Tag: one badass day at a time
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Paperwork, Puppies, and Pulling Down Christmas
Paperwork, Puppies, and Pulling Down Christmas 🌼 Date: Wednesday, January 07, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Depleted, overachieving, stubborn. 💞 Status: Still alive. Slightly dizzy. Very accomplished. 😪 Outlook: The hard work is done — tomorrow is a problem for tomorrow. Today was one of those days where nothing dramatic happened, but somehow everything was exhausting. Phone…
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Pre-Baby Bladder Sleep and Other Miracles
Pre-Baby Bladder Sleep and Other Miracles 🌼 Date: Monday, January 05, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Cautiously optimistic (with good sleep swagger) ❤️🩹 Status: Rested, stitched, still healing 😴 Outlook: One miracle at a time — todays was sleep I woke up at 1:15 a.m. to pee.Which, historically, is how my body likes to trick me into…
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Victory Pajamas and Window Decals
Victory Pajamas and Window Decals 🌼 Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Triumphant but tender ❤️🩹 Status: Sore, tired, victorious 🥶 Outlook: Cold outside, warm inside, finally caught up Ha! WordPress: conquered. This mission technically started Friday night and didn’t officially end until this morning. Two days of wrestling with menus, ghost pages, slugs…
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When Strength Looks Like Asking for Help
When Strength Looks Like Asking for Help 🌼 Date: Saturday, January 03, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Heavy, humbled, honest 💕 Status: Upright with help. Grateful for it. 😒 Outlook: Learning the difference between resting and surrendering. Today’s Lesson: Fatigue Today’s lesson was all about fatigue — not the cute, “I’m tired, I need a nap” kind,…
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The Year I Needed
The Year I Needed 🌼 Date: Thursday, January 01, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Reflective, grateful, quietly powerful 💓 Status: Still standing. Still here. Still learning. 💪 Outlook: Entering 2026 clearer, braver, and done playing small 🥢 New Year’s Day, the Way We Do It For as long as I can remember — and I mean single…
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59 Hours Awake, 8 Hours of Bliss (and a Hard Stop at 10:30)
59 Hours Awake, 8 Hours of Bliss (and a Hard Stop at 10:30) 🌼 Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Quiet, tender, deeply tired 💓 Status: Shot one complete, record sleep achieved 🥱 Outlook: Rest counts as progress Day one of the Granix shots. For reasons known only to my body and whatever gremlin…
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Some Days Are Just Heavy
Some Days Are Just Heavy 🌼 Date: Monday, December 29, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Wired, stitched, stubbornly upright ❤️🩹 Status: Stitched, infused, sleepless 😁 Outlook: Progress… just louder than expected So, this morning was a plastics appointment and let me be clear: I walked in with zero expectations of getting a fill. At this point, I’m…
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Uterine Uprising
Uterine Uprising 🌼 Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Low 💔 Status: Alive, betrayed by my uterus 🌞Outlook: Sarcastically optimistic I was told chemo would shove me straight into menopause.Apparently, my body did not get that memo. Instead, it chose “’Tis the season of giving” and went full Harry & David gift basket on…
