It’s 9:44pm and I’m off to sleep. Hoping to get a solid 8 hours before work tomorrow. Regardless of how much sleep I get, and regardless of the fact that mother nature paid her visit today giving me insane cramps, I am determined to make tomorrow a great day. Getting some sleep will help with that for sure, and laying on this heating pad is giving me such relief. I am so grateful that I had such a wonderful weekend with my husband, and I know this will be a great week ahead.
Today has been a nice chill day with my husband. We went out for breakfast, ran some errands, did a little purging (we’re gonna drop off some bags at the thrift store tomorrow), and now we’re just gonna work on our home dashboard project and probably watch a movie! I love having a chill weekend with no real plans.
I ended up reaching out to my boss and letting her know I cannot come in today. I’ve been so overwhelmed at work lately, and these last seven weeks have been harder than the entire two years I’ve worked there. I’m glad I have understanding bosses, as I really haven’t had that in the past and I could have never asked for just a mental health day; but here I can be honest and just say “I need a day so I don’t burn out,” and they get it! Now I can rest and take this little break for myself and come back on Monday feeling recharged and ready to tackle the world!
I’m so sick of snow. I hate waking up and seeing that it’s sleeting/snowing outside. I’m also just so exhausted from work and I can tell my period is about to start so everything just feels like a lot- but I 100% do not want to drive in this shit today.
It can be really hard to let go of things beyond your control, but your body and brain don’t need to hold onto that stress.
Gratitude changes attitude! Focusing on the good can be hard sometimes, but it’s very rewarding.
We are so small in the grand scheme of the world and universe- sometimes zooming out helps realize that our problems are quite minuscule.
Some people suck, and some don’t. That’s it.
Well it’s windy and there are snowy ice pellets falling from the sky and I have to leave for work in a couple minutes. This weather always makes me anxious, mainly because of the sliding in the car and feeling of lack of control. I’m praying I get to work safely and so does my husband, as well as everyone else on the roads today.
The sandwiches turned out so good!!!
I am tired from work but it’s not as bad as it has been, and today I feeling motivated so I am attempting to make a version of the Starbucks tomato mozzarella sandwich! Tomatoes are roasting in the oven now and once they’re done I’ll add them to the sandwiches, add some spinach on top, and bake the sandwiches for 5-10 minutes to let the mozzarella melt! I’m so excited to see how they turn out!
Today was much less overwhelming than the last week was which has given me hope for this week. I am feeling a huge relief at work and hoping that I can get into a good flow soon! Again, it’s January and everyone has brand new insurance this year, but soon enough we will be over this hump! I’m so excited to have my old manager working with us, as she knows her shit and she is such a dedicated, hard-working employee! I know there is a bright ass light at the end of this tunnel, and I’m excited about it. 2026 is going to be great in all aspects of my life- claiming that energy now!
My husband and I are driving home from visiting my family for our January Christmas. We had a nice time playing “ghetto cooties” with the family and we won $25 off a scratch off! Each family member had to bring a $5 scratch off and we all randomly had one to scratch at the end of our game, and mine was a winner!
What is almost weirdly more exciting is that the two scratch offs we bought for the games were both winners! One won $25 and the other was a $50 winner! Although we didn’t get those, I was just so excited that we bought two winners! It was nice to see the family and hang out with my cousin. My husband and him played Fortnite together while I was making some cute memes for my podcast IG page!
Now we’re heading home and I’m ready to see our fur babies and then go shopping with one of my friends! My husband is going to go shooting with one of his friends, so I’m going to go have some fun of my own! Overall it’s been a nice weekend and reset after this hectic week at work, and I’m just going to enjoy the rest of the weekend off!
finding light in the dark 