2025 will be my year of no rushing. I hate rushing to go/do anything. It stresses me out and makes me very irritable. I'm 5 days in and so far so good.
The holidays came and went with a flurry of cooking and cleaning. I am in envy of those that can somehow pull off a meal for 20+ people! I cooked for 10 for 2 days and I was flat out exhausted on the 26th. I was also sleep deprived and cranky. Getting 4 hours of sleep a night is not a good foundation for 2 days of hosting.
The sleep trouble = teenager.
There is another baby added to the family on the mans side. Quite the fiasco so far, but the babe is healthy. The dad is an obnoxious jerk that I can barely tolerate. So lazy, selfish and outright mean to the wife. I was secretly hoping that they would split up before any baby came along. Nonetheless I will be supportive to her and the baby, and not stir up jerkface. I have a very strong feeling that I will be doing quite a bit of babysitting. She's not able to take the full maternity leave that we have here in Canada of 1 year as they are completely broke and would likely lose the house. (But at least he can drive his brand new $80,000 truck) Seriously.
I continue to do yoga at home, just stream it to the t.v. for sessions daily. I haven't found a particular person to follow yet. I'm quite limited with my old injury so still finding the right fit.
The temperature here is beyond cold. I can't get outside to walk. Well I could if I wore a total snowsuit. But I don't want to! We are still looking for a nice vacation spot. I don't want to go back to where we were last year. I'm thinking a tour of sorts. But first we have to make sure that the teenager that deprives me of sleep is set. Also had word today that one of my parents fell on the ice. Big splat apparently. Nothing broken, just very sore. That's all I need right now. Jeeze.
So today I am turning up the furnace, I have a giant pot of chicken soup getting started, I'm going to stream a yoga session and then get started on one of my books. I have 2 waiting for attention.
I used to drop everything and rush in to help anyone and everyone. I need to step back. There is a book "The Let Them Theory". I think this needs to be incorporated in my thinking. Stretching myself as thin as a wire until I break is not healthy. Others can step up for once.
The good things:
my soup
my yoga
grandbaby
Things that suck:
Family dysfunction and denial
my parental units
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