so far so good in Bittersweet

  • Aug. 10, 2021, 7:10 a.m.
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My facebook hiatus is going well so far. I uninstalled the app on my phone or i go to log back in alot. So got rid of that and that helps. My coworker messaged me to gripe about work but other then that. no one has contacted me.

I got the kids finished enrolling in school. Dropped off their paperwork for it. Got the bus routes. Tomorrow is my one day at work, then i have to take the middle schooler to orientation at his new school. The highschool by the way is three times the size of the one in Alaska. Whch we thought was huge and overcrowded. This school looks like 3 schools slapped together with corridors. I told the highschooler and he is all.... Wut. So ill have 7 minutes to run through 3 buildings and looks like 3 to 4 floors? I told him hopefully its like my highschool campus, where the classes are separated by grade level and you typically didnt need to go into say the senior building, for a freshman class. Fingers crossed. I hope i did the right thing by putting him in the JROTC s. Something like that that is totally new is nerve wrecking for me. I hope its the right class.... The other kids are excited. Our bus stops are in three different places, all of which will have to be driven to and from to meet htem. None are close enough to walk. My life of getting up at 6 am starts Thursday lol. Im not going to be a happy camper.

ive decided with work, to just let the cards fall where they will. If they only schedule me for one day a week, oh well. Im considering going to school but for what is the question. Maybe dental hygenist. Its a fairly fast school, just over a year. I try to think of if i can be happy doing something… Before i spend money on the schooling for it, i have to be sure ill actually enjoy it and not want to quit after a year ( ok retail dosent count there right)

We finally met the neighbors with kids down the road. We never seem to catch them outside. But little girl found a boy her size ( about her age) and they talked for over an hour. Turns out he is autistic and the mom said she was surprised he was so talkative with her. He normally wanders away. So im glad! He will be a grade ahead of her but his younger brother will be in her grade. Sometimes i feel bad for holding her back. But she had to learn to read! And she can do fairly good. So fingers crossed. Anyway, we chatted a bit and then it was dark.

The kids are very ready for school. Only two more days of vacation. Im not sure if im ready or not haha. Im anxious. Very anxious. And a bit miffed that the first week back of school, my one day a week she has me closing. Ill have to be up, take my kids to school. Wait for hours, go to work, then not see them till the next morning. Lets face it, its not designed well for parents. Its pretty hard when you cant see your kids at all! I have to depend on T to pick them up. Its like i need a job where i can work a few hours a day, but on my terms. I dont know… i know i can handle the one day a week just fine. Even if the income is piddling to nill. Im going to have to pull myself together and get some OTHER things done. Like my crafting stuff that ive been putting off. After all… im running out of things of interest on netflix.... And m gong to turn that off. Between netflix and hulu its 40 a month dang near! Thats a lot of money we need to save seeing my work is what it is…

Ok i need to log off and get things out of the way.


Deleted user August 10, 2021

I deleted my FB entirely back in the spring and don't miss it one bit. It was becoming a drama mill and the politics and "thoughts and prayers" nonsense was really getting to me. Plus, it's a time-suck, and not in any meaningful way like clicking around here on PB and leaving notes like a rando. ;-)

ChainedChrysalis Deleted user ⋅ August 10, 2021

lmao! Legit. It does suck my life.
I actually have a dummy account with like 50 random people i added in some save the animals group. That way i can man my photography business page without deleting it. I joined a couple local pages so i can keep up on whats going on in the community. Like traffic and accidents and whatnot. And otherwise... There isnt anything there to GO LOOK AT! I find myself looking at my phone a lot more today. It feels like detox.

❤️vee August 10, 2021

I also deactivated Facebook several months ago and just kept messenger. it's been an absolute bliss without it, aside from a few who do still message me (it's not worth deleting it entirely though).

I feel like your kids are going back to class super early! my son doesn't go until the day after Labor Day.

ChainedChrysalis ❤️vee ⋅ August 10, 2021

They DO go early here. Back home they would be next week. I wish it was after labor day. The state fair starts the 25th and im sure al the kids will be pulling out of school for that! They did in alaska. But school here is a 4 day week, and only 8 weeks off in summer. So they get 3 day weekends all the time. And less summer time also means less time off where the brain goes into forget everything mode. I hear its better all over for education.

im going through facebook withdrawl haha. Ill get over it.

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