At home sick
I’m at home with a bit of a stomach bug today … so I’m puttering around CarlySharec and Silly Dog.
Complaints
It’s the third official day of Spring, and it’s shockingly BEAUTIFUL outside! Usually, Georgia has three seasons … Summer, Milder Summer, and Sometimes Winter. For the upcoming week, our lows are in the 40s and highs in the upper 60s. It’s nice to have a few days of just regular Spring weather before the stifling heat and humidity of a true north Georgia Summer begins.
BUT!
I can’t even enjoy it because I. Am. FREEZING!
Letting Go
I spent a lot of time today thinking about my mom’s stroke, and how it’s almost been two years.
It was the harshest life lesson I have ever learned. I spent much of that week pissed off at my mom … she wasn’t feeling well, and I chalked it up to her trying to get me to not move out. (I had just graduated from college and was moving to my first apartment that weekend … she didn’t really think it was a good idea.) The night before, I made several snide remarks to her that I didn’t even really mean – I was just back talking. That morning, I didn’t go back to her room to hug her goodbye (she was still sleeping) … I just yelled from the door that I was heading to work. And then I took some extra time at the end of the day to go to Wal-Mart and shop some, stalling before I had to get home for dinner.
When I got home, I found her. There was panic and adrenaline and I drove her to the ER. And my mommy has never been the same.
I don’t know. I’m not trying to be a downer. I just went shopping today and I saw a bunch of women with their moms, and it made me miss that. We used to love shopping together, and we still do occasionally but she doesn’t really like going to crowded public places because her one side is still paralyzed, she needs to take a lot of frequent rests, and one of her medicines can make her feel extremely nauseous with no warning.
I don’t believe in regrets, but if I could rewind to the night before I graduated from college, I would. I would do so many things differently. That is literally the last night I had before everything fell apart. I just wish I could start getting things back together.
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New Month, New Goals
Today is March 1. Spring officially begins this month. Daylight savings time goes into effect next Sunday. And it’s snowing in Atlanta. Not just some flurries. Big, heavy, chicken feathers. We have about half an inch on the ground, and the forecast calls for 1-2 inches before it’s all said and done.
