Currently (February 2026 Edition)

 Reading:

Wearing: a Beatles shirt, jeans, and leopard print slippers. 

Annoyed by: the sound a salad makes when being stirred. This is a new annoyance I discovered this week while eating Cafe Rio with my family. The misophonia is alive and well within me. 

Singing: "Death Wish Love" by Benson Boone

Aside: I have a song stuck in my head at all times. There are some songs that have been there my whole life. One example is the song from The Sword in the Stone that goes, "To and fro, stop and go, that's what makes the world go round!" But what's funny is when I actually pay attention to it and identify what song is stuck in my head (like I do every month when I write these posts) sometimes it slips right out of my mind, and I can't get it back. It drives me crazy because I know I was just singing a song, but as soon as I pay attention to it, it goes away, and I can't remember what it was. 

Craving: nothing because I just ate (sweet and sour meatballs over rice and dill carrots, if you're wondering). 

Buying: a new lamp for my nightstand. I never use my lamp because it's annoying to turn on, and I'm lazy, so I finally ordered a touch lamp that has charging ports. I feel like it will change my life, and I should have done it ages ago! (By the time this post publishes, hopefully it will have arrived via Amazon and been found suitable).

Eating: Jolly Rancher Jelly Hearts. And I don't like cherry flavored stuff, so I would normally be avoiding the cherry ones, but I'm too lazy to pick them out today, so I'm just going for it - cherry and all!

Suffering from: a sore neck. I've been having trouble with my neck for a few months, and I think it might be from cutting canvas at work. This is a theory I am currently exploring. 

Excited for: some upcoming plans with a few different friends. I love my people. And if you are my friend, and we haven't seen each other for a while, I hope we do soon! 

Cooking: Chicken Corn Chowder with Sweet Potatoes. This is on my meal plan for the month (I have the whole month planned out because I did a "shop from my pantry" session, and we have so much food we need to use up that I was able to plan an entire month's worth of dinners and still have a few additional dinner ideas "on call" in case we need to make a last minute change). I've never made this soup but have long been curious about the sweet potato content, so I'm excited to try it. Daisy is not excited because she hates soup, and she has already talked me out of making this twice. 

Procrastinating: taking care of a really messy medical bill situation. I spend a few hours a week working on this issue, and it's not yet resolved. I took this week off because I needed a brain break, but next week, I need to get back on the phone. It has to do with being billed by the wrong name, getting sent to collections, and the medical company not being able to provide me with an itemized bill. It is a NIGHTMARE. 

Listening to:

Enjoying: the spoils of my birthday. I really was celebrated all month and have a great stash of things like body scrub and gum that I get to enjoy across many months. I redeemed my final free birthday food on Saturday (three free Krispy Kreme donuts). 

Feeling: fine. Just fine. 

Wanting: some "matches everything" church shoes. 

Laughing about: the snowsuits my friend Christie bought for Laurel and me.

Needing: to replenish the toilet paper under the sink in the upstairs bathroom (note to self... note to self... note to self...)

(I'm going to forget and wind up in a wiping predicament, this I know!)

Playing: Everdell and Viticulture, which we now own the digital versions of, and I am completely addicted. I was starting to get in a good place with reading books again, and then I started playing these games on my phone in addition to Wingspan and Ark Nova, which I was already playing a ton.

Grateful for: emojis. I might write a post about this, so I won't elaborate here.