Blogmas Day 13: Hugging my Spirit Animal, and Giving up the Videos for most of December!

Highlight of my day! My secret Santa gave me a sloth. I recently declared and embraced the sloth as my spirit animal, slow and steady, methodical! I absolutely love this! It’s so soft and cuddly. And the smile is so cute! What a perfect gift! And the chill out message is totally spot on.

I’m actually taking it to heart too. I developed a tummy ache. NOT diverticulitis. But just a tummy ache in the middle of my stomach. It got worse and worse and acetaminophen didn’t help. Nothing sharp but just a dull ache. I wasn’t sure I could drive home but I did it. I had to pretend in my head it didn’t hurt. I was miserable. It was weird. I don’t think I’ve had a stomach ache like that before. No nausea. It radiated to my kidneys and back.

I made it home and went straight to bed after putting on jammies and washing my face.

I got in bed and Maddie slept on top of me lol. Just lying down and being still for two hours made it go away. So as the sloth message said, I had no choice but to chill out.

I was supposed to spend the time editing tonight.

After this, I’ve decided to just not do the weekly videos right now. I will do a Christmas video and will pick scenes of footage across the last 3 weeks that seem interesting and just leave out a lot of behind the scenes stuff.

With so much going on, so many family plans going on and me needing to work on Christmas, even with me staying up later and trying hard, it’s not working out too well. We are just too busy and I’m petering out with my energy and health.

I think God’s telling me to stop for now. So I give! There will not be a video this Saturday. And maybe not til the end of the year. I’m literally making myself sick trying. So I’ll show the most interesting parts and leave out the goings on and small talk. It’ll be a much better video that way anyway.

Well I’ve got to do some things before going to bed!

I was planning on having a whole day to myself Friday but that’s all usurped now. We’ve made plans for every single part of the day. So that means I have only Saturday to wrap now. And I’m busy for part of that. If we don’t make any headway I’ll have to skip church on Sunday and watch from home, because I’ve GOT to get this done!

Yes I’m stressed to the point of being sick. Making my stomach in knots!

We planned our Christmas meals and meals with the family. Just need to make grocery lists and get those trips penciled in with our schedule.

I get my toes done tomorrow night. We have dinner with family on Friday night. And I will make reservations for another meal on Tues night.

Katy and Cody and River come in next week too.

So just trying to figure out everything. I’m so behind. I wanted to be done before everybody got here but life just bowls me over.

So yeah, videos are a no go. I just can’t pull it off.

I tried. But I’m not fighting any more for it! It’s just too taxing to try and work it in, even though I enjoy it. I plan the time and something else knocks it out of the way. Disappointed that Friday is now totally zapped but it’ll fun anyway on the flip side.

I just don’t get personal time anymore. I don’t know what that is.

So be it!

Nite Nite!