Journal/Blog

04-03-23 Where did March go?

Wow. I would like to say that April snuck up on me, but it didn't.

March was just a busy month full of great experiences and different stress popping up randomly. (Stress loves to do that.)

The third month of the year is such a contradiction in my part of the world. You never know how it is going to go temperature-wise. Come in like a lion, go out like a lamb? Some years, it comes in like a t-rex with diarrhea and leaves like a Cat 5 hurricane. The best you can do in those years is try your best not to piss it off any more than necessary, keep your head down, and get through it.

Thankfully, this year was not one of those.

Our household has a couple of birthdays in March (including mine) and those always add to the cheer. It took some doing, but years ago when I first got married, I established 'birthday weekends'. Yes, we celebrate for an entire weekend instead of just one day (including the day of, too!). Why? Well, why not? They only come once a year and we can all use some extra cheering up! It isn't anything huge. We get to pick a thing to do (at home or going out), a special meal (homemade or in a restaurant), and pretty much get waited on hand and foot - as much as the current circumstances allow for at least.

It makes it special for the birthday person and also everyone else, at least for us.

The stresses that popped up this month kicked my butt, so to speak, but made me realize that I am handling it better in some ways. And in others, made me reevaluate how I am handling it. It's a constant battle, but one that I am more comfortable recognizing and tackling, so I'll take that positive away from it.

April has arrived just how I enjoy it best - with sunshine, greening grass, birds chirping, trees budding, bunnies hopping through the yard, and squirrels scrambling up tree trunks. I am thankful for everything that I have and will move forward with purpose.

Right after I get another cup of coffee.