1. I plunged the toilet (only one in our house) for a good hour last night with no "headway." Colton came home from work at 11 pm and got it taken care of immediately. My plunging skills appear to be lacking.
2. Braxton and Mia got me a full-length massage mat for Christmas. It has heat and like vibrating massage. I lay on it when I first lay down for the night. It's basically amazing.
3. I now have to wear glasses basically always. I'm not sure how I feel about that yet.
4. Sending kids on missions, or anywhere for that matter, is HARD. Hard. It's a beautiful nightmare. I have cried, laughed, cried and then laughed. Anson called Auntie to say, "It's okay Auntie. It's okay."
5. This Gigi role is HEAVEN. This baby girl is joy. She blabbers and blabbers then laughs at herself! We all laugh too because we are just in love with that bit of magic.
6. Marco Polo is a pretty great invention. Becky B and I have daily conversations when it's convenient!
7. Mia wants to see a movie on Christmas. So we will be seeing Spider Man on Christmas night. Late. Like, after my bedtime. Worth it.
8. I learned today that poinsettias are basically drug addicts whilst in the green houses. They die so quick because they are taken off of their constant drip of fertilizer. Who knew?
9. I have been studying Lehi's Dream as I put together a mini course on Validation Addiction. I love the symbolism in that dream. And PS... the path is not strait and it's not narrow. It's windy and it has curves and turns and hills and valleys and speed bumps and dips and it's long. It has forks where we get to decide which path to go down. There are SO many mists of darkness (distractions) and I believe that most of the people in that great and spacious building are people we put there, based on our needs and addictions... So long as we can see that tree, no matter how far away it might seem... so long as we can grab hold of that rod, no matter how many times we let go... so long as we can turn the volume down on those people in that building who have no business even speaking our names, who don't decide our worth... we are going to be okay. Because spoiler alert: We are right where we are supposed to be. Our Heavenly Parents love us. They know us. They speak our names in ways that only They can. Our Savior took care of the messy stuff for us. So, we can actively reach out to His atoning sacrifice when we are reaching and reaching for that rod and can't seem to grasp it. He will make up the difference and bring it to us. That dream is beautiful and it's our real life. It's so simple. It's so simple.
10. I am on a social media cleanse. A fast. It is SO healing. It is freeing. The billboard of comparison is down. In the time I would normally just click on that icon for whatever social media it was for that minute, I am quieting my mind. I learning to balance my emotions better. I am in awareness - Step One. I am listening to my emotions, asking them questions, discovering the physical feelings they bring me, then asserting my agency when it comes to my thoughts - making dang sure they are related to the circumstances and facts and that the narrative my brain might want to tell about them is in line with the circumstances and facts.
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