Glad you didn't have to go all Hulk on them, Steph! And stayed warm.

I did some adulting today. Not enough, but I never do enough of it. I did some end-of-season yard work, refilled the bird feeder, cleaned and refilled the birdbath, and drained and put away the hoses. And then I was exHAUSted, so I did some work-type work, and then my sister came over, but she also was tired from yard work, so she brought me food and we hung out for a bit and she approved my choice of floor covering and then she went home. I'm not much into the Dem Debate tonight, so I'm recording it in case I care tomorrow, and now I'm going to bed.

I adulted and unfucked and distressed my world. I noticed that I was becoming anxious as I sat at my desk here at home, unwilling to get up and do things in the house. After a while of tracking down the reason, I figured out that the way to get to my chair at my desk was cramped, and getting out again involved stepping carefully over and around things. I am not nimble, and the awkwardness was converting into a feeling of being trapped. So I've cleared out the space, which involved actually going through boxes--many of which could be dumped wholesale (see previous posts about coping with Hubby's stuff)--and clearing out spots on shelves so stuff I wanted to keep had a place to go that wasn't in my way. There's even a dresser in the room that can be removed once the stuff on top of it has a better home. Progress, it's slow but real.

We didn't make it to NC but are about 5 hours away. We were looking at getting in at 1:30 am. The hotel isn't as nice as the previous one but it works.

Penny was okay today but I had to give her a second dose. Tomorrow we're going to try without meds.

I was very much the adult and held my tongue when Mom interrupted me several times to go off on her on weird side story. I've also noticed she's a bit....possessive of E. Maybe not that but she talks about him more as if he were hers and it can be kinda weird. I knew she did that but it's more obvious on person.

Anyway home tomorrow.

I worked a 13.5 hour day today that started at 6 AM.

Ugh ND, hope you get a chance to just unwind and go to bed early.

I hope you get to destress too, askye. Moving is hard.

Geez ND. I hope that at least at some point here your business is able to have enough people who are good enough to take some of the burden off you. :(

I was contemplating going dancing but it is POURING outside and I decided I didn't want to leave the house.

Glad you were able to eat inside, Teppy.

I did a lower number of hours than usual adulting yesterday. Did office stuff, unpacked several boxes of kitchen stuff, house chores. But but but, I lounged in bed and watched several hours of recorded tv! It was like a mini vacation.

Today is more worky, but I hope to have a little down time as well.

My mom has bronchitis and although always a concern at her age, I am more upset with my sister. For the last year or so she has become unbelievably intolerant of everyone. Everyone is wrong about everything and she of course knows all. I have said about a billion times that adults get to make their own decisions and she needs to back the hell off. She has stormed out of my mom's house several times recently because she thinks she and my step-dad should do things differently. Seriously, Mom is 94, she clearly has made some okay health decisions. If Mom lives to 112 my sister will blame step-dad for killing her. And Mom and the rest of us have somehow managed not to go off on her about her lifestyle, which is significantly unhealthier. Family!!

We stopped for gas and out of the blue Mom asks "Do you want to go by Skye?" It's my middle name and over the decades I've tried to figure out if I wanted to be called that and how to start.

I sort of do but it seems kinda weird.

Any thoughts?

Progress is good, Connie! It's funny how physical states can affect emotional states without us even being aware of it sometimes.

askye, I started going by my middle name when I went to college. It felt weird at first but it quickly got to where it felt like my name. Some people who'd known me before adjusted with no problem, and some refused to even try, but new people knew me as Elizabeth, and eventually that was just my name. So, try it out and see how it feels to be called Skye. If it feels like it fits, just tell everyone that's your name now and be prepared for people to forget a lot. Also, I highly recommend making sure your official name is the same on all your official documents and bills. I had trouble getting my driver's license in Virginia because my NJ license said Leone Elizabeth but all of my mail was coming to Elizabeth. For real. Back in the 80s no one cared, but man, they care now.

I meant to go by my middle name in college. And then forgot and introduced myself with my first name to the first 50 people I met. Oh well.