Category: relationships
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Daily Prompt 2/7/24
My parents were fighting with my brother at my age. I was away at college and my brother was alone with them, doing drugs, drinking, and other bad things. They were working and paying a small portion of my college tuition. But mostly they were counting down until they could get my brother graduated from…
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It’s Finally February
Finally, the year of January is over! On this fine first day of February, I’ve got a lot going on. I gave myself a little break from blogging for a few days because I met my goals for January and I was a little burned out yesterday from the gecko situation. I had only planned…
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The Garden?
So we’ve been watching the Garden…cult or commune for the past two evenings. this show is nuts. If I could sum it up in one sentence, it would be hippies hosting preppers as potential living partners is this bizarre commune. This is bonkers and I don’t exactly understand the why. I don’t understand why this…
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Dreams become reality…maybe
Today I got the email that I made it to the first round of interviews for that camp job I was interested in. It’s literally one week this summer, but I really REALLY want this. It was one of those video interviews where it asks a question and then you get 60 seconds to formulate…
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Daily Prompt 1/19/24
I complain about annoying people, bad drivers, my children deliberately breaking rules, rude people, people who are unkind, and politcians the most. But other than those things, I don’t complain very much anymore. I used to be really negative and got in the habit of complaining all the time. I didn’t like how that negativity…
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the year ahead
This year is off to a great start. I feel really inspired and happy so far. I’m eagerly awaiting the stsaff applications to open for the camp I want to work at, lacrosse practice starts this week, and I feel energized. That’s rare for me this time of year, as I’m usually down and sad…
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Shot day
Today is Friday, the day I give myself a tiny injection of testosterone. I’ve been looking forward to this since Wednesday or so. This was my fifth week injecting myself. I don’t mind needles and so the idea of injecting myself wasn’t scary to me. I’ve had no trouble with it, especially because my doctor’s…
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New Year’s Eve/Welcome 2024
It’s almost my year! I still have that feeling that 2024 is my year! 2023 had its ups and downs, but I definitely have felt so much personal growth this year. I was able to enforce boundaries in person with people, and I learned so much about my relationship with my father and how I…
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Boy #1…revisited
This morning started out with some tough love from me to Boy #1. I found out things I had suspected and was updated on other things that I had no idea about. Only one of these things made me feel a positive emotion. I like the idea of him being in a band. He just…
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Showing up for myself
Since I started back with my original therapist, we’ve been deep-diving into things, and lately it’s been with my parents. Mostly my father. There’s been new things this year that he’s done, and I’ve also had realizations that we are likely approaching some level of cognitive decline with him. He seems to be having “senior…