Hello, good morning, happy Friday!
It’s been a a weird week around here. It’s spring break so we haven’t had any of our regularly scheduled activities. In a way, that’s been really nice. We had a family movie night, hung out with friends from our old town that stopped by for a bit, the girls and I went shopping (H got this dress and this shirt and both are so cute on her), and we hit a bucket of balls together at a driving range for the first time. Our form left a lot to be desired but we had fun!
On the other hand, I’m not sure if it was our lack of enforced structure, the pollen, or my hormones, but I’ve had some pretty consistent brain fog all week long. On the outside I think (hope) that I look like I’m functioning as normal but I feel like I’ve mentally been trudging through mud.
I also had one of those moments of really missing my dad. It’s something I realize I don’t really ever talk about- the seemingly unprovoked occasion of suddenly wishing deeply that I could just talk to him for five minutes while tears well up in my eyes.
I shared that, along with the ball in a box perspective of grief, on Instagram and then proceeded to ugly cry my way through the responses that were a mix of comradery in this universal human experience of grief and loving responses remembering things I shared about my dad and how he used to always leave messages on all my blog posts.
Between the brain fog and the emotions, I, of course, blame hormones. But the fun thing about 42 is that do I blame where I’m at in my cycle (fitting) or do I blame perimenopause? I just received the copy of The New Menopause that I hope will help me figure it out. Can I tell you how humbling it is to buy a book with the word menopause in it? Aren’t I still 20-something years old?
I had a few moments of productivity. I put together my Tween Girl Easter Picks and Teen Girl Easter Picks lists. I really enjoy doing this so much because I basically knock out that task for my own Easter Bunny while hopefully creating something helpful. I didn’t get around to making graphics though (that takes longer than one might think), but wanted to go ahead and share them because Easter is only a couple weeks away (crazy).
I also washed sheets, completed chicken chores, and ordered photos for my frames, which took over an hour because I ended up scrolling through pictures with H of her toddler days. She was so cute. Sniff.
Hormones, is that you? Time to start reading my book…
I’m looking forward to this weekend, which should hold some fun time with friends, plenty of sunshine, and of course some basketball watching!
We are so into March Madness. Is that something you enjoy? We all filled out brackets (mine isn’t doing so well at the moment) and then had both ChatGPT and Grok fill one out too, just for fun. David has been telling me he is finding Grok to be superior in his use, so we decided to put them to the real test… basketball predictions!
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a really wonderful weekend. I’ll be back next week with something more substantial to share than a rambling monologue. See you then! 
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