The high of my week was dinner with my girlfriends on Monday night. It was so nice to get together with them and chat about how we all were doing following the storm. They kept me sane during the hurricane and I don’t know what I would have done without them!
The low of my week was feeling uninspired. It’s been a weird week for me emotionally. Maybe I’m still recovering from the emotional turmoil the hurricane put me through (which makes me feel like a whiny baby when I see what Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria have done to Puerto Rico). But I haven’t felt like working out, and even going to spin class feels like a chore. I haven’t felt like cooking or eating healthy. I haven’t felt like being around people. I’m just this gray ball of gloom right now. I’m trying to give myself grace and just let myself be gloomy and moody, but I’m really hoping I snap out of this funk soon.
I’m currently reading Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. This is the September pick for my work book club and it’s been a book that I’ve been wanting to read for a while, but I don’t think I would have gotten around to it anytime soon, if not for book club. I’m only about 50 pages in so far, but I’m enjoying it!
A blog post I loved was this post by Girl’s Gone Child. The post was everything to me. It was about raising feminist children and being a feminist and fighting for what you believe in and rape culture and speaking your truth even when it hurts. Please go read it.
Guilt will not absolve us of our crimes, of course. We must work together to change the narrative. We must fight against our own implicit bias. We must recognize our shadows and face them head on. We must be willing to break our children of their innocence so that across town, children in REAL DANGER can be safe.
We must be willing to call ourselves out…
A podcast episode I enjoyed was Episode 0: Genesis by Good Christian Fun. This is a brand-new podcast hosted by Kevin T. Porter, he of Gilmore Guys fame, and I think it’s exactly what I need. This podcast explores Christian pop culture, something I am super familiar with. As most people know, I grew up in the church and Christian pop culture was all the rage in the 90s/early 2000s. In my house, we solely listened to Christian radio (even knowing the lyrics to a Britney Spears song was blasphemy) and a good chunk of the books I read (especially in my late teens and early twenties) were Christian based. So, I think I will find a lot to relate to in this podcast and I can’t wait to fully dive into the episodes!
The best money I spent this week was on the new iPhone 8! I probably wouldn’t have bothered getting a new phone just yet (I have the 6S), but my current phone doesn’t last more than 3-4 hours before the battery dies. My plan was just to get a new battery for the phone since it works fine otherwise, but I realized that I also need a phone with more space (my phone only has 16gb and let me tell you, that is not enough space, even for someone who doesn’t use a ton of apps!). So I bit the bullet and got the iPhone 8 with 64gb and it should be delivered sometime next month. My plan is to keep that phone until it dies a tragic death – hopefully, four or five years from now, ha.
My plans this weekend include a writing date with my friend, M., and my nephew’s birthday party on Sunday afternoon. He turns NINE on Monday, which is crazy to me. How did he get so old? Other than that, the weekend should be fairly low-key for me, which is exactly what I need. Hoping it’s a rejuvenating one for everyone!
What was the high of your week? What are you currently reading?
I can’t believe your nephew is turning 9! What?? Time flies. My oldest nephew is 13 and that just boggles my mind as it doesn’t seem like that long ago that he was born!
I hope the funk you are in passes quickly. It’s tough to feel so blah – I’ve been there but it usually happens in the winter and is probably related to the last of sunlight we get.
The high of my week was getting together with 2 college girlfriends for dinner on Monday night. It’s sooo hard to find time to see each other with our busy schedules and such, so when it happens, I appreciate it even more! I just started “Beartown” by the author of A Man Called Ove, which I really enjoyed. I’ve heard nothing but great things about this book and the average rating on goodreads is above 4 so I know it’s going to be great!
My phone has been so squirrelly lately. It’s like Apple sends some sort of code to my phone to just suck at working so that I want to buy a new phone. I’m likely going to be biting the bullet as well and getting a new one soon. I’m tired of the random restarts and funky behavior. No one has time for that 🙂
I hope your funk passes but I also totally get that funks happen. (Ha. Funk Happens. That should be a bumper sticker.)
My phone has been soooo crappy lately as well and needs to be plugged in multiple times a day. It’s only 2 years old too! Luckily my contract is up so I can get a new one soon, I’m just waiting for my workplace to launch this new incentive program where we get 30% off Telus products to order one!
Hope your funk passes quickly and you start feeling more like yourself soon!
Oh my gosh, can’t believe your nephew is 9! And ugh, my iPhone 7 battery is SO FREAKING BAD even though it was brand new IN JANUARY. I just turned off all my background refresher stuff in the hopes that it will go back to being a little better…?! I’ve heard good things about “Crazy Rich Asians” & look forward to hearing what you think about it.
I find myself in funks like that too and it always sucks. I hope you’re feeling back to normal soon. My iPhone battery sucks too. Not sure if I’ll get the new one yet or not. Let us know how you like it.
Congrats on the iphone 8… I do hope the battery lasts longer. That’s the reason why I upgraded my 5s last fall… now I have the 7 (I’ve had it for almost a year) and I can already tell that the battery is slowly getting worse…. it’s really a sickness with the iphones: the battery life is crap and the data use increases with every new phone).
Your nephew is 9 (!) already? WOW. Time flies (and reminds me that I’ve know you for almost a decade :))