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I swear it has been the craziest week ever .. the computer system went down at work, I worked by myself a day and a half which was fine .. however WOW. In between all of this I am taking care of the kids .. me .. and then running the cat around to get her taken care of and trying to do the right thing. I guess I didn't realize how tired I am at the moment .. it probably doesn't help that my sleep has been disrupted .. I swear I SOOO need a new hobby .. LOL .. believe it or not midnight Wednesday night I was awoken to pounding on my front door .. scared the crap out of me is putting it mildly. When I finally got to the front door after turning all of the house lights on and grabbing my phone going to the front door before opening it and asking who it was .. it was the local police and all I could think was REALLY?! Well, I'm trying to breathe and look semi awake and aware .. I don't know why I thought that was important however it was to me in that moment .. they were looking for someone else and it made me a little sad .. must of been a mom because when they realized that they had the wrong house they did ask me if (insert name I can't remember) was my son and I said no my son is 10 years old (I said 6 originally and corrected myself .. lol) and sleeping at the moment. I was so out of it all I could think was I hope they realize I was sleeping .. LOL. Anyway, .. he says to me we are so sorry, we have the wrong address and bless his heart must have said that 5x. I called out as they were walking away .. thanks for being out tonight and closed my door. It is good to know they are around .. it didn't sound like good news and that was sad to me.
My mom is close to the fires in the San Diego area. I have talked to her a couple of times. Not close enough to evacuate I don't think .. it is really bad out there and it's a shame. My SD friends stay safe.
I needed to sleep and boy did I ever .. I got up early which is normal .. however I took a nap in a very big way .. I don't normally sleep like this .. I think with the weather being cold and cooler than normal as well as the additional stress .. my body just said ok .. time for a nap .. lol. I certainly feel better and now have a huge list of things to do .. so I will get everything done.
Hugs all hope your day is full of sun, S :)
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Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do "faith". - Brene Brown
"Whatever truth you own doesn't own you" - Gary John Bishop
Two Tuesdays ago, went to sleep at 6pm and awoke at 6 am even though I tried to get up in between to touch up on obligations.
One's body lets one know what one needs even though we don't even know we need it....and the first obligation is to be healthy, physically, mentally, emotionally, etc.
That's why Al-anon states it's important to take "care of ourselves".
I just don't feel like I can wake fully up after that kind of sleep and I did it yesterday too. I worked a split shift based upon the fact things were really crazy at work. During my down time I slept for a couple of hours and almost was late!
I did get a lot accomplished, kids and I went to church and then my daughter is at a friends house and my son got to play with a friend of his via the computer without fighting .. that was nice. Tomorrow I can get more unpacking done and I can't believe I'm not done unpacking .. ugh. That's the other thing I realized that for the past 2 weeks I haven't been home one weekend without having to be gone most of that time and trying to play catch up the rest of the time.
There is just something going on it seems every night and all I want to do is come home and relax .. the kids are almost out of school and that will help. I will be home during the mornings with them and then at least one day a week I'm going to work in the AM. We'll see how that goes.
Anyway, I feel pretty good and ready to rock and roll on some projects.
S :)
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Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do "faith". - Brene Brown
"Whatever truth you own doesn't own you" - Gary John Bishop
I usually go to bed late and get up early and I think it is the cold weather, keeping me cooped up, because I did nap a couple days ago too and that is not my normal behavior. You know it takes time to get settled into a new place, especially when downsizing. I hate moving after moving 4 times in the first Summer I left exAH until I found a place I could afford on my own. Great perspective about the police at your door and taking small bites of everything that you feel needs to get done. Sending you love and support!
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