What did you do this week?

Today I washed my front facing windows.  They are the ones I use the most.  I made the decision to leave the cobwebs at the top, outside of course.  While they are unsightly, after my bout of "Flymagedon" this Summer, I have great respect for anything that kills the eats flys.  

This has been an uneventful week.  I ran an errand into Belton for Mary, which worked out great because I needed to pick up a grocery order from WalMart...

She has a "walk through" at her apartment by the end of November.  She's really working hard on her drain pipes.  Snaking it...which isn't going well at the moment.  She's sleeping a lot, which is good and bad.  Good that she is resting, bad that I'm afraid that she might be escaping.  She knows I am available, but I am not going to take over and start bossing her around.  The old me probably would have done that.  

I did a lot of creating this week, got some new supplies in, did some changing around of wall art...I think I have the wall art the way I want it, for now anyway.  

I did a lot of computer work, working on listings, getting them scheduled, created, etc.  Trying to keep focused so I can build up some consistency.  I really need to get myself a good daily routine worked out.  Finally.  

I've been letting the wind blow me for so long, and it's taken this long to get some really old and some new cobwebs out of my head to make room for some new ideas and even better, clarity.

Clarity - not just about recent events - some way back there.  Its been a process, still ongoing, probably always will be, I guess.  Being human and all.  Whatever that means.  

I went through my YouTube subscriptions and deleted a bunch.  I am tired of resellers.  They are absolutely why thrift store prices are so high now.  Was their meager fame worth it?  All of us thrift store enthusiasts are paying the price for their fame.  They lament how high the prices are but the thrift stores are asking the same price as what they would sell them for because resellers made them aware.  Imagine.  They had it made, and no one was getting hurt.  Resellers were quietly selling their stuff on Ebay, making cash, and then all of a sudden it became a YouTube thing and EVERYONE jumped on the bandwagon.  

And then, after watching these people shopping and seeing how little they were spending compared to how much things were selling for, they show-off about their profits.  Insta/FB posts, updates, blah blah blah.    

Same goes for those storage lockers.  There is some interest in what treasures will be found, but then its the same thing, showing-off their profits.

I'm all about expanding my mind, learning about things we were never taught.  

Monday I have to force myself to make phone calls to places.  Gosh I really dislike doing that, but it has to be done.  Ugh.

I got the G-kids school pics for this year.  Gosh they are all so beautiful and smart and talented and kind.  Growing so nicely.  I wish they were closer, but they aren't, so we make the best of it.  I am still leaving them messages every morning, we still chat, it is what it is.  

Looks like I'm getting some activity on my page, I better go check it out.  Like I said, I've been working on my listings...some extra cash would be appreciated right about now.  

xxoo
Play Nice!

Being an Introvert

While I think of myself as a very nice person, I have no idea what other people think of me.  None of my business, I don't need to be told, I'll be able to tell.

In saying that, I live in a small apt. complex, and know who most of my immediate neighbors by name.  It's my nature to be pleasant, to wish them a good morning, a wave, some type of acknowledgment. I might even chit chat for a moment or two, but that's about it.  I'm not one of the "Golden Girls" (newly formed group) and I'm thankful for that.  They get together and play cards and whatever else old ladies do in a group.  I tried, I really did.  Went twice.  Not for me.  

The "girl in charge" seemed to understand that.  Or so I thought.

Today I got a text from her asking me to ride along while she took another resident to the VA hospital.  Downtown.  

I told her no, and she proceeded to grill me (over text), which was causing me such anxiety!  Why in the world is she asking ME?  She Knows that's not something I would do.   

My heart was beating, my mind is racing, trying to come up with answers to these questions that are boggling my brain that she's even asking??????

Turns out, she was texting the other girl that has the same name as me.  

omgosh

Then I get another text from her.  "I'm outside"  I informed her she was again texting the wrong one, and to please change my name in her phone.  She thought that was a very good idea.

Now that my heart has settled down, my breathing is leveling out, anxiety lowering, I can almost laugh about it.  If I did, it would be a nervous little laugh, though.

Play Nice!  
xxoo