“Tell the good stuff only, because there’s always plenty of time to discover the bad things."
The title of this post is a line from my current WIP. Though I wrote my character being snarky as she said that, how I wish I had this much confident positivity. But, yeah, I tend to share all the sour parts and hope people still see the good things in me, as if those will speak for themselves.
Maybe I should share more good and less bad.
Maybe I'm saying my own words through the mouth of my character convicted me just a little ;)
Alfalfa, activated charcoal, and vitamin C. Been taking this a lot, so why not make a vitamin flower?
And now it's time to share all the bad things that have been happening. Because who are we kidding??? Complaining is addicting.
So this month has been ... not so good. Last month I was sick, and I thought I got over it. But as soon as I thought I was better, I got sick. Again, and again, and again. My head always hurt, I was completely exhausted, and at the end, I acquired the most horrid sinus affection ... but that wasn't really the worse of it.
On top of that, I've been stressing and worrying over a bunch of little things, and I'm not normally one to stress or worry. It's as if everything piled up for a while, though. Family and financial stress, crazy work schedule, too much snow, friends, disturbed plans, hot water pipe busting at the house my sister and I are housesitting, my car heat going out and me having to cancel work because of it, my phone dying, my laptop cord being chewed by a mouse ... maybe I should stop, haha!
All of this lasted for about three weeks. But I got better (yay for taking lots of vitamins and trying to sleep more) and my mind snapped back and I've felt so alive and energetic, too.
There's still stress, of course, but not as much need to worry over it :)
One day, when I had to cancel work because of my car, I did a ton of baking. Most of this baking I did for a lady I clean for who I just found out is on hospice (something else I've been really sad about). But the remainder was for my sister and me; things to eat in the evenings after we returned from work.
My brother (I think he looks like a druggy in this picture haha) and sister and I took a friend out to eat. We had raisin pie for dessert ... so interesting, but I think I liked it.
*not my image* But I thought it was cute.
*not my image* I've never watched Harry Potter, but I found this funny.
Other Things From This Month:
-Went to see some friends do some Irish dancing on St. Patricks, and that was REALLY neat.
-There's Netflix at the house my sister and I are housesitting, so we watched "A Series of Unfortunate Events". I don't usually say this about movies, but I liked the TV series just as much as the books. Maybe more? I won't admit it, because the books are amazing, too.
-We also watched "Umbrella Academy" and though it started out slow, and had a ton of gore and language and black humor, I actually enjoyed the show. The ending was ... different. The show was weird and I'm still not completely sure if I love it or not, but I certainly enjoyed watching it.
-And now we are watching "Gilmore Girls" and we're loving that, too. Also, my sister says I'm just like Lorelai Gilmore ... not sure she meant that as a compliment, either.
-I had a bunch of custom sewing I put off most of the month, due to feeling sick. And if I'm honest, I hate sewing. But it makes money. I couldn't put it off anymore, though, so I finally "binge" sewed this last week and got it all done. Hopefully, I'll have pictures of that next month.
-Writing and reading have been a bit slower, but it's still happening every day!
-My sister and I did Ariel yoga, and believe it or not, I'm still sore from it.
I've said before that I hate sunglasses. And I still hold by all my previous words. But all this snow has been hard on my sight. One day the glare was so bad as I was driving home from work my eyes watered the entire way. So I finally caved ... and now you may call me Six-eyes.
(I just think it's so neat that the sunglasses fit over my other glasses)
My sister and I went out for bubble tea with a friend after work one day. After those long, miserable weeks it felt so nice to get a bit of social time. Plus it was fun trying bubble tea for the first time ... I had marionberry with aloe pieces and whole milk. So yummy. Except I swallowed a horrid ice cube. Why do they put ice in anything? Have I mentioned that I don't like ice? I always ask for water without ice but didn't think to ask for that with the bubble tea.
This last picture is a mystery picture; a hint at a surprise I have for you all for April 1st that will be posting this coming Wednesday. Any guesses what it might be? I'll tell you this: I'm really excited to be sharing this with you! And I may have posted something about it on my blog a long while ago ...
SOMETHING I HATE:
Snow. I'm going to do a post soon on why snow should be outlawed. I'm as serious as I can be on this issue.
AND...
SOMETHING I LOVE:
I discovered this most amazing blog called Princess State of Mind. It's full of lessons that we can learn from fairy tales, and how feminism harms rather than helps women, and there are several original fairy tales on it. My favorite one is The Girl With The Broken Heart.
You all seemed to like last month's update post, so I've decided to keep on doing them. And this, folks, is what March looked like ... at least the parts I chose to show you ;) How was your March?