@Cornanda – Red pepper flakes would be fantastic! I’ll give that a try, too Hang in there with that stupid pound. You’ll get rid of it soon, I’m sure!
@AmbersWay – Definitely sounds like a great neighborhood. Connections like that are so rare nowadays. You have done an excellent job with your children…I love that they have fun together. Now that all 3 of mine are parents, they have bonded even closer than they were and I love seeing them all together just having fun.
@trooworld – So sorry about the start of the migraine, but glad you seemed to catch it before it got really bad. Nice that you were able to discuss your art piece with people. I’m one of those that loves to hear the story behind things directly from the artist. How sweet of you to put together a care package for your friend. I’m sure she will appreciate it.
@reshii_devi – Your before & after pics are fantastic! That’s the kind of pics I need to see to help motivate me when I’m feeling hopeless. Nice job and thank you for sharing! And are we twinsies with regaining what it took a month to lose? Cuz I’m in the same boat right now…
@Katmary71 – Sorry about the delay in posting my weigh-in. I haven’t had time to read everything so now I’m playing catch-up. What’s this about a roommate? I’m so out of the loop!
@gemwolf110 – It hurts when our family members’ memories start to decline. My mother is 81 and she’s been forgetting things. Like last Sunday we all went to her place after church. My daughter put her 3 month on Nana and she held him for about 5 minutes. About 30 minutes later, my mom asked when was she going to get to hold him…she had already forgotten that she did. It’s sad. Definitely something we don’t want to admit to.
@19shmoo69 – Hugs, my friend. I overthink all the time, Darren. The depression tells me no one wants to be friends with me and then the ADHD kicks in and obsesses over absolutely everything. And then comes the self-hatred talk. It’s awful. (I’m an extroverted introvert, too.) Just keep quoting Stuart Smalley and one day we’ll believe it….I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!
@megnolia82 – Happy Belated Birthday!
@TeresaW2024 – Not sure if I missed a post…so did you win with your Mexican pizza?

I’m feeling overwhelmed and burnt out. I did not miss living with Hunter. It’s only been 3 weeks and I’m so tired of her. She’s exhausting. I just want her to be quiet and let me watch a tv show while I’m holding Oliver, but she talks nonstop. And most of it is so irritating. She’s constantly talking about what Michael is spending his money on (looks like he bought a new car instead of paying their bills). I understand, but my personality is to not let someone have that much of my headspace. Last night I told her I love her and that I’m trying to support her and Byron as much as I can, but that we just can’t live together. She knows she’ll need to figure out housing a few months after Brayden is born. My mental health is going downhill. I’m depressed and then my ADHD makes me obsess over everything I can’t accomplish because I have to do so much for my grands. I ended up having to hire someone to mow my lawn because I tried and failed getting my mower to start for 3 weeks. I don’t have the money for it, but I have even less time. With the current schedule, I only have Monday and Tuesday nights and Saturday mornings free. Thankfully Syd just told her job she can’t work Sundays anymore, so I’ll get that day back. I just want to stamp!

Oh, and I knew this was going to happen…I had been steadily losing weight since Christmas… and now that Hunter is back in my house, I’ve let her influence my food choices horribly the past couple weeks and I’m back up too much. That, of course, adds to my depression.

I’m going to try to clean out the fridge…and motivate to stop and buy peas so I can make that pasta recipe that @trooworld shared with me. Pray for me, please.

QUESTION: What are you finding challenging right now?
Life.