Mental Health

Have a written about this before? Even if I did, it's still important enough that it should be mentioned again. I hope life and the world will be better to you. I hope that you also won't have a victim mentality. At worst, hopefully you're somewhere in between. All this to say that you really need to take care of yourself. Only then can you take care of those that are important to you. With most things in life, that's the case. Make sure your affairs are in order, before getting involved with others.

Mental health is something that often gets overlooked or in some cases get misused. For me, it just means finding healthy outlets that allow you to reset and refill yourself so that you can be in good form for life. Sometimes that means swimming. Sometimes that means eating or drinking. Today, it was golf with your Uncle Mario. You shouldn't hide from the world all the time, but you should make sure you take time needed to make sure you're good. Truly, if it's important to you, make it happen. If it doesn't happen, it wasn't important enough to you...

Thanks Buddy

You really are like a Sour Patch Kid. You can be super sweet and then super sour. Thanks for leaving Bluey for me. Hope I didn't snore too loud and keep Bluey awake. You can take her back though. I think she misses you and Bingo.

Please stop being sour if you can. Try to sleep faster and earlier for your own sake and your mom's sake. You and mommy both need your sleep so you need to learn to sleep together and sleep faster so you can sleep longer. TGIF tomorrow and it's not the 13th. Woohoo!!!

Family

It's a family of snails we think. It's generally entertaining when you talk or think out loud. I know your mind is still developing, but it sucks to hear you make up stuff when you don't know. Someday you'll learn it's okay to be honest with certain things and people. You'll even become okay with not knowing things. Until then, I'll have to remember that you're just a kid when you spout nonsense...

Snails move slow don't they. When we got home, they were all gone. This is a reminder that sometimes you got to take it slow. If you keep your eye on the prize, you'll get there eventually. You're getting better at walking and not running. But you still wanted to race your classmate at swimming today. Anyhow, mommy says you're growing up too fast, but I think it's kind of slow still. This is roughly your 1342th day alive. Maybe these are the good times and I should appreciate them...

Lucky

It's nice to be lucky (good lucky, not bad lucky), but it's also important to "make your own luck". Sometimes the things we do increase the chances of our success. Be prepared is the best advice I can give you when it comes to this. One way you can be prepared, that works well for me, is to have lists.

I keep a list of things I need/want to buy. I keep a list of things I need to do. I try to start my day making a list of things I want to accomplish. Doing these things will give your days direction and will stop you from having to constantly think or remember what you want or need to do. You're going to have a lot of things you need to remember and do. Anything you can do to outsource or free up your resources, the better off you'll be to face anything that comes your way. Bonus for me is that I get satisfaction when I get to checked things off. Maybe you will to.

WWW

Sorry I have to wear buttons to work. I can’t wear t-shirts and I only have one top that doesn’t have buttons and it’s too warm for a sweater. Hopefully mommy will pick you up early today. Maybe she’ll take you to the park since there’s no swimming…

Still can’t access photos on my phone. Anyhow, I’m at work and I can’t work because I’m still locked out my my computer. This is a reminder that small mistakes or lapses in judgement can have long consequences. Often times it’s better to think or not do things rather than “deal with the consequences”. Sometimes the consequences are unknown or beyond our expectations. I’m wasting so much time now because of my lapse. Learn to develop your emotional intelligence and make good choices. 🙏 

Birthday Bash (Not Sebastian)

Another day. Another party. This one is for Aunty Melissa and Uncle Peter's birthdays. You did okay. You actually said good bye to everyone and you didn't say you couldn't do a lot and you didn't complain when you said good bye to people you already said goodbye to.

Sorry you didn't get a long nap, but we had to sacrifice. Sacrifice is a good life lesson. Life has goods and bads and sadly, you can't have one without the other. I wish you could, but that's not how it generally works. Sorry Aunty Dina couldn't come by today. You were really excited about being nice and giving her a kiss. Maybe we'll see her soon. We hope she feels better.

Get Er Done

Look, they make boba scented shampoo. You want it? That's a crazy idea as I didn't know boba had a smell. Anyhow, I was trying to clean out the cabinets of pasta and ended up buy a lot more to do it. Not ideal, but sometimes it's necessary to spend to get things done. Which is today's lesson for the day. Try your best to get things done and keep your life clutter free.

Things always come up and you never know when you're gonna go. Don't leave messes for yourself or others to clean up later. Stay on top of life or else life is going to crush you. It comes at you fast for sure. We really should have gone to church today, but we didn't and now we have to squeeze a lot in tomorrow. I know you can't do a lot either...Sorry