Currently (January 2025 Edition)

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Celebrating: so many birthdays. December and January are packed with birthdays in our family. 

Wearing: my sleep clothes (i.e. my undies). It’s 3:55 a.m. and I’m having my traditional “wake” session. I probably won’t go back to sleep today.

Eating: dip. For my birthday I decided to have a dip night. I invited a few friends over and asked them to bring dip to share. We had a variety of sweet, savory, hot, and cold. 

My friend Carlie and I do a dip themed game night every year, but this was next level because there were more than two people bringing dips. 

Suffering from: watery eyes.

Laughing about: the fake Pit Vipers Nicky gave me for Christmas 

Have you ever seen anything so cool in your life?

Annoyed by: fast food apps that have not offered me free birthday rewards. Also, fast food apps that offer a free food item when you take a survey, and then the promo code never shows up. 

(You owe me 6 minutes of toilet time and a free order of cheese bread, Papa John’s, and I’ll never get over it!)

Buying: a few upgraded items for my house. I got a new bathroom rug, new throw pillows, and a new doormat. I have also found some great things at the thrift store this week. 

Missed opportunity to buy a fish table 

Watching: season 2 of Shrinking. I’ve watched all the episodes except the finale, and I’m prep for the finale, I decided to start at episode 1 again and rewatch the season. Well, mostly I’m just listening to it in my ear buds during chores.

Dreading: things I can’t say. 

Enjoying: no snow. But I’m not going to say anything because I don’t want to jinx it.

Looking forward to: going to work today. I like my job enough that most days I’m excited to go.

Working on: finishing Nicky’s mission papers. We have his dentist appointment today and a doctor appointment next week. 

Cooking: nothing. We have been in such strong party mode lately that we are being fed constantly by outside sources. It’s great and all, but I also look forward to getting back in control of our food. 

Needing: a new phone case. I just bought one last week, and it shows my greasy fingerprints really bad. It’s gross.

Playing:

Some friends and I played Pando recently, and it was a blast. It’s an obscure game that’s kind of hard to get your hands on, but it’s a fun one and good for a crowd.

The Pando crowd

Craving: water. I’ve definitely let my hydrating slide these past few weeks.

Singing: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” After a few years, it still resurfaces.

Drinking: way too much Diet Dr. Pepper.

Sick of: hair creases from my CPAP. 

Happy about: the regular McChicken returning to the menu at our local McDonald’s. Now if they would just bring back root beer!!

All hail the regular McChicken with the lop-sided mayo blob!

Hoping: to reset my sleeping habits soon. I’m hardly getting any sleep lately, and my brain is always buzzing (which is why I’m currently blogging - it is now 4:44).

Feeling: lost in space and time. Our winter break has been so long (and it will still be five days til my kids go back to school). I have no idea what day it is, what we are supposed to be doing, or whether I’m even wearing pants.

Avoiding: sleep. I could probably fall back asleep this this point, but I think I’m going to go to work instead.

Grateful for: working limbs.