It's snowed the last couple of days! And today it's sunny. I don't even know, man. The week is winding down. I've been pretty happy with how the week's gone, all told. We went to the park nearly every day. I went to yoga twice. Workout once today. Drunk lots of water. I got a lot of cleaning done. And the laundry - God, the LaUnDrY.
We have a type of eco-friendly dryer that my in-laws bought for us (which is extremely very nice, and for which I am extremely very grateful). The thing is that the dryer seldom gets a load dry on the first cycle. So I've gotten in the habit of just adding 20 minutes at the end of the cycle just in case. But that does tend to compound over time (in a few different senses).
I finished Crazy Rich Asians (the book) and the nearly the newest season of The Circle. I do kind of wish we'd done more, but also...I am and was tired. Sleeping is so fun. Seriously. Time (clap) to (clap) rest (clap).
There are also some quests that are very much in-progress and involve assuming the mindset of a Frodo or a Bilbo or even a Gilgamesh if you will: getting an insurance claims company to fix the rip in the couch because L is a wild animal and we do not live in a conducive place.
"But Clara, why don't you set some firmer boundaries with her?" you might ask. "Why do you let her do these things?" S might ask. Great questions!
Besties, I can set boundaries all day long but she is like me in the sense that too far is not too far enough until the other person is genuinely and deeply upset. I have no intention of intentionally hitting her (elbow bonks because I don't freaking see her are different), and as we (I) know from therapy, I shut down when I am genuinely upset if and until the point of attrition is reached. Then I will snap at her and she will feel sad and not really understand how we got there in the first place.
See also: I got the insurance for a reason - this reason - and I would bloody well like to use it. Plus, get off my back! If it's so important to you that the couch stay nice, stop eating on it! Use the kitchen table for once in your life!*
Otherwise I'm back on my coordination bullshit. Next week is starting off strong with about a million-and-one things, and for whatever reason once doctor's appointments are in the mix, it becomes difficult for me to plug all that in. We have doctor's appointments, work, L's school, my school, and other. Traditionally I would feel bad about all the shuffling around and rescheduling I've been doing this year so far, but as of right now, I'm just like: oh, you're annoyed? Cool. Can I call you as a reference for if/when I pursue my ADHD diagnosis? Thanks.
Okay. I hope you're doing well and having an actual spring wherever you are.**
* Not bitter.
** Not bitter.
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