Well, I decluttered her.

I tried to send a clear, detailed, but polite explanation of the situation, which also included honest praise for the child where is was deserved and suggestions on making a better fit (than my class)

She told me I'm a horrible person and a lousy teacher (she used more words) and that she is withdrawing him from our school tomorrow.

The email would have been pretty hurtful 30 years ago. Now I'm just tired and sad that she did not advocate for her kid better by communicating before enrolling him.

Set up coffee.
Go to bed.

Lol Tatoulia, I suppose you read, but then no more post..

Today I did not keep up with the actual food packaging, but I washed or rinsed and set out to dry more food packaging than we created. And I started the fire with a paper egg carton.

I still have too much milk stockpiled in the fridge and am not managing it well (using oldest first) but I used more than I got today - even if I did give some that was sour to the chickens. Not optimal use, but it cuts down on chicken feed.

I found four little toy animals (Bean has nicer ones) and some arts and crafts sponges to add to the donate pile.

The weather didn't turn out as promised, but I got two loads of bedding out of the barn and onto cardboard in the garden. And I cleaned up and organized and worked on some projects in the studio for two hours. So, progress.

I have a big box of things set aside for a one way trip to school.

And Bean tucked in bed and our fruit soaking and squash thawing for tomorrow's baking.

Hi all,

Ended up getting gall bladder removed today. I had a stone obstructing the pancreas in worst spot. They said that's the most dangerous complication of gb so that's why I was so sick. That resolved itself but had to get gb removed to keep it from happening again . Gall bladder wasn't diagnosed til they did this imaging I guess because pain was referring center left instead of center right. ?? Still not sure why it wasn't even on the radar.

But that's my exciting news.

Will try to catch up when my eyeballs are cooperating again?

Good morning!

Road, I am sorry you had to have surgery, but I am hopeful that now the cause of the problem is gone and it will not come back! Rest and recover.

Woke to a note from Bean's mommy that his daddy was up sick all night. Hopefully he caught whatever it was hanging out with his friend on Saturday and Bean is not sick.

Today is baking and playing with Bean, and getting ready for school this week. Should also put the laundry away and keep working on the scullery.

I have been thinking - my spaces are liked debt, except instead of money, it is time and energy I have to pay. The idea is to pay just the minimum (keep up with any new messes and items) on most of them, and then throw any extra at the one with the highest interest rate (most impact on my life)

Only, since I am moving somethings into my basement, it's more like I am still using the lowest interest card so that I can pay as much as possible on the highest interest one.

But the point is, that like ccs, this should get easier with every space I clear and defend.

Oh dear Road, I am sorry you had to have surgery! Please write when you can! We care about you and your family a lot. I hole they were able to do the surgery laparoscopically so that your recovery will be somewhat better. But still a recovery to be sure. Please know I am holding you in my thoughts.

SubC, I like the concept of owning down debt. Of course my mind cannot quite grasp it in terms of lower interest rate vs higher interest rate vis a vis spaces but you know,and that's what matters.

It is trash night tonight. I need to shower and look alive. My friend Emiko came by and I was still in my pjs. She didn't mind. It was good to see her.

Bf heading down soon so I need to shower. Back to work tomorrow. No more lounging in bed til noon.

After I shower and get dressed, I will take my wreaths down for pickup tomorrow. I have taken down the Christmas scene in th e common area hallway. . I'm leaving out my paper houses because I love them so. I'll work on some of the other decorations later tonight.

Yes it's 5 PM and I'm just now looking alive.

Oh, I had no ginger ale or crackers the last two days and I do not feel nauseated. I wonder if they were contributing to my nausea.

I did not put up Dh paper houses this year because we didn't have a good place to put them away from Bean and dogs.

I still have Bean. His daddy is very sick with a high fever. If his momma doesn't think she can take him back tomorrow, I will need to take the day off. Except I left my room such a mess I think Bean and I will have to go clean it up before the sub takes over.

I made some progress on the house today, but have not been able to get entirely ready for school. I may be up late tonight.

Good morning!

I got almost six hours of Broken sleep last night.

We moved Bean up to the office room that opens into our room with no door because Dd was worried that if he got sick during the night we wouldn't hear him.

I got to bed around 11, but my feet and sheets were cold so I couldn't fall asleep. Dh came to bed freezing just as I was drifting off.

Bean woke up and quietly protested something at 1:30. If he had been in his own room, he would probably have just gone back to sleep, but I am hyper vigilant when he is here, and got up, touched him to check for fever, straightened his blankets, reassured him, and sat with my hand on his back for a few minutes before going back to bed.

A storm rolled in around 4 and woke me again.

Now it is a bit past 5, I am very tired, drinking coffee, It is pouring rain, I need to do my chores before Bean wakes up because it is too much to manage (too slow) if I wait for him. I'm trying to get ready to go to school taking Bean along at least to clean up, and I don't know if I'm actually teaching today.

This is not how I planned to start this school year.

Mice and men as the poets says.

I hope road is resting and recovering, Lila is enjoying her cousin, Tatoulia has her wreathes down and still feels better, and CM is still moving forward - poco a poco.

Bean attended my 11:00 class. Then we had lunch. His mommy picked him up at 1:00. Daddy's fever broke, so they kept him.

I got some of what I wanted done today.

My life has increased by two seed catalogs and 17 pages of paper today. I may try to find the energy to address that after dinner. But I am tired and not fully ready for tomorrow. This is how things build up.

Hi guys!

Subc, will have to give some thought to your debt analogy...

Tatoulia, yes, laparoscopic thank goodness. Pain not too bad except at one of the four sites. Also some "burning" feeling where I got a series of anti blood clot shots in my belly. Shots didn't hurt at all but now the skin is.

Instead of losing 5-10 I ended up gaining 13 (in fluid I assume). Hands feet are puffy, my eyes look bloodshot and puffy... having trouble taking a deep breath but my o2 is fine. Hopefully by tomorrow I will have lost a few in water. Running a little temp but nothing major. Had a little veg & broth, some crackers, half an apple. That's about all I could deal with today. Taking it slow. Just took one pain pill today.

House wise I just cleaned up a couple things in the kitchen. Hope fully I will feel better tomorrow. I did clean up a medical bill mess from august though. That was my big adulting today. Took almost two hours On hold on the phone (not my strong suit) but I think it's done. Big deal for me.

The H has been very tolerant and has tried his best to be helpful which I am grateful for. My son has been alternately angelic and turd like. He helped me put on pajama pants and a sock, and then he would pour ice water in his top hat and dump it over my head. You get the picture.

Sub c what is sil sick with with a high fever? Glad you made it work. Our Christmas is all still up. Gonna be a few days still I think.

I'm gonna sign off. Thanks for the healing wishes. Very hopeful I won't have another attack like the ones I've been dealing with since august. Happy new year everyone! Let's keep moving our feet forward and "KEEP HOPE ALIVE!"

Road, I'm glad you're home and not in too much pain, but that sounds rough! I'm impressed you did anything.

We don't know what sil had. I'm just glad he's getting better.

I went down to the basement and grabbed six old seed catalogs and put them in the recycling. Loose papers are just going to have to float.

I also found a plastic cap in my pocket that I hadn't even remembered picking up. So there's that...

Road! Be sure to take it easy! Sometimes those shots burn! Truly let yourself heal. Do not push yourself. Do not weigh yourself! You are filled with fluid. Just watch out for your lungs and try to sit up a few hours each day.

You did a good job salvaging your day, SubC. Dear little bean. Glad sil's fever broke!

I did get my wreaths down and out yesterday. It felt really good. I will put some of the Christmas things away soon.

Well dishwasher is ready to be run and I am ready to take my shower. Back to office tmr. I've been worried about my little African violet.

As usual I still have prep work to do for today.

I slept so much during break, and somehow I have already built up a brand new sleep deficit.

I am leaving my Christmas stuff up. I like it. I was going to take it down this weekend after twelfth night, but now we have a concert on Saturday night and dinner with friends on Sunday night and I think I will wait an extra week. Our semester ends on the 13th and I need to get started on evaluations - another thing I didn't do over break. So I will probably be motivated to procrasticlean.

Road - you keep resting! I don't know how old you are, but Dh had his appendix out laparoscopically about 15 years ago and it took him most of the week to recover enough to move around normally. And you don't even use your appendix!

Ok, I'm going to try to address my prep work and see what I can do about those 17 sheets of paper. - most of them were copies to organize records for school.

Good morning.

Once again I watched videos all evening. Once again I am getting up tired. I fell back into my groove like a needle.

I did find 25 pieces of teaching related paper that I could recycle yesterday morning.

I think if I balance my day the next morning I'm going to call it good, because I do better in the mornings.

Yesterday I added 8 more sheets of teaching paper to my life, so I will try to sort the teaching paper pile some more today. Food packaging ebbs and flows like laundry, but it is currently at a manageable place - the scullery has been getting neither notably better nor notably worse. I cleaned my desk at school up a little yesterday and I used the trash can.

Poco a poco.

More about the debt analogy - if you have many credit cards and you are servicing debt, that costs you extra money every month - as you pay them off, you lower the interest and then remove a minimum payment, so you can put more money toward the next one every month and pay off faster. The key is to reduce the total every month.

When I have many many piles and boxes around the house I spend a lot of time and energy moving them and churning through them looking for things. As I reduce them, less time will be needed for churning and moving and so more can be dedicated to reducing. I don't want to spend a bunch of time record keeping, so I am trying to be mindful and reduce the total every day if possible. I know I will have bad days, but if I can do that more often than not, the total should go down every month. And then next year I will have less stuff and more organization and daily life might be less exhausting.