The high of my week was celebrating my grandpa’s 75th birthday on Sunday. I was worried that the day would be melancholy for him since it’s the first birthday he’s celebrating without grandma in nearly six decades, but he was in good spirits. We enjoyed lunch out at one of his favorite restaurants, and my nephews came, which was wonderful! I’m so glad I was able to spend time with Pops on his birthday!
The low of my week was some work stress and not having enough downtime this past weekend. But, honestly, if that’s all I can name as “low points,” then I think I’m doing A-OK! Life is pretty good right now, I must say.
A blog post I loved was Let Your Frustration Be Your Fuel by Dee on Stratejoy. Oh, boy, was this a powerful and inspiring essay from Dee. Haven’t we all been there – deep in the trenches of trying to conquer a goal, the place where everything seems too hard, and giving up feels like the better, safer option? I know I have, and Dee’s post spoke to me.
So isn’t that life, really? Working one day at a time, and sometimes even one breath at a time to get our asses up this fucking hill that is called growth, one (sometimes) painful step at time?
(And, isn’t there a Miley Cyrus song about this?)
It really doesn’t all have to be amazing and exciting. It can really suck but we can do things that suck. We can find ways to work through the parts that suck. We can stay in motion with our tiny sparks still lit.
I’m currently reading The Senator’s Wife by Sue Hill. I bought this e-book a year ago when it was $1.99 on Kindle because the premise was intriguing, so I’m excited to dive into it. The books I’ve been reading lately have been a little meh, so here’s hoping this one breaks that cycle.
The best money I spent this week was on ingredients for baking cookies for my grandpa. He loves my cookies, so when my plans for Friday night were canceled, I decided to bake cookies and surprise him on Sunday. It’s the little things, sometimes.
My plans this weekend include all of the things! Oh, boy, will this be a busy weekend. Tonight, Roomie and I are doing pizza and games with some friends. On Saturday, I’m going to the happiest place on Earth (The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!) with a group of friends, and then later on, Roomie and I have dinner reservations with some of her friends at Boma at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. Then, on Sunday, I have an early morning writing date with my writing partner, as well as lunch planned with my mama. And then? I will nap so hard. 🙂
What was the highlight of your week?
Make sure you get zebra domes off the dessert cart at Boma! They are fabulous. I was pleasantly surprised at how good the food at Boma was – I’m not a fan of buffets but everything was marvelous and different!
“nap so hard” I love it! I think that’s an awesome idea.
Highlight of my week? Nearly finishing the audio book I’m listening to (it’s really fun/good for the commute), and having some down time. The last few weeks have been insane so it was nice to have a few quieter nights at home this week.
I love that you made cookies for your grandpa. 🙂 I miss mine so much…
Hurray for grandpa’s birthday, so glad there’s so much family together to celebrate with him. And money spent on cookie baking is the best kind of money spending, yummy.
I love that family photo! Your grandpa looks happy, I’m glad you were able to make cookies for him. 🙂
The highlight of my week was being done with work today – it’s been a long week & I was a little cranky, so after work I went to the next town over that has a cute little downtown area that I’m just starting to explore (after 4 years of working near there, oops). I had to walk from where I parked to the stores I wanted & it was really nice out – it felt like summer – so all of my crankiness melted away. Well, & also because I got salted caramel ice cream for “dinner,” haha.
Wow you did have a full weekend! That is so sweet that you made your grandpa cookies. I bet he really appreciated that. I am glad he had a great birthday. It would be hard to celebrate without the love of his life by his side but I am glad he had lots of family to help make his day special.
Last week was kind of a tough week as I found out I need surgery and that it would happen sooner than I thought which meant rearranging so many plans and booking so many appointments and panicking a bit about how little I will be around between now and when I move. But it ended on a high note with our San Francisco trip! We had the best time exploring the city and spending all that time with Phil made me even more excited for that to be our ‘normal’! (The being around each other a lot part!)
Okay so this post is almost a week old but whatevs, right?! Love that you got to be with your Grandpa on his special day! And let me know how you like that book – it sounds interesting!
Highlight of my week – Parker turning one! This weekend will be his party and trying to get serious about weaning so I can be DONE pumping! Woo!!!