Hello all remember me?
I cannot tell you how happy i am that 2017 is over. What an awful year!
Lets run through the last 4 months:
Our trip was canceled.
My nephew was shot-
my sister -well lets just leave it at she had to be hospitalized for a few days. The parasite who shot my nephew decided to try to get out of jail on bond and trial start the Thursday before Christmas. still have to get through the murder trial
Needless to say Christmas was just OK. My sister didn't come she canceled Christmas all together. the rest of us still went by my Mom's but nothing was the same..
I know you all know i have three jobs- I don't know if you knew what that one job was- I was a CM at our beloved
Disney store in Orland- which we found out right before Christmas is closing- the last day of business is this coming Monday.. It was like another death. I mourned for a couple of days i couldn't even walk into the mall without breaking down. I have now come to terms i will MISS this job more then you can even imagine. I just loved that job. My last day is this coming Sunday and i may chain myself to a pole in there.. just sayin.
i will try to apply for another store- right now it's not in the cards. availability isn't meshing with my normal crazy schedule.
Gained a crap load of weight
Oh and i started smoking again...
the kids teacher - who lives on my block 12 year old child passed away- cardiac arrest from not taking his asthma meds correctly
Which all just coincides with ME MOVING OUT OF THIS CITY!
This was just the past 4 months!
On to the good news shall we of 2017?
Matt and Zack were invited by another football team to play with them in a thanksgiving bowl in Gaitlandburg Tenn over Thanksgiving, They left on Tuesday and came home on Sunday following thanksgiving. Tom wasn't able to get off of work. And me working retail was not looking good. But I asked anyway and i was able to get thanksgiving and black friday off!! THAT IS UNHEARD OF! I did have to work that wednesday so after i picked up my mom and Peanut and we were off about 730pm?!
I was DEAD tired once we finally got there since my mom has phobias and cannot do this drive unless it's on flat ground. Lets just say our hotel was butted up against the mountain she wasn't driving. It was AMAZING! solidified our move to Tenn. I am HOOKED. football was crazy as the boys played against full grown men with beards. I will post pictures at some point.
that was about the highlight of 2017.
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So with all this NASTY ick - i have decided it's time for a reboot on life.
My 2018 is a total overhaul on life.
Back on my diet.
Back taking my quit smoking drugs
THINK before i speak-- Still working on this one.
Change my diet-- another work in progress
Back to working out -- taking the 3 with me since they want to stay in shape for sports- nothing crazy
I cannot control certain things which happen in my life-- BUT I can change HOW I react to them. Like the close of my BELOVED Disney store- i cannot tell you how depressed i was about this- i think this may have been the last straw on all the junk going on and i hit depression
So i started looking at all the positive Yes believe it or not there is- I will be able to go straight home after the city job. Be able to cook dinner, clean the house (which is in desperate need). I won't be killing myself anymore. Working almost 60 hours a week was taking a toll on me, granted it was the holiday season, yet it was tough on this fat old body of mine. I won't be missing any of my kids events- like yesterday was their science fair, i couldn't go as i was working (and i was asked to stay to get the store ready for the close.) I will get to spend a lot more time with my family! I can have weekends off HOLIDAYS off and i can go to Disney whenever i want! Just pay a LOT more for our trips!! a lot more freedom. See told ya there was positive.
2018 is also the year in which i need to get my house back- if i were to put it up on the market right now someone would think it's a run down haunted shack, not on my watch.. starting with the 2nd floor and moving down.
Then my car decided it was time for a new tie rod. so that broke while driving on the worst expressway in the city - I55 going 65mph. that was the scariest driving experience- worst then the accidents i have been involved in! Cars detest me. Looking for someone to fix it now.
staying in line with my POSITIVE 2018 it's ONLY a tie rod and could have been worse, i'll get it fixed and trade it in someday.
Since i woke up at 4:30 yesterday morning came to the city job then straight over to the Disney store got home about 11pm back up this morning at 4:30. I think i may leave her early today - grab some ORIGINAL Home run inn pizza for lunch and hang with the kids who are off today for that crazy teacher in school thing. This sounds amazing. i can nap before volleyball practice and dog training tonight! I LIKE THE SOUND OF THIS ONE!!
I ask you all to remember to be kind to everyone you meet you never know what is going on in their lives behind the scenes!
ALWAYS dream big- if you dream it you can DO IT!
Have a zippadee do dah day!