pockets.

This week has been rough. Lots of crying. For lots of reasons. But there were pockets of good and that's mostly all I'll say about pockets because it should be self explanatory. I just really like pockets.

I got my Poshmark purchases. That was somewhat successful. I don't think I would do it again, though. About half of it didn't fit and I really don't have it in me to "reposh." Luckily my mom had a bunch of shorts/pants that she was willing to let me try on and a lot of them fit, so I now have pants to wear. So then I went to Kohls to get shirts and a cardigan or 2 and a summer rain jacket. Boy was I successful there! I felt like a rockstar. The fitting rooms are closed, so I brought it home to try on. Most of it fit but I have to take a couple of things back. I hate returning stuff. But I'll do it because I still need another 2 shirts I'd say. I did purchase a dress from one of my friends that I fell in love with. It has POCKETS. So I'm excited to have that. Overall I feel that I have enough clothes to successfully get me through summer without wearing the same 3 dresses over and over again.

The dreaded pile of clothes that don't fit with miscellaneous hangers.

So what's next? Emptying the closet and all the drawers of stuff that no longer fits. Sad face. I mean devastating. I cried and cried and tripped over all the empty hangers and cried some more. Then I gathered myself and threw it all in a giant bag. Then I took it to the basement to sort through a little more thoroughly when I'm in a better place. So I cried some more then. But then I hung up my new stuff and felt a little lighter.

You know what else made me feel lighter? Today's project. I am still working from home and my office is in my room and it had just turned into a complete and total hot mess. It was no longer a restful place to be. It stressed me out majorly. I felt perpetually flustered and out of control. I know I won't be working from home for forever, but I just couldn't handle it so I took myself to Home Goods and did some shopping in the office supplies aisle. And...let's be honest...some Amazon shopping as well. So today I went through everything and threw a lot away. Put a lot of stuff in my car to take to work. Because I realized I was just being a hoarder keeping it in my room for no good reason. I dusted. I'd post a picture, but it's still not like super impressive. But I like it and I feel like I can breath again. So that's a good thing I guess.

I decided to go ahead and post some of my favorite Home Goods and Amazon organizational tools.

The highlight of the weekend was going to Cotton & Co. with my sister. I've been wanting to take her there for like a year and the stars finally aligned, so we met in Keymar yesterday afternoon and went SHOPPING!!! Her birthday was in April, but everything was closed and I couldn't shop for the perfect gift like I usually do, so I let her pick something out and it was super cute and we had fun and good heart-to-heart conversations. I also found the absolute most adorable little vanity set for Skylar to use as a desk. I took a picture and sent it to her and she loved it and it fit in my car so I bought it. I love that I was able to get her something super special. It makes my heart happy. Now all I have to do is get her to clean her room enough for me to get the thing out of my trunk 😂.

Here it is in the store...isn't it adorable!!!!!

Here it is in my trunk...glad I bought an SUV...

School is hard.

Work is crazy.

Med changes suck.

Weight gain makes me feel like crap.

And there are other things going on that I'd rather not discuss quite yet.

But I made an appointment with my course instructor.

I made a to do list for work and organized all my crap. Plus my boss is on vacation this week which means fewer meetings and emails, so hopefully I will be UBER productive.

An unedited photo of a flower by Mary's pool. Mary is my boss. She is amazing and I hope she enjoys every precious moment of her vacation.

The pharmacy finally got my meds filled.

I have clothes that fit and a clean(ish) closet.

And I'm taking it one day at a time.

What more could you ask of me?