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Day: 30 August 2025

Why I dislike Labour Day weekend

August 30, 2025 christinesteevesspeakman

It all starts with August 1st. The start of the last month of summer holidays. The month before – I…

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Notes from Today

April 17, 2026

  • Lots to digest, some not what was expected
  • Taking it slow

April 16, 2026

  • Missed day of doing who knows what

April 15, 2026

  • Storms in middle of night bring late morning starts
  • Cloudy mind makes a slow waking up

April 14, 2026

  • Reality vs Hope
  • Unsettle weather vs unsettled emotions
  • conflict vs opposing

April 13, 2026

  • Dullness in weather & possibly mood
  • Attempts
  • Hope

April 11 – 12, 2026

  • The weekend
  • a bit of this; a bit of that; a bit of I don’t know

April 10, 2026

  • Bill paying day
  • cleaning out computer email files day
  • Rain drops falling day
  • Way too much way too early day
  • Progress? Hope.

April 9, 2026

  • New day; new chances
  • Windy, mix clouds, hints of winter leaving and spring arriving

April 8, 2026

  • Don’t want control; would like stability, a path forward
  • Blue clear skies with warming temperatures
  • Potential?
  • I’ll take this surprise for however long it is

April 7, 2026

  • Cold
  • Hope

April 6, 2026

  • Starting over…again
  • Sunny, blue skies, temps on cold side, but promise in the air
  • not full promise

April 3 – 5, 2026

  • Rough, scary times
  • back in hospital again

April 2, 2026

  • Surprising start
  • Cooler temps, dull skies, cooler temps

April 1, 2026

  • Rough

March 31, 2026

  • Never a dull moment when dealing with pain management
  • Adaptability has to be my new mantra
  • Rain, thunder, now skies getting lighter behind clouds
  • Impressed

March 30, 2026

  • Sun, warmish temps
  • struggling to not be discouraged
  • meditating more
  • trying
  • I’ll take today’s small victory

March 29, 2026

  • Up earlier and feeling stronger than last few days
  • Hoping this feeling continues throughout the day
  • normal mix bag of everything

March 25 – 28, 2026

  • pain is a bitch

March 24, 2026

  • surprisingly, promising start, still open to change
  • spoke too soon

March 23, 2026

  • Pain is a bitch and a cruel master
  • Blood is everything; blood is life…that ain’t just some vampire story mantra

March 22, 2026

  • Family birthdays today
  • still a rough start
  • ending better than it started

March 21, 2026

  • not so much a positive day

March 20, 2026

  • Rain
  • another positive start to day
  • too deep of a re-sleep

March 19, 2026

  • Surprise …positive start…I accept this win

March 18, 2026

  • gone 21 years
  • 7 years ago I was in ICU
  • still one step at a time

March 16 – 17, 2026

  • always trying
  • Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 14 – 15, 2026

  • mix and match days
  • weather can’t make up its mind
  • rearranging furniture and items, kinda a mess

March 13, 2026

  • Happy Friday the 13th

March 10 – 12, 2026

  • mom’s home, we’re settling back into routine

March 9, 2026

  • dad would have been 95, today

March 3 – 8, 2026

  • mom still in hospital
  • weather changing
  • time change
  • mixed emotional life right now

March 1 – 2, 2026

  • Mom’s still in hospital, but everything seems on right path. Rheumatoid arthritis is a bitch; however, this may have just shown a new issue with her heart, so that’s a good thing.
  • Had migraine on 1st, tender today.
  • Looking forward to getting taxes done…only a little sarcastic there

February 26 – 28, 2026

  • Mom’s in hospital

February 25, 2026

  • Family…what exactly is it?
  • Mind’s a bit wandering today
  • overcast, temps a bit who knows, but barometer is down

February 24, 2026

  • Colder, sunny-ish blue skies
  • Not sure what I plan
  • review read and notes made

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