Hello everyone! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We had a good Christmas, got to see my parents, but unfortunately were not able to see my in laws since they came down with covid, and then my sister in law came down with something so we have yet to exchange gifts. I don’t really care actually, I didn’t really ask for anything nice or cool so it would just be good to get together to share a meal and hang out with them. And in case you are wondering why I didn’t ask for anything nice it’s because I hide the jewelry collecting side of my life from practically everyone, so I don’t like asking for that kind of stuff. ALSO I was too busy stressing about an upcoming surgery I was getting so adding to my wish list was not high on my priorities.
Last year I spoke about not knowing what to do with this blog, I still don’t have an answer. The cost of maintaining a website has risen by A LOT and I hardly every post now so I don’t know what I’m going to do. My blog was mainly used to report on upcoming sales, new releases, sneak peeks, and reviews; but all of that has changed because these companies have made it extremely hard not to mention I lost all my special sources who used to feed me this information. I’ve also lost a lot of interest in a certain company and I don’t collect or haul like I used to.
I also have a very bad case of the post Christmas blues…been a bit down and it’s been hard to get out of the slump I’m in. 2023 was a very hard year, family loss, grief, unemployment, health issues, etc. It’s strange, I am just trying to manage it all but my husband is the one that reminds me that I’ve been through a lot and I guess I haven’t really processed it. Maybe that is why I’ve been down lately, I am finally processing everything that has happened to me and I need to go through this process. It sucks because I am really struggling to just get basic things down around the house.
In any case, I don’t have much hope that 2024 will be much better. I tend to see all negative and it’s hard for me to find the positive in things sometimes, so I’m going to hope and pray and cross my fingers that I have a better year! I hope we all have a better year!
2023 was also a horrible year for us. My husband was in the hospital 4 times, twice for surgeries and one of the other times was touch and go. Between hospitals, doctors appointments, cardiac rehab, and physical therapy we had no time for anything else. And mid December in his last week at cardiac rehab he caught Covid. Vaccinated in September and armed with Lagevrio antivirals he was testing negative 6 days later. But he lost weight and strength again. But we had family here for Christmas which brightened everyone’s spirits. And we are beginning 2024 determined to keep him health and regaining his strength. He will be 89 in February.
I’m sorry you’ve been down. Cut yourself some slack. You have to feel how you feel. But try to make time for something life affirming that you enjoy for at least a few minutes every day. You will work through everything in your own time in your own way. Getting to know you through this blog makes me positive you’ll persevere.
I’m so sorry to hear that Deborah…I can’t imagine how that must have felt like. I can’t imagine having my husband in and out of hospitals and having health issues, thankfully we are both ok for now, knock on wood and pray to the good Lord to keep it that way.
I’m glad family was able to brighten spirits, we had a second cousin that we used to be very close to come by too and it was nice having him here, unfortunately he left before new years so we were unable to include him in our family tradition of playing monopoly which we do in order to wait for the new year, it was the first time we’ve been able to play since 2019 so it was tons of fun.
Thanks again for your lovely comment, it’s readers like you that make it worthwhile and makes me feel like i’m not just talking to myself LOL. Take care of yourself and hubby xoxo