It’s Already Mid-February (and ten other random facts)

Fact #1: I often wonder how many people have to look at me everyday on Facebook as a “people you may know.”

Fact #2: It just dawned on me the other day that since I come from a blended family, I have siblings who don’t know each other. Like… my brother Brock has no idea that I have a sister named Liz, and he could see her walking down the street and have no idea they share a sibling. 

Fact #3: Speaking of Brock and Liz… Brock cut his hair this week, and Liz got married.

Fact #4: I’ve had a lot of things not go right lately, and I really need a win. Can I have a win this week? Just a little somethin’ somethin’ to hold me over for a while? I’ll be waiting and manifesting, Universe. Feel free to jump in.

Fact #5: Over the weekend, Nicky went to Sweethearts with his first girlfriend (four years later).

Their little fling lasted about three months in 8th grade. They had an awkward year after that, but they recovered and have been good friends ever since (Read more about their romance here). 

Fact #6: I chaperoned the dance and didn’t tell Nicky I would be there. Here’s his reaction when he found out I was there:

Fact #7: I’ve been trying so hard to get back into reading. It’s been about a year since I lost my reading umph. I hope someday I enjoy it again, but for now, I’m still having a hard time reading. I just want that part of me back, so that’s why I can’t just let it be!

Fact #8: Parenting is kicking my butt right now. 

Fact #9: Things I did at 3:00 this morning when I was wide awake:

• Made photo collages
• Composed a text message to the theatre teacher with my recommendation for the musical for next year
• Cast the entire musical for next year (but did not include my casting in the aforementioned text message because you don’t tell the theatre teacher what to do, but she did tell me to let her know if any musicals crossed my mind because sometimes someone will bring up one that she hadn’t thought of)
• Had a belly ache (the smoked meats from our Super Bowl party left me feeling like a flock of charred animals attempting to escape a wildfire crawled into my stomach and died there)
• Ruminated over all the things that are troubling my heart
• Googled some shit
• Tracked some packages
• Worked on this blog post 

Fact #10: Daisy got her drivers permit last week. We’ve really dragged our feet in teaching this girl how to drive (she’s been eligible for her permit for five months already). Now that she has it, we have taken her out driving exactly zero time.