Anxiety gets you right in the feels

My Youngest has anxiety. They are 19 and right now I’m sitting in the car waiting for them while they are in a job interview. They desperately want a job and have had multiple interviews and a few job trials. They had a job in retail for 3 months last year however the work location …

Country Dogs and City Dogs

We have a doggo. She is a city dog. She is spoiled and we consider her a member of our family. She lives inside and has a dog door to go outside when she needs. Our doggo When I say she is spoiled, perhaps I mean she lives well. She is not a designer dog …

I’m not fragile…

I was having a bit of a rough day recently. A few things had annoyed me, there was some behaviour that made me (and others) uncomfortable and someone in my line of management made a few comments about me being lucky to get something as other people have stuff to put up with too. I …

That big birthday goal list I had? Yeah, nah

I wrote a post about a not bucket list of goals I had before a big ticket birthday I was having last year. I’ve now been officially old for several (more than two but less than 7 - the definition used in our house) months now. What did or didn’t I achieve? See, this is …

Reflecting on my 2022 focus words

At the beginning of 2022, I noticed four words which became my focus words. These were Strength, Change, Connection and Power. I posted about that here. It was definitely a year of change. I took leave for a year to find a good fit work place for me but also to get some downtime after …

Fandango’s Provocative Question or FPQ#181

It’s been a long time between provocative question posts for me. This one struck a chord and yes while I am a week late to the party, I’m still here and posting. Fandango wrote: How are you doing? Seriously, are you okay? Feeling good? Just okay? Not so great? Why do you think you’re feeling …

Taking Stock – August 2022

Here’s a delayed taking stock for August. it’s only the first of September so it still counts, right? Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com Admiring: my new bosses. For their calm, considered responses and actions. Becoming: more comfortable and confident in my abilities. Slowly but surely! Curious: about whether the fatigue I have is a …

Work stuff update

It’s been a while between posts. But I currently have some time on my hands so I thought I’d drop by and say hi. I’ve been reading blogs intermittently so I may have missed some big things for people. I’m sorry about that. A few big things have happened for me. The one happened a …

Taking Stock – May 2022

It’s been a long time between posts so I thought I’d re-enter the blogging world by participating in Deb from Deb’s World's taking stock post again. Deb alternates between alphabetical and so the post but I thought I’d stick with what I’m familiar with. Here you can read all about my thoughts and feelings right …

Taking Stock – April 2022

Yesterday I read Deb from Deb’s World's Third Taking Stock post for 2022. I thought I would take part. This is an alphabetical prompt so it’s going to be a long one. Grab a cuppa and read all about my thoughts and feelings right now.  Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com Admiring: The strength, resilience and …