Bittersweet
by ChainedChrysalis
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A made a new friend
For Months A has been playing non stop with this little girl up the road. Then TWO days before school ends she tells me she needs 3 best friend necklaces. I said for you G and who? She names thi...
Oh my god, its starting
Im on my phone, Playing a game and my dang birbies do the thing iove been WAITING for for two weeks and I cant get out of the game to take a video. I manage to get it on my camera. Struggling to...
Not all rainbows and sunshine.
Im ready to cry. Im pretty sure my kids are going to loose their health insurance. They qualify for the buy in for those over income for medicaid for the state. For kids under 18. Well they did....
Mothers day and 20 years
Mothers day was great. I told T I wanted a digital frame for my office and he got that. Also a wireless card for my car so I dont need to plug it in. L and Ch bought me flowers and a cactus. A go...
Birdie jerks
I was holding BOTH birds which is a big deal. And then they started grooming me. They were preening my ears, hooking their beaks in my earring holes ( WEIRD FEELING!!) And then preening my hair. ...
Hahah
I was doing a tour for a prospective intern for this fall. I walked past my office and waved at it and said this one is mine. She shouts OMG is that a Thai Monstera Constellation! Why yes… yes ...
Garden Woes
We planted more in the garden. T had ordered garden soil from a local place. Im REALLY unhappy with it. Its SO compacted and when it gets wet it damn near turns into rock. Im using a spade to loo...
Spring at work
Normally we get excited and plant our work garden. This year we planted the garden AND house plants.... And im a plant nut as it is.... So we ordered 100 baby plants in 1 inch pots and pots and ...
Well.. Here we go
We are going through with the layoff. CEO dosent want to wait too long, she wants to give her plenty of time to find a new job and shes giving a severance package if she works out the 6 weeks be...
Migraine clusters and month 7 of BHRT
Im having a shitty ass migraine cluster. I was so frustrated because my shot was due and that day I got the first migraine. And it was timed for my BHRT insertion perfectly. Its bad. The T in my...
ADHD, Take off the training wheels
Ill preface this with I LOVE my Adderall. It really makes a massive difference in my life. It keeps me focused and not all over the place. I can concentrate. I have more energy and im less likely...
My teeth suck
Just over a year ago, I broke a filling on a blueberry milkshake… Tonight I was eating gummy bears and felt something funky. I spat out a filling… On a god damn SOFT AS CAN BE gummy bear. Not a s...
Garden boxes, cherry blossoms and plants
When we got up, I wanted to go to the park in town. They have apple blossom and cherry blossom trees in bloom right now. It was 70 when we got there and I wore a sundress and sweater. It was 80 ...
One thing after another
Did I write about the water heater? I dont think I did. We found a leak in our water heater. For some reason the builder, took part of my walk in closet and quatered it, Building a ROOM in the wa...
My new thing
I finally got some baby birbies again. They are just over 1 year old conures. Not related. Male and female. Conures dont bond as much with one person as they do with LOTS of people/ their flock...
All quiet on the western front
Hey yall. We made it a week without a call to close for active shooter! I saw the cops meandering around the neighborhood a few times. We are all on a more safe feeling footing. We have had som...
Ouch, cardiac monitor and spring plant obsession
Im ALMOST done with my cardiac monitor. Today I had three episodes. While at Lowes. I got extremely faint. Lowes and Home depo ALWAYS make me sick. IDK why, but I guess the lights? I get really f...
Sly dealer
My child was invited to two birthday parties today. Yall this child. Mom, Ms birthday is from 11-1 and the twins birthday is 1-3. If I leave Ms birthday at 12 30 we can get to the twins house by...
Fucking ugly
My facial eczema has gotten SO worse. It started with the stress with ex A and was on one side of my face and down my neck. Now with all the stresses in the last few weeks its on both sides of my...
Report take two
Ok Today was a doozy. If I thought last Thursday was bad. having 20 cops, plus swat and bomb squad show up and cordon off our buildings with ambulances right behind is another level. Soooo let...
Blah
Back to work as usual. I helped a few people rearrange their offices so they felt more secure. IE making sure the path to windows is clear or accessible, moving desks so they face the door instea...
Day one
I had a mini panic attack on my way to work. Thinking about some of the kiddos that often come on fridays. our THREE teens groups we run on friday. Thinking what would one do if they were confron...
Hearts
I am on day two of my heart monitor. I’m on continuous monitoring for the next 14 days. Thankfully I can shower with it on! Otherwise 14 days would be SO hard! haha. They hope to catch a syncope...
New start
The new girl H starts tomorrow. A and I had a talk about when is she planning on going to FT. I told her its been 6 months. What is her time frame for returning. If she wants to stay PT totally F...
Death comes in threes right?
Well i know its random. But it comes in 3s right. This morning one of our connections with the homeless shelter pulled out of their therapeutic group. They cited a loss of a member of the shelter...