Life is busy and I love it!

 If you know me well, then you know that I love to be busy. I love getting to go to work everyday. I have a love/hate relationship with my 5am runs! I may or may not be ready for the half marathon by January. My free time is spent trying to transform the former boys room into the guest room of my dreams; however, I am bound by my ability and my finances. I have a closet kit ordered and on back order. I also have a tv, wall mount, and another closet kit in my Amazon cart waiting for the funds. I need the contractor to give me an estimate on some work that is way over my head. I have the brass bed frame (my grandmother's), but I need a mattress. I also may need the slats. I won't know until I get it out of storage.  I have a night stand that matches the dresser, and a cedar chest, but I want an antiqueish looking, but comfortable chair that is not too big. I also have a new ceiling fan/light picked out and plan to replace the closet light fixture. I think I also want a mirror to hang on the closet door that currently has Captain America painted on it. I would like some sort of drop down or foldable desk that can be used with the chair in case I need to do some work at home. I hate being relegated to my bed. which is where I end up when Marc is home. He watches the TV blasting to the point that is shakes my bedroom wall, so I can't really do anything in there. In all honesty, I would love to go room by room and make them better. 

My life does not really allow for that kind of time...neither does my neuropathy. I have so many plans, but no budget! HA! 

I feel like rodeo season kicked off this week. We had our first meeting. I missed my team's chili cook off, but I plan to attend all-the-things! I also have a family reunion coming up. We are camping again this year. It will be smaller than last year, but I feel so much healthier. No lie, after last year, my legs hurt so much and were so sore from walking up and down a few feet of an incline all weekend. That can be attributed to the severe anemia. 

So, I meant to mow my front yard today, but go side-tracked with the closet redo and coming to terms with my perfectionism. I finally had to give up on perfect. It is a closet, so I am ok with it. 

My goal is to have the "guest room" finished before Josh and Morganne come for Christmas. I can easily get the bed in here, but I really want the room to be complete. I do not want it to look like a room that belonged to TWO boys for 20+ years. I do not want it to look like a room that suffered the consequences of a room leak. I do not want it to look like a room that had a wall of paper due to the moisture from a window a/c unit. I want it to be inviting and relaxing! 

On the cancer front...My last signatera test was negative. This is always a relief. Yet, my mind always drifts to my difficult breathing, which is likely due to allergies/asthma.  Please pray for me to have peace for my upcoming colonoscopy and CT scans. 

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