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Drowning In Stuff‼️

I did a lot of colouring today. I just love adult colouring books! I know that many of them say that they help with focus and mindfulness. However, I had a super lazy day today and was catching up on some of the shows we’d PVR’d while I was away last week. I like that instead of brainlessly watching television like a zombie, I can colour while watching or listening (depending upon how detailed the picture is) to the tv. I feel like I at least did something while excelling at couch-potatoing! However, I didn’t use the colouring books for mindfulness, obviously! I was surrounded by distractions. 

I think that my trip to Nashville must have taken a lot out of me, because I’m still just feeling lazy and tired and a bit burnt-out. I know that I have a lot to get done, but it just isn’t happening. My bedroom is like a maze. Walking is hazardous! There are a bunch of full laundry baskets (at least the clothes in them are clean), dog beds, king sized bed (in a room that is probably not meant for one) kids toys, clothing piles, book piles and about a million stuffed animals!! I’m shocked that, with his asthma, my hubby can actually breath in here! It’s worse than normal with all of my stuff from my trip strewn about! I now people are like, “Oh yah! I know what you mean. My rooms bad too man!” Then I go to heir house and there’s like just a few items of clothes out of place, but that’s about it. Nope! Not even close to what I have to tackle! It’s so so bad right now that I want to just scream!! Argh! I need to attempt to do something about it tomorrow. Besides, I need to wash most of the things that I had on my trip as we’re leaving for my parent’s BC house in a week! Lots and lots to do!! Including, going to bed now!!  Night all😘

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Come Together 

I’m starting to, finally, feel more like myself! Yay! I’m still feeling more tired than generally, but not as much. The past few days, if I was sitting in any one place for too long, I’d find it difficult to keep my eyes open! Then I’d do that thing where you nod off a bit, then jerk awake. I feel like this has kept me from going over how my trip went. All you got was, “I’m so tired”,”I’m just exhausted”, “I’m going to bed”…etc etc! 

One of the big lessons that I’ve learned and relearned is that I must take care of myself first (I don’t mean in a selfish, I’m most important and do things only for myself, way!!) And self-care (especially for women caregivers – I’m not saying some men don’t do this, but it is absolutely more common with women!) is often easier said than done. Personally, I’ve always excelled at putting others needs before my own. Then in the end I find myself completely done in. I don’t finish things or even start things that I know I need to do and sometimes it’s just things around the house (and technically these things are for everyone, not just me!). More often, it’s things like drawing or painting, writing my blog, or just writing in general. I’ve needed to do my nails for weeks, but it just doesn’t get completed. It’s really frustrating. I used to say, and this was from like college/university years, that if my nails are a mess, then I haven’t been taking any time for my self. I just know that, when I’m happy and content, after doing a “me” thing, everyone else is also happy. But if I’m feeling scattered and rushed and uncomfortable, those feelings also translate into my world. Probably due, in part, to the law of attraction. I’m attracting “like”emotions back to me. So my point is. I need to put some of my needs first. Happy mom = Happy family 

I do really believe in the law of attraction. I think I just can’t overpower our money issues with the law of attraction, because my husband is always thinking about money, complaining about money, worrying about money, stressed because of money; I’m not even exaggerating! He is obsessed with money and our lack thereof…So when I’m attempting to use the law of attraction to attract money and prosperity to us our two energies probably meet and cancel each other’s out. Actually, his energy is probably more powerful than mine. He just sees that things are bad, that they’re always bad and always will be!!! Because, regardless of income, we are always short on money. I have to work on hiring my wavelength in order to overpower his negative energy. Positive energy far out weighs negative energy, I’ve read. So I have to crank out oodles of positivity!!  You may turn around and call me “new age”or like a “hippy-dippy”, however I completely believe in the law of attraction and the power of our minds. It just feels like I’m going against a brick wall. If my hubby would only watch The Secret, maybe he’d believe in it a bit more. There is research and evidence on this stuff. It’s not just mumbo-jumbo, it’s a Law of Nature!!! It does work. And it works exactly. I need to find a way to open his eyes to this truth and then use the law of attraction to our advantage!! We really need to come together on this one!!  Huh.  I just noticed that I t’s really late! I must head to bed now!! I’m going to keep positive, right now I’m positively tired!! LOL 

 1:29 am…blech!!!! Zzzzzzz❗️

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

The Choice 

Thoughts are jumbled here and there

Disappointment’s hard to bear

What you want is still unknown

Sorry if your cover’s blown

Time is passing, running out

Find your way right through the doubt

Choosing only appears to be hard

Once it’s done you can move forward

Figuring out your first step is best

Following will come all the rest

It’s always most difficult at the start

The rest falls in place, part by part

So stand up tall and confident

And you’ll appear most cognizant 

Forget your past uncertainties 

Your ready to face an eternity 

You will persevere and go so far

Your on your way, you’ll be a star

JKC

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”