not necessarily in this order

  Thanks to everyone for the kind words about my car kerfuffle. I felt so much better knowing there were people out there who understand! My claim with their insurance remains open - I received a letter from them asking me to get in contact so the Mr and I are going to call together later this week.  This was supposed to be a “what I listened to…” from my 90-minute drive each way to start clearing out my aunt’s house this past Saturday, but I had a truly on brand but still eye-opening moment that I’m choosing to write about first, haha!  My aunt’s house is old - 1800s, I believe - and there are so many level differences between the rooms. I was upstairs with my cousin and her son when someone rang the bell. I was so thrown off (this was the first time I’d been in the house, I hadn’t seen my cousin in 10 years) that I got freaked out that someone was there. I flew down the stairs - with her son in hot pursuit! The living room floor was 2 inches lower than the kitchen, so w...

 I was going to share a PT update today, but my yesterday was so strange that I feel compelled to document it here. Let me start off by saying both Lil Momma and I are fine. My car needs a new bumper, but I’m not stressing about it .  A silly reminder from LM’s Christmas haul  On Fridays, I pick up LM after she walks back from school and we go to our local supermarket to pick up her dessert first Friday treat. I had had one of those work from home days where everything feels like a lot after having PT before work which also felt like a lot, so I was excited to grab my girl and go get a treat. I live in a university town. The parking lot at this plaza is notoriously a bit wild - we always approach it with caution. I turned off the main road and took a couple turns to go down one of the center aisles when I saw a car cutting across aisles and not slowing down. Luckily, it was on my side and not  LM’s passenger side. I started honking my horn and tried to stop with the ...