Happy St Patrick’s day🍀 to all my Irish Folks, I feel like today will be my lucky day. It’s already starting off to be the beginning of Self Indulgence Day or a Me-Day. “Knock on Wood”. I’m a little superstitious. 😉

This morning I was already for the day before I even got out of bed. I know the nurse is coming for Brittany and that means more time for me. When the nurse is coming our schedule changes completely but in a good way. Brittany’s spirits are lifted because she has something to look forward too. Her nurse goes on long walks and they enjoy playing games, baking, or sometimes just company and great conversation. I think it’s a break from me as much as I enjoy my time alone.

The nurse doesn’t arrive until 5:30PM but it still changes the entire atmosphere of the day. Once I remind Brittany the nurse is coming she thinks about the chores she wants to get out of the way. “I got to get my room done this morning”, giving me an extra 30 minutes to tidy up the house. Once the room is clean I know the energy boost will not slow down. It’s a daily routine she seems to follow without recognizing it but only on the days the nurse is coming. She’ll head to the kitchen and start washing the dishes, then take out the garbage. Once all that is done we take a smoke break together. I mention the idea of having a bath and she’s all in. When Brittany goes out in public with her nurse she likes to feel good and look good. Back in the day, half the time I fought with her not to wear pajama bottoms on our outings. By the time she completes all her morning task it’s time to go up to Uncles for a few games of Scrabble, Yahtzee, or Monopoly. Mr. Feenie is always excited to join them.

Now I have almost the entire morning to do what I want with out the worry of focusing on Brittany’s cognitive Behavior. She barely asks questions about the day because she’s too busy keeping busy. She’s not blasting music with dark messages and she’s not walking around in what I call “Lala Land” making it known that she’s bored and in addition, she’s doing all her chores. Yep!!! It’s my lucky day!!

As for me I have a few things that are still lingering in my thoughts. There’s a few phone calls I need to make but the rest of the day is free. I thought a nice lemon blueberry loaf would be a good snack to bring to the table. The last time I posted my recipe for lemon bars, a lovely lady commented how much she loves anything lemony so I will follow up and make a delicious lemon blueberry loaf to thank her.

Next on my list of things to do will be a fun one for me. I am working in the back round on a project called Community Connect. It’s a new page of fun and excitement but still needs a lot of work and more insight. I’ll get there, that I know.

The rest of the day I will plan as the day goes on, I never worry about boredom, it just depends on my mood when I’m done. Sometimes I feel like a good movie 🍿and other times I may just browse through blogs and peek🫣 in on you from time to time. Creepy LOL

Well thank you again and again for your ongoing support, you are my inspiration, motivation and give me an extra dose of encouragement to keep on keeping on. 🚵‍♀️

Check out the lifestyle day to day blocks and count how many blocks I stacked up today. Stay tuned for the second part of my day!!!