• It’s been a busy week! Monday night Jen and I went on a walk then went to dinner. I love our one-on-one time together! Time with our husbands is great too, but we dive in to things a bit more when it’s just us two.

• On Tuesday Steven and I went on a Guided Historic Walk at one of the forest preserves. At the beginning we were all talking about how nice the weather was and that we were grateful it wasn’t windy like Monday then the wind picked up and I was a bit miserable. Tacos (at El Famous) after gave me life.

• On Wednesday I thought we had happy hour after work and drove to another train station that has more options for the return home… then found out no one from my team was going out. Ha! So it was nice not to get home too late and to still get to see a bunch of my coworkers.
• Today, my friend Jean arrives to stay with us (she is going to be a vendor at PopCats! – check out her products at Crispy Meows) and we are going to Sip & Purr tonight! Yay!
• And I am not even mentioning how nuts work has been since we got back from vacation. Whoa. I am struggling.
• I did get a really nice compliment Tuesday at work about my position in my new role (can I still call it new? It’s been a year), and it was nice to hear people are finding me helpful in this role.
• I rarely take a proper lunch break. I’m always doing something – a workout, errands, resining rocks, house stuff, blah blah blah. But because I knew my nights were so busy this week I sat down and watched Netflix and painted during Monday and Tuesday’s breaks and it was really nice!
• So random, but I forgot to mention it last month – I was so proud of myself for not talking about my health stuff when friends visited in February (except when they asked). I don’t want that to be my identity, and I am glad it’s easy enough to handle that it doesn’t feel like it is anymore.

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