Holidays

Happy Christmas everyone. It’s Boxing Day here in Australia. Yesterday was a great day. Catching up with family and friends, some we see once a year.

I know these days can have a range of conflicting emotions for many. Yesterday before my Mother in law arrived we all planned a way to manage her toxic behaviour. This largely worked.

I did choose to withdraw at times for some solitude. That was a blessing. My Wife knew not to panic, that me withdrawing at times was a necessary step.

I hope you find laughter and joy in your day. I am quietly confident 2025 is going to be a great year!!!

I turned my back wrong and the pain spiked to 8. I took a Norco less than a half hour ago. @pauleyholm just left for work and we're pretty sure she's going to be back sometime tomorrow morning. I'm gonna put on my heating pad and rest.

I'm gonna call my mom and chat for a bit. I wanna tell her how my night went. She's been nicer since we got into the fight. We have actually had 3 really pleasant conversations in the last week.

Therapy today went well. We did some really interesting journal prompts last night and my therapist really liked it. We actually talked about my freshman year of highschool cuz bad things happened to me back then. My therapist actually thanked me for being willing to be vulnerable.

We're skipping therapy next Thursday and then the following Monday. So my next session is next Monday, the day before my birthday. I'm gonna try to find a good years end set of journal prompts.

Saturday will be one month for me and pauley. It's been a really good month. She is so important to me. Saturday is also my holiday. I'm gonna make a really nice quiche for dinner.

Pauley is concerned that she doesn't have gifts for Yule or my birthday. I'm just so glad she's here and she's doing much better. We are so happy together. She means the world to me.

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She made me a big pot of noodles and I made her 2 cheddar brats. We're still doing parallel play while she works on her computer. I'm just happy to be close to her.

I'm going to a stitch and bitch next week with a friend who lives 10 minutes away. Then when it's done we're gonna come back to my apartment and I'll make a nice dinner for us. I'm probably gonna make garlic Parmesan chicken with noodles. I told her about my recipe and she said it sounds delicious. I've made it for my caregiver and she said it was one of my best chicken recipes. I might do a veggie to balance the dinner.

There's a witches market on the 30th. One of my favorite metaphysical shops moved a few years ago and I haven't seen it's new spot. They serve complimentary tea. They're gonna have a krampus available for pictures! I'm really excited.

December 21st is my winter solstice and a really nice holiday. Its called Yule. I'm gonna get a gift for my caregiver. I'm also planning to make peanut butter haystacks for all my friends. And I can't forget to make some for me!

I'm gonna send a bottle of chicken shit seasoning blend to my mom for Christmas. It's delicious. I think she'll like it. But just in case she doesn't, I'm gonna send her a box of cookies.

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I found some really fun events for us to go to this month. A crafting stitch and bitch, a cuddle party, a witches market with a krampus available for pictures, and an open mic poetry night. Luckily they're all happening after my cortisone injections. Hopefully I'll feel good enough to go have fun. Then there's a cookie crawl on Dec 15th, which is the day I want to celebrate my birthday. And if I can afford it, there's breakfast with the Grinch. So fingers crossed.

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hey everyone..i just wanted to wish everyone a happy mothers day..