S t a c i eSo apparently you can love a vacuum cleaner.
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I got a new Shark cordless vacuum cleaner with Air Miles and I love it. It’s so light and compact and can fit under the furniture. Makes vacuuming a breeze.
Who *am* I?!
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I’m grateful for Kristin Neff’s work on self-compassion. I would not be here without it.
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I’m so happy to be able to comfort myself and recover quickly from being triggered.
Oh yeah, and fuck cancer!
#GratefulBee #KristinNeff #SelfCompassion #SelfLove #Trauma #FuckCancer
Now I have a poem in my head that my gay ex wrote while we were together a million years ago called “Sunday is for Lovers” and I’m feeling both sad and hopeful. The last lines of the poem: the rose tumbles to the ground. Red, red rose all the way down. Surely, Sunday is for lovers. 🌹
He called me on Thursday; I always enjoy hearing from him. He calls me randomly about once a year when something reminds him of me. 😃 We met almost 37 years ago while at university.
I shared poems with a friend yesterday. In tears, she said I should publish them but she had 2 requests. One of just the poems + another of me reading them. She said I have a way of saying what she’s feeling.
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This terrifies me but enough people have told me to publish my poems that I may figure it out someday. Writing poetry has been a *huge* outlet for me.
Another friend just texted me a poem + we agreed to figure out publishing together.
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Today there was an event in my office for International Women’s Day. I’m beyond swamped so did not attend. I was walking away from my desk when I heard my boss’s boss’s boss’s boss call my name. In my head, I thought “am I in trouble?!” Then I turned toward him heading towards me and my colleague with 2 bunches of flowers that he said were for us. He expressed gratitude for us both as he handed them to us.
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I’m grateful for his kindness.
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In an unexpected twist, I offered to go to the office tomorrow when I was planning to work from home.
Things are beyond hectic at work. My boss appreciated my offer and he told me to leave early since I’m going to be at the office tomorrow. Granted, that was not even 30 minutes before my usual leaving time. After shutting my computer down, I left 10 minutes early. Still taking that as a win.
I’ll be home soon. At least tomorrow is Friday.
I have 3 episodes left to watch in Stranger Things season 4. I’m grateful to have finished adulting today so I can watch some episodes while it’s still light out.
It’s not the type of show I watch right before bed because I don’t want to have nightmares.
Mmm, it smells so good in my place.
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I baked gluten-free banana muffins for the week using a Stellar Eats mix. Yay for a Canadian company that makes yummy gluten-free treats.
#Today #Adulting #AdultAF #GlutenFree #GratefulBee #SelfCare #BuyCanadian #StellarEats
I’m close to being finished with adulting for the day.
Soon I can be a sloth.
Soon!
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I’m now seeing adulting as self-care so feeling proud of myself for doing all that I have done today.
Today I took myself to a forest for some much-needed nature time. There’s a Save-On grocery store nearby so I stopped in.
They have a *huge* health section. The nutritionist came to see if I was finding everything + I mentioned I was happy to see the selection of brands.
I noted one for hot flashes + he was surprised I needed that. He said he thought I was 35 but I told him I’ll be 55 this year.
I love seeing surprised reactions to my age.
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