Into Winter

 

This is from the day before the wedding in summer.  There are 2/3 of my kids ahead of me on the golf course. The other 1 doesn’t like golfing so is off hiking.

The wedding was beautiful.  Extremely stressful for me, but everyone that mattered seemed to have a wonderful time.  

My daughter-in-law’s family are a very different bunch. (Not in a lovely/friendly/pleasant/well educated way) To quote my youngest “How did the wonderful new sister-in-law come from that group!?”  My X and his 3rd wife were dufus’s as anticipated and my parents pulled a lot of drama the week prior.  I had my parents ironed out by the day of the wedding, and of all people, my sibling and the boyfriend were very helpful.

I went back to work and did a couple of weeks of full time hours then my youngest was at a sports camp.  That turned out to be 12 days long as he made it to the final round of cuts.  It was 5 days longer than I had thought it would be, so that was quite costly to be away for 11 nights/12 days.  I was exhausted.  He was disappointed, but things have turned out really well with his team here at home.  And we probably get to do it again next year.  Ugh.

There has been zero opportunity to get away to relax somewhere.  To be honest I like to be at home and not having to plan anything.  I took this week off of work and the spouse is away for work so having the house to myself during the day is quiet and relaxing.  It’s snowing and cold, but I don’t care, I’m not going outside.

Summer and the fall sports camp were incredibly expensive.  Hanging out at home reading, watching MY shows is rejuvenating without spending a dime.

I haven’t been feeling good for the last couple of weeks so this is needed R&R.

The good things:

My youngest and I get along so easily. (I love my older kids but we had a lot of disagreements when they were teens)

I was able to work from home last week

Things that suck:

My investments

The parental units who thought they should “Come for a visit so you can look after Mom” (that was shut down in a hurry)