedule a teacher call for next week. I cannot believe Staci starts 10th grade in 6 days. If I try really hard I can remember being fifteen and feeling so grown up. I cannot picture her that way yet. To me she is still my little girl. She grew up too fast for me. I can't even begin with my son LOL he is getting close to thirty. In my mind he is still a teenager. I am so delusional LOL.

Hello Monday

 

          I was trying to find a funny Monday meme, but realized quickly that most people do not like Monday LOL I am not most people, because I work the weekends, so Monday is my Friday LOL. The only day better than Monday is Sunday, because then I am done working.

          Monday mornings are for me to get up early, have some coffee, and think about how I will spend my week. Well, up early to the sound of rumbling thunder from Little Debby outside LOL. It is still raining and very wet. Not too hot, so I thought I would be nice and let animals onto patio. BIG MISTAKE. Within 5 minutes they had captured a lizard and brought it inside, for me to not capture and take it back outside. All before coffee. Little stinkers. So now, cup of coffee has been had, To Do list made, B/P still good, steps are started, Vine items ordered (loving this program), and my week begins. 

          The storm however is crimping plans, plus Staci has a cold (she calls it the plague). So not a lot of going out this week. I still need to go get milk and some ingredients to make her some soup. Not sure what kind yet. I also want to go to some stores and see Halloween offerings LOL. I am so ready for Autumn. School starts next week. Summer went by so very fast, and we did absolutely nothing LOL so much for plans.

Little Debby Storm

 

         Well Florida has its first named storm of the year LOL Debby. Storms always have funny names. The memes involved are also awesome. I figured we would see a bunch like "Debby does Florida" but instead we get snack cake pictures LOL. People at the hospital were freaking out over this horrible storm LOL is nothing but rain, or a normal day in Florida for my area. Okay, some areas along the gulf coast and the upper part of Florida might get more rain than usual, but it isn't going to live up to the hype it has going now. I think the meteorologists are just bored and need something to report on LOL. At least I don't have to mow, I did that last week, so my yard is good. I get to just relax and enjoy the rain.