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Weekly Plans

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Sunday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Breakfast with partner and friends
  • Volunteer at PAWS Cat City
  • Dinner with neighbors
  • Evening walk
  • Artwork
  • Read

Monday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Artwork
  • Read

Tuesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Artwork
  • Read

Wednesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Appointment with therapist
  • Clean apartment
  • Evening walk
  • Artwork
  • Read

Thursday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Artwork
  • Read

Friday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Laundry
  • Clean apartment
  • Dinner and movie with partner and friends
  • Evening walk with partner and friends
  • Artwork
  • Read

Saturday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • University District Farmers Market with partner and friends
  • Brunch with partner and friends
  • Movie with partner
  • Evening walk
  • Artwork
  • Read

Weekly Plans

Posted on by Gertie

Sunday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Volunteer at PAWS Cat City (double shift)
  • Artwork
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Monday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Tuesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Wednesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Clean apartment
  • Artwork
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Thursday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Friday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Go to Smith Tower observation deck with friend
  • Lunch/Dinner with friend
  • Evening walk
  • Artwork
  • Read

Saturday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Laundry
  • Artwork
  • Evening walk
  • Reading

Middle of the Night Ramblings

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Good Morning, World!!! It is the middle of the night here in Seattle. I am unable to sleep due to both insomnia and PTSD which sucks shit as I really would like to sleep. Since I am unable to sleep, I decided to pick up a book I bought at Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC). The book is call “To Shape A Dragon’s Breath” by Moniquill Blackgoose. It is the first book in the Nampeshiweisit series. It is about a 15-year-old Indigenous girl who trains a dragon despite what colonizers say or at least that is what the back says as I’m only twenty-eight pages into the book. So far, the book is a good read. I will keep you updated on how the book is as I continue to read through the book.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie and attempt to go to sleep. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Monday Morning Before Work Ramblings

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Good Morning and Happy Monday, World!!! It is another Monday morning and the start of another work week for many people across the world. Right now, I am feeling some uncertainty regarding my supervisor having resigned before his leave (FMLA) ended. Thankfully, I work on an awesome team that has been working pretty well together and have been holding each other accountable especially when our supervisor was on leave before resigning. The feeling of uncertainty comes from not knowing what is going to happen next or who going to be the supervisor. I guess I am just worried when we do hire a new supervisor on how the supervisor will be especially when it comes to communication style. For me direct communication is the best way to communicate with me because it leaves no room for misunderstandings.

I am looking forward to work as I really enjoy my job and as much as I am looking forward to work, I am looking forward having time to read. I tend to read on the way to work as well as on the way home from work as I take public transportation to and from work. I also read while I am on lunch. I’m in the middle of reading two really good books that I am enjoy immensely.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie before going to work. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Weekly Plan

Posted on by Gertie

Sunday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Volunteer at PAWS Cat City
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Monday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Tuesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Wednesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Appointment with therapist
  • Appointment with psychiatric nurse practitioner
  • Clean apartment
  • Artwork
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Thursday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Friday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Laundry
  • Clean apartment
  • Artwork
  • Dinner with friends at Red Robin
  • Evening walk
  • Read

Saturday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Go to the U-District Farmers Market
  • Watch movies with partner
  • Dinner with partner at Red Robin (yes, Red Robin, again)
  • Evening Walk
  • Read

It’s Been A Long Day

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Good Evening, World!!! It has been a long day for various reasons. One of those reasons was due to work as well as some news myself and the team I work on regarding our boss. I love my job most of the time and today was a mixture of loving it and being frustrated but mostly loving it.

The news regarding my supervisor didn’t come of a surprise but was somewhat frustrating for me especially since he is a very sweet guy. My supervisor has been on leave or FMLA for most of the summer like last year. His leave was supposed to end tomorrow (Friday) with him returning this Monday. Apparently, he resigned today via email with his supervisor saying that tomorrow (Friday) will be his last day. My colleagues on my team and I are not surprised by this, but we all wish he would have informed us sooner. I’m truly hoping that he is doing okay as I worked with him at a previous employer. There is a lot of uncertainty on my end regarding who the new boss is going to be and will do my best not to worry about it till there is a new boss.

After work I went to go get my meds. I was going to do it yesterday (Wednesday) but didn’t feel like doing it. Some of my meds help with the symptoms of my mental health diagnosis’s. Taking meds for my mental health is just one part of my mental health recovery.

One of the other things that helps with my mental health recovery is reading. On the way home from work and picking up my meds, I went to a used bookstore and bought me a book. Technically it is three books in one by Orson Scott Card. The books are The Memory of Earth, The Call of Earth and The Ships of Earth. I am looking forward to reading all three books in one book.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie and read. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Daily Prompt; Do You Remember Your Favorite Book From Childhood?

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Daily writing prompt
Do you remember your favorite book from childhood?
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If I had to pick a favorite book from my childhood, it would be one that my grandpa would read to me quite often at bedtime. The book would be The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey. I don’t remember why it was why my favorite childhood book, but it was, and it brings me joy when I reread the book. As an adult, I value the memories of my grandpa reading it to me.

Caturday with Billie the Kat

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Good Morning, World!!! It is another Saturday or should I say Caturday here in Seattle. I do not have anything planned for today as I am still on sensory overload from Emerald City Comic Con and haven’t had any down time from people in two weeks. My plan for today to read and cuddle with my cat, Billie. Hopefully, I will be able to finish Starter Villain by John Scalzi. If I do finish it today, I will write a book review of it tomorrow.

Now, I am going to show some pictures of Billie.

Billie just staring off in space and wondering why I stopped petting him.
Billie and his grumpy face.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie as I read and avoid being around people today. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Friday the 13th Ramblings

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Good Afternoon, World!!! As you know it is Friday the 13th. Many people are superstitious about Friday the 13th for some reason that I don’t understand. I usually watch horror movies and/or read horror books Today I have been reading a horror book for most of today and mostly like will continue to do so. Considering it is snowing is Seattle and it is good day to read any time of book. I personally don’t like the snow so I am thrilled that I can just stay home and read.

I did have a follow appointment with my regular doctor regarding my hospital stays a couple of weeks ago due to kidney stones, kidney infection and a bladder infection. We discussed ways to prevent bladder infections as well as kidney infections and encouraged me to work with the kidney stone specialist in the urology department. I plan on following through with what my doctor suggested as having kidney stones, a kidney infection and bladder infection suck.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to go back to reading my horror book as I cuddle with my cat, Billie and spending the rest of today and all of tomorrow not surrounded by people as I all peopled out from the last two weeks.. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Up Too Late Reading Due to C-PTSD

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Good Morning, World!!! It just after two o’clock in the morning Seattle time and sleep is not happening at the moment. The reason why sleep is not happening at the moment is due to C-PTSD symptoms. Due to the severity of my C-PTSD symptoms I am reading a horror book. The current horror book I am reading is The Graceview Patient, by Caitlin Starling. So far, I am immensely enjoying the book.

I tend to read horror books in the evening to help reduce the amount of C-PTSD related nightmares. Nightmares related to horror books I read are easier to cope with than nightmares related to C-PTSD. That is why I am currently reading a horror book, so when I do attempt to go to sleep it might not be so challenging to do so. Having C-PTSD sucks shit.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie and continue to read. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!