Well, so much has happened during 2024. I had agreed in late 2023 to take on a corporate account for dispositions in a different city, which was within an hour up to a 2 hour trip each way. I was the only person working it, and I accommodated my schedule to travel 2 to 3 days a week and work infront of the computer the rest of the days...... I was working an average of 10 - 12 hours each day and was so stress and overwhelmed that I felt anxiety that I have NEVER felt in my life!!!! OKAY so all things work out because as I was working, I was paying off parent student loans that I thought were going to follow me and my husband to the grave. I still have a bit to payoff but it is no longer in the six-figure range.. I was responsible, I didn't buy a little bungalow by the beach, I didn't go crazy and buy a new car or anything like that. Yes, I did go out to buy all new clothes because I stress ate, I am premenopausal, so yeah, I grew out of my existing wardrobe.
Things have since calmed down, but it took me a few months to recover. Toward the end of last year they hired someone to help for that territory. Needless to say, I am now fulltime, back in my own city working, the workload is lighter (so are the paycheck's :), and the driving is much less. Unfortunately, the extra weight has stuck to me though...
Since 2024 was a blur, I will highlight some great things that have happened in 2025!
Biggest highlight was that my daughter got married! It was a very small dinner celebration with the parents and two witnesses. They plan on a reception for family and friends sometime in 2026.
Great news is that my youngest son is back in university to finish his degree, and his girlfriend got accepted to nursing school.
My oldest son is doing good with his little family, and I enjoy spending time with them. They actually came over to my house to celebrate his girlfriend s birthday which was so sweet!
I took 8 weeks of Saturdays starting in January and became a certified End of Life Doula. I volunteer every Sunday for a few hours at ABODE which cares for the dying without any cost to the family running 100% on donations. In turn I also worked on a mosaic Life in Bloom that will be auctioned off this Saturday and 100% of the proceeds will go to ABODE, this particular piece was my therapy to de stress while creating it. It took me from October-to last day of January to complete. I worked on it in the evenings, and it really let me escape the day.
I have also created some cutesy little mosaics that are currently being sold at a local coffee shop util the end of this month.