- Here’s the mani I got last week with Lorena!
- I’m still thinking about doing a half marathon on October 21st. I’ll decide that week, based on how I’m feeling. It’s after our Maine trip, and sometimes I come back from trips a lot heavier than when I left, so that will definitely factor into it.
- Last week I talked about being so close to 10K followers on my rock Instagram, then I hit it that day! Then promptly didn’t look at Instagram much for a few days. Ha. (Also… I haven’t painted since September 17th!)
- Snow Jr (our outside black cat) is slowly becoming more and more comfortable with me. He will come close when I call his name, and he even sniffed my hand Tuesday morning. I’m not sure why I want him to be comfortable with me. I don’t want him to want to come inside!
- I loved my new flying headset and am so glad I purchased it before our long flight. It didn’t bother my ears at all and I got to listen to music for the entire flight!
- I forgot to mention in my flight recap that I’m extremely grateful the weather cooperated on the way there and back. Flights in small planes are really weather dependent.
- Hmm, I didn’t talk about my freak-out last Thursday on here, did I? I post too many places. Like, what did I share on my blog publicly, what did I write privately, and what did I share on Instagram? Anyway, I had a bad day on Thursday and made a therapy appointment for Monday and it helped to just vent to my therapist for our session and recognize all the progress I’ve made this year. And the run after really helped too.
- I kind of feel like I am living two lives lately – a really fun personal and social life, and a really taxing work life. I feel like I’m two different people and depending on when you contact me, that’s the Kim you’ll get. Ugh. That’s not great.
Link to Random Thoughts Thursday 424
Because of my vow to be optimistic on my blog this month, I feel very bifurcated, too. There ARE great things happening, but there’s also a lot of stress. So, I feel you. It’s hard when things are complicated. I hope they get less complicated for you soon!
And I wish the same for you!!!!!!
Oh boy, do I ever get the two lives thing. At least having the fun “not work” life is a plus. I’m still working on that.
I know that you and I are not the only two people in the world with sucky work lives, so how does everyone else do it????????
I thought of you when I wrote that! And I hope you are able to have more fun moments and create time for peace and joy in your free time.
Right? This is probably a national problem. I should talk to my therapist about it at our next session!
I love your mani (you always have the best nails)!
It makes my heart happy that Snow Jr. knows he has a safe place there and is starting to trust you!! 😻😻
At least you have your therapist to listen – and running to help you de-stress. And, don’t look at it like you’ve failed, look at all the progress you’ve made!!
Aww, thanks so much! I really like how this one turned out!
Me too! And you will get to meet him and Tywin soon!!!!
That’s totally what I am doing. I feel like the progress we make each time we meet is so subtle but then when I look back it’s like “whoa, I have a different mindset and see things more clearly now.” It’s great!
I’m glad you were able to see your therapist so soon after having a rough day, and that it was a helpful session! Sometimes, we just need that reminder from an impartial outsider to help us see how much progress we have made. I know I can get bogged down in thoughts of “ugh, didn’t I JUST go through this? Why am I still struggling?” And then I realize I’m not struggling nearly as much as I used to. PROGRESS!
Yes! It was exactly that! Like, I had a hard time but handled it so much better. It feels so good to be making progress!