Normal...What's that? I swear I don't know any more. I'm home. We came home Sunday the 26th like we were supposed to. I was buried in laundry. Ending up doing 9 loads during the week. All the bedding, towels, swim stuff, and our normal laundry sure added up. I felt so refreshed though. Jeremiah was so happy too. Our big party went amazing. We had 25 people I think if I added them all up right. 6 campers, 1 in a truck setup, 3 tents, our cabin and my dad and step mom in their room in the barn. It was Jeremiah's first time at our big camping bash party and he had a blast. He felt included and loved it. Mom came down Thursday and stayed till time to come home too. It was perfect. So needed for so many of us. We laughed and laughed and just loved each other's friendship.
It was sad to come home but it was time. Fred and I got to talking while I was gone and we realized we hadn't had a weekend alone since last year. So we fixed that. This past weekend we went down just the two of us. No kids. No dogs. It was wonderful. Fred has been working on fixing his self. Depression is an ugly beast isn't it? He got a pay raise. He got new hours that he has always wanted. Instead of getting out of work at 5:00pm he gets out 3:30pm. He loves it. He now understands yeah work is hard work but he's getting paid more at least. So it might be worth it. Plus the new guy has finally stepped up a bit and the boss has decided to pick on the new guy instead of Fred. About time. My stress level is doing a lot lot lot better. My depression has lessened drastically. I'm dealing with things so much easier I've noticed. Mom is doing great. We have all realized we need to be a team and do things together instead of pushing it onto me. I need help and it's okay to ask. I can't do it all like I was trying before. So I will breath and ask for help. I will say Hey I'm not okay. I will listen and hear and we will all do better. Sorry to bore any of you that doesn't want to hear about this but you know it's me and it's the truth and I'm going to share it. Maybe someone reading this feels the same way. Please Ask for help. Tell your loved ones you need them. Sometimes we all need to accept we really can't do it all. We just can't.
I've still only stitched ONCE! I know shame. But hobbies can wait. Life is so much more than just my hobbies. I understand that better. I did find some time throughout my vacation to work on my latch hook rug. Here it was the beginning of my time there...
Here is a reminder of what the set I got for Christmas will look like...
The one I'm working on right now is the bear. You can tell better with the photo after my progress...
I think I ended up with 4 days of progress and 29 rows added. I know I'm over half way. This is a nice project to work at while I'm at the cabin so it stayed there. Honestly I miss working on it. I look forward to getting another good day on it.
I'm really hoping this week to finally stitch again. I did start thinking about on what. I'm trying to remind myself to breath and work on what I want to work on. Yes I'm behind but I'll catch up....sometime. Plus they were just fun goals not requirements to be a good person.
I'm also so far behind on everyone's blogs. I will catch up. Or I will skip the ones I'm behind and see you in your next posts. Thanks for hanging in there with me. I'm hoping to be back to normal again very soon. I guess for those who have followed me for years though know I do get really busy this time of year. Just no traveling away vacations. This stupid virus has sure canceled a ton of our plans. No Vegas trip this year after all. We moved it from April to September and now just canceled it. Right now we are hoping to go next April if the world is better. So more cabin time is ordered I guess. We'll be fine. We sure love it there. Thanks for listening to my ramblings.
