….. obligatory post. ha!
Another post so soon after the last one? Am I really keeping to the hoped for resolution to write more? Maybe… probably not… perhaps I just have a little more time on my hands since Costco doesn’t have me on the schedule for any more for hours. No matter, I’m calling daily in hopes I can pick up a shift but I wonder how long I can do that with no shifts before I get the hint. 🙁 With my Geddes pay cut by a third this means I’m barely making the same money even WITH child support. I told the kids this means I’ll have more time to stand over them and make sure they do all their schoolwork/chores, etc. and you should have heard the groaning!
I recently realized I’m about to lose a free hotel room in San Francisco if I don’t take that trip before March. Time to look into cheap flights up North and contact Ultimate Man to pony up the costs and the time. I think I’ll try to work on a few things and use it kick start some writing. Who knows… maybe I can supplement my income with some self publishing? I am determined that THIS is the year I FINISH many things…. painting my house (The downstairs is mostly done and the color scheme of the upstairs is mostly planned.. it’s just getting Sex God over to hammer out the work to my satisfaction.) …. get myself into good writing time management (um…. yea) …. eat healthier (got an amazing juicer-see below) …. and continue the weight loss that Costco started…. finalize the child support court issue. So much to do!
Costco had a lovely red/black version of the nook chairs that I want to put in my living room to complete it furniture-wise… (last year the set was white and black.. so I’m also curious to see next years!)…. but I realized that while I might be able to swing the costs, I still have 3 teenage boys who aren’t completely reliable enough NOT to damage lovely cloth furniture.
This is also why I do not get a cat.
My Dad is physically the same. I still go over there and devote 2 hours a week to helping out. I don’t think my Dad’s wife will ask my brother for help since my sister-in-law is almost blatantly rude to her when in her prescience (yes my Dad’s wife has some annoying habits and lifestyle choices we don’t agree with but still….) and my sister lives 3 hrs away with 2 youngsters in elementary school. So I’m the go -to. My mother’s health has just about returned to what it was before all her heart problems put her in the hospital for 10 days a year ago. She’s incorporated new regimes and pills and changes to her routine, but she’s finally healthy enough to start an exercise program. Too bad she lives in an all hill neighborhood as that is the type of walking she’s NOT allowed to do. She’s hoping a pedometer will help, but honestly, I think she needs strength training. (And less Bread!!)
I’ve managed to keep off the weight I lost working for Costco by going back to the gym. I’m eating more salads and I bought my sister-in-law’s beach cruiser bike. I also bought a fancy juicer that I hope to use to incorporate both healthy eating by me AND the kids of the level of veggies that we’re all a little loath to eat as much as we need of. Plus it makes ice cream and soup, hummus & salsa, muahahaha…. I think Luke and I are going to have a lot of fun trying it out.
I did get two new friends out of my seasonal stint at Costco. I had a Girls Night Out (GNO) with one who my mind keeps calling my Bestie. She’s a Latina, 38 year old version of ME! And we are thoroughly enjoying hanging out and almost finishing off each others sentences. She is so cool! I also got to meet TWO Facebook friends when they did an impromptu drive to the L.A. area. I coerced them into making a detour to meet me and Sex God and we had a WONDERFUL conversation before we sent them on their way. Interesting things may come of it, as the girls do a little radio show up north and I’m toying with the idea of spreading my gift of gab/therapy/mediation into a new format. Plus DJ Giggity may be able to give me a fabulous deal on a hotel room in Napa because…..
….. don’t feint, but Sex God and I are thinking of selling our Coachella tickets to go to BottleRock in Napa. More news on that later.
So to wrap up… 2015 seems to be starting with a bang of up and down. Very sad that Costco seems to have let me go. (although I’m still not giving up as its a dream job for me) But I have two new cherished friends and got to meet two friends I’ve known online but not in person for over 3 years! Socially I’m doing well. Financially, I’m doing the same. So if I manage to step up the “Baby Step” version of finishing things in my life, perhaps I’ll actually manage to move forward in a direction instead of feeling accomplished by doing bits in lots of directions. Because that just leaves me in the same place, circling.