Success Along the Weigh

Howdy do all.  Back at the top of the week again.  Why are the weekends barreling at warp speed this year?  Sigh. Saturday we did what was essentially a 3 hour lunch date. I couldn't handle being around the house anymore this weekend and we live in the center of "no exciting places to road trip" central.  We headed to Portillo's and there's a little park we like to walk at since it was a nice day. Then we basically turned around and headed home after being there for 2 hours.  I know, a lot of time wasted for that but once we got there, it was nice to see other scenery and eat different food.  What wasn't nice was the fact that because I didn't have a project or TV show for distraction, I was in a pretty heavy mental spiral.  The projects have been coping mechanisms for some serious Mom stuff coming up, job worries are kicking into high gear, frustration with trying to keep all of these seedlings alive , the house being a total mess, knowing our cancell...