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Day 76 - Comfort Food

I'm tired.

I know, we all are. First, I struggle with the time change. Every. Single. Year. Plus, I'm sure I'm still catching up on some sleep from the stress of my husband's injury this weekend, and the overall stress that comes with job searching, pricing out insurance plans, and dealing with dogs who are on potty strikes because of the weather.

By the way, my husband is fine, relatively speaking. Whenever I ask how he's feeling, he says "my thumb hurts," so maybe I'm more stressed than he is, which actually tracks our personalities pretty closely.

I've got a very busy week ahead. I have a handful of networking events or workshops to attend, Aunt duties for a niece and nephews, a couple of school board events, and an interview! I want to give a shout out to a bestie today who called me when I asked her for tips about this interview, and spent 20 minutes on the phone with me doing far more research than I had done. In my defense, she is in the field (which is why I asked her for help), so she knew what to look for and had some ideas on what I should ask, but yeah. She made better use of these 20 minutes than I had of my 20 minutes the day before.

My Aunt duties started today, and whew. Props to you moms out there. The house was chaos for the whole 3ish hours I was there. But more importantly, my SIL fed me, and it was delicious. It was a simple casserole that she had picked up from someone over the years, and I could have eaten the whole pan myself. I'm glad I didn't - it was very filling - but I wanted to! Her children didn't seem to appreciate it as much as we did, and kid(s), you were missing out. Trust.

Also, children are bad at playing instruments. She has a 4th grader in his first year of trying to learn the trombone and uh. I applauded, but even Hot Cross Buns was unrecognizable. That said, I still want an invite to the concert because I love little kid concerts. It's one of my favorite things in the whole world because the enthusiasm is at an 11 and the skill is at a 2.

Ok, I'm going to sign off. Like I said, I have a busy week, and I haven't applied to jobs in a couple of days, so maybe I'll apply to one before I put my laptop away for the day.

WAIT! Last but not least!!! If you have not already done early voting, go vote tomorrow. No year is an off year. Elections happen every year, and I'm looking forward to casting my vote for my current mayor's reelection. I think he's doing a great job, and I'm glad he's running again.

Ok, now I swear. I'm done.

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