That hardest thing about my mom being here for a week is that she never stops talking. Like I’m trying to read, please I need to read to self regulate.

I have no power but I have books and a French press.

I have a sweet elderly neighbour with two dogs who my dogs adore and he just brought over a present to my dogs from his dogs. 🥹 and I have two street holiday parties this weekend. I love my neighbourhood.

I think I might have a shin split in my left leg. Walking hurts so much but I have to walk all the time, because dogs. Is this my penance for saying that everyone who said they turned 40 and hurt were babies because I’m 42 and it might be because I exercise barefoot often?! Ugh.

I like watching Canada's Drag Race even more this season because I also get to practice my French listening skills! Also Moncton represent!

I haven’t left my house except for dog walks for nine days because I was sick and tonight I’m going to two Christmas parties and it feels wooo! I really love spending time with myself so it hasn’t been hard, but I suppose I could use a few laughs and someone other than my lovely partner’s face.

Can I recommend ignoring things that I can’t change, constant scrolling and being easily influenced to just reading all the time? Over 200 Books this year so far!

My brain and soul; I need some time to slow down. My body: how about Covid?

I’m working late today so I went to Costco at 11 and I certainly will not be going back there before Christmas even if they were giving it away. Wow.

I have to get dressed and out of the house on this dark rainy Saturday to play trivia. It’s a fundraiser for the Dartmouth Community Fridge and I love the gals I’m going with so I will get ready but it’s so hard tonight !

I am feeling this so hard lately.

The older I get, the less I care about holidays and things? Like why buy a bunch of plastic seasonal crap and put in so much effort. I am against consumerism these days and don't want to contribute to landfill core. I just want things to be simple and easy.

I have not turned the heat on at my home, yet I am at the office today and they are pumping it. I am so sweaty.

I never checked the weather, and I was super unprepared this morning. I couldn’t find my scrapers and I used a broom in a sundress, but I’m on my way.

I’ve had a super busy, social weekend and my brother invited my mom up for blue rodeo tonight for her birthday and surprise! The only hours of alone time I could carve out for myself tomorrow is now mom time! Mom is staying at my house, because little brothers who are almost 40 are still brothers.

My brain left my body for three hours when I glazed tonight so good for my brain; I love you creativity.

I’m watching TV and crafting and one of my dogs has just been staring at me lovingly for like an hour. Kinda cute, kinda creepy.

My afternoon walk brings forth my least favourite kind of weather, rainy and windy and chilly.

These two sure do know how to seek out the sun. 🌞

We have tickets to a concert tonight and now with game seven nobody wants to go to the concert.

I’m not sure if my dogs are gonna get out of bed today.

Not me being 42 and trying to learn to food budget. I already only buy what’s on sale; in season and I shop around, we don’t eat a lot of processed food so how am I supposed to know a reasonable food budget for two six footers who like to eat a lot? Do I include my two dogs who like to eat a lot?

I don’t really care for Halloween but I do care for wearing witch T-shirts to the office and it being appropriate.

I never have any sound on my Phone and often don’t know where it is, so I will pick up my phone and see the alerts. I thought even if you won’t have sound on they made sound?

Honey surprised me with a new hat for the world series!

My neighbour brought over a whole bunch of homemade Diwali treats and gosh darn they are tasty. One box of sweet stuff, one of savoury.

I’m watching baseball with my sweet honey and my mom is too but she is retired and texted me - shouldn’t you head to bed? No and also I work 12-8 tomorrow. Give it up mom. And let’s go jays.

Some of us had a lot of gummies and is working on cleaning and decluttering their basement and found their mom’s craft supplies from when I helped her pack up her house a few months ago and forgot I took. Plus an excellent journal I thrifted today.

Anyways I’m off today and it’s sunny and I feel a bit worked out about life in general so me and the hunny and the dogs are going to go the woods. The woods usually saves me.

I might have to put on socks today. I lament the end of no sock season.

Apparently I need to stay up to finish this ballgame.

I don't want to hear about Temu, I don't need Temu to show up on my Reddit, or Instagram. I don't want to spend money on unnecessary, mass produced crap made by low cost labour in China, but like there is no way out? To use the Internet you must see about Temu?

I took Friday off, so I am slowly limping towards a 4 day weekend. Also I don't have any Thanksgiving plans, about eating, and I don't care to. I am not sure I even like turkey.

I really wish I had never ordered that Understance.

I don't do TikTok, I don't watch videos, so how come when I look on Facebook now it is showing me AI slop, mostly big women in saris changing into other women in front of fake judges for like a fake reality show? I hate it so much. Is the Internet just going to be insufferable now?

Went to bed at 3, 5 hours of sleep, quick 5 km at the salt marsh trail and now get ready for a 4 year old birthday bbq! I don’t think I’m really 42.

I have never seen one minute of Survivor - any of them. Or a mission impossible, or a Star Trek.

Baseball game and then to my partner’s band playing at the Woodside, what a Saturday.

This is one hot start!!

It is unbelievable how much joy writing and receiving my little pen pal letters and cards gives me. I miss my mail so.

The only time I ever see the face of Trump is when my partner and I watch John Oliver and every single time he plays a clip of him I say, is this real? This can’t be real?!

Officially opening and celebrating our garden which I’ve been working so hard on for four months and it is such a lovely day!

Another gorgeous day to eat your lunch outside!

Starting my yearly depression into the darkness, and all the posts and notes say "Happy Fall"! Other than new notebooks and pens I am not sure of one thing I like about fall. Good walking weather I guess.

I almost always sleep pretty good and last night I tossed and turned all night with ovulation pain of all things! and of course today is my office day, gardening day, in person student support and I have plans tonight- grant me strength.

I looked up Robert Redford and realized I’ve never seen anything he’s in. What movie should I watch?

I have a late work day today so we are running to Conrad’s for a quick dip. Water is almost 20 degrees I guess!

I don’t know why the ENT shoving the camera down my nose had to be so handsome but here we are.

I’m not on the Tik Toc so maybe this is happening more and I wasn’t aware but why is my instagram showing me videos constantly of what people eat all day. I don’t want to watch people eating! Stop!

I threw myself a birthday afternoon yesterday and even though I am turning 42, I really am leaning into who I am, which is someone who loves Archie, candy, flowers and romanizing the mundane and does not feel 42 at all.