What I'm Reading This Week #19

Hello hello, mah peeps!  I hope you had a good week.  A quick birthday shout out to my FIL.  I'm sure he's whipping up quite a party up there and DJing like he used to back in the day.  

It's very hard to not think that today was supposed to be our first full day walking Ogunquit Beach in Maine after finding a place we could finally afford there.   I'm also failing at knowing we should still be gone for another week. and we're especially bitter given what a complete disaster our attempt at a smaller getaway was when we stayed at the worst place we've ever rented a few days ago.  When I say there was nowhere comfortable to sit/sleep, I mean NOWHERE.  The Mr is crippled and we spent our anniversary hoping he didn't end up on a telehealth call for strong pain meds.  I had borderline migraines daily and by the end was also limping with my SI joint joining the hobble party.  It rained torrentially every single day which we're fine with normally but when you have nowhere to sit to relax to take it in that doesn't kill your body, being inside isn't much of a treat.  I've had a migraine every single day since we came back all day and night because of how bad the bed, pillows and makeshift pillows screwed up my neck and back.  So, money and health wasted on a place that was lipstick on a pig because we had to scramble and take what was available with such short notice and in our price range.  Thanks Chester Cheeto.  

We're thankful to have the cushion monetarily we got from having to cancel the real vacation but there's basically no mental break this year and that is bad.  We both agree we are worse off than we were before we left last week in so many ways.  I tell myself it'll allow us to save up for our 30th anniversary next year so we'll just hope the places we had to cancel are able to be rebooked for next year assuming everything works out.   (Just checked- the Ogunquit place is now out of our price range.  Please hold while I primal scream into the abyss.)   It's Mothers Day weekend which will be a hard time to not have distractions because we always had them on vacation.  We were always gone for this holiday so it's really in my face this year.  I know, I'm a barrel of happiness right now but you guys know I keep it real in these parts.  So that's what we're dealing with going into this weekend while getting bombarded with 8 zillion mother's day ads, emails and commercials I have to mute.  I know that sounds like first world problems, but think of something you look forward to yearly that you need for your mental health.   Whether it's a cousin's gathering/family reunion, girls weekend getaway, a favorite trade show or fair coming to town, or whatever your "I can always count on this ONE thing for happiness every year" for decades it's been our anniversary trips for us, then rip it away for no good reason.  So yes, pass the cheese with my whine.  Extra sharp cheddar please.  😁

Anyhoo, let's barrel into:

15 Summer Foods for Gorgeous, Glowing Skin  (A plethora of yumminess!)

16 Upper Glutes Exercises Personal Trainers Swear By for a Stronger Butt  (Trust me when I tell you a strong butt is the foundation to just standing still and not falling.  Ask me how I know.)

Scientists Find Eating This Nut Might Be the Answer to Better Cholesterol  (Hmm, very interesting.  Might have to put these on the grocery list!)

18 Foods That Have More Protein Than an Egg  (Good because I'm STILL waiting for those prices to come down after the post Easter 'demand'.)

How We Enjoy Hobbies in Adulthood  (I'm ready for my gardening hobby to be ready to kick into gear and hoping to get at least one watercolor card done this year.)

Here's How To Practice Self-Love In Small Ways Every Day (Good tips and some I hope I can put into practice.  My internal boxing gloves are pretty tattered.)

How To Keep Biting Flies Away So You Can Enjoy Your Time Outdoors (I remember when the cicadas were out last year and kept biting the poor horses.  I know how they felt when we forget the bug spray.  These candles have worked so well for us, we travel with them on Spring trips.)

How to Deal With a Toxic Work Environment  (Because slapping people is frowned upon and they have no right to induce Sunday scaries.)

Six Tips to Avoid Being Overwhelmed by the News (Not watching it has worked for us.)

An Oral History of How ‘Star Wars’ Became a Merchandising Powerhouse  (For my honey but you can read it too!)

We don't have anything official planned except trying to recover so I guess that leaves the field wide open.  I'm sure we can find something that needs fixed, painted, sanded, cleaned or organized.  I know I need to keep busy this weekend one way or another.

What are you doing to keep busy this weekend?  Any Mother's Day plans for you mamas?

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