TToT – A Dizzying Week
There is certainly no dearth of thankfulness this week!
So many things have happened – and happened well, at that. It’s been a good week all around. Kind of a head-spinning week, really. So while I have much to be thankful for, I found it sort of overwhelming to sort it all out, put it into words, and then put those words on screen. I’m late to the party again this week, but I have a stellar list to show for it!
First, on Monday of this week, I quit my job. Why does this belong on a list of reasons to be thankful? Well, it was time. This is something I have wanted and needed to do for quite some time. I’m thankful that I found the courage to do it. I have the support of my Fab Hub, my family, my friends, and my colleagues. And I have to admit, it’s been a huge weight on my shoulders for a long time so I’m really quite thankful that it’s finally done and over with. So far, the separation has gone as positively as I could have hoped for and for that I am very grateful and very relieved.
While I am certain that I could call it a list right there, I will continue anyway…
I am thankful also for the well wishes and positive feedback from all of you, my blog friends and readers! Your comments on that post about my big move were so encouraging and that means a lot to me.
I had the opportunity to enjoy extended time with Super Sister not once, but twice this week. While we are very close, we don’t always get the chance for one-on-one time as much as we have in the past. We had dinner at a fun tapas restaurant and saw a terrific concert one night this week. Thanks to the Super Brother-in-Law for the tickets! This afternoon when SS dropped off something for the Hub, we had a plain old hang out and chat session. Awesome. SS is a busy teacher, so with school starting soon, these opportunities will be more challenging to find.
This week the BFF and I got to enjoy some amazing crab dip and catch-up on various topics of conversation. (I’m starting to see a theme here of thankfulness for good food…so I should probably insert a moment of thanks that my weight has not jumped back up!) Again, with school starting, these visits will be more difficult for us. The BFF is also a teacher and until this past Monday, we taught in the same building. That is going to be a huge change for us in terms of our relationship and face-to-face time since we met on our first day on the job together many years ago. Our friendship doesn’t yet know a world where we don’t see each other nearly every day, so this will be another exciting change. The BFF’s Husband has also landed a new job this week and I know many people are thankful for that and happy for him. It’s been a long search.
The Fab Hub just completed his second week at his new job and I have to say again how thankful this family is. That, too, was a long time coming. He is putting in some long hours right now and comes home exhausted, but it’s a good problem to have. He enjoys the work and the people and that’s not always true where jobs are concerned.
I’m very thankful that the Rotten Cats have not peed on my stairway carpets this week. Seriously. The deep-cleaning and cat-pee-go-away enzyme stuff the carpet cleaner guy applied seems to be doing the trick. The tin foil barrier has been removed and it seems that the Rotten Cats are no longer interested in using the carpet for an alternate litter box option. But just to be sure, we’ve enlisted the help of some small food dishes and some citrus essential oils to keep the Boys away from the crime scene. Here’s hoping that it’s true that cats won’t urinate where they eat and that they don’t care for the smell of citrus.
We had some beautiful weather this week! It felt like more like early autumn than the dog days of August and that’s just fine with me. We spent the day with Kidzilla and my Mom at an amusement park and had a grand time.
Today, I’m thankful for a quiet day at home to do a whole lot of relaxing. This has been a busy and eventful week, so some down time was well-appreciated by all of us.
And with that, I shall take my leave. I hope your week has been full of gladness and thankfulness. Share in the comments or link up with us at the Ten Things of Thankful blog hop! You’ll be glad you did!
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What a good week with good food! I’m so glad the change is starting out positively! I so love having friends I DON’T work with now. I think you’ll love being with BFF when you come from different places.
Haha – I saw that you had some amazing food on your list this week, too! Great minds think alike!
I think the friendship will definitely experience a shift because, well, it is a shift. But it will still be great!
It looks like some positive changes coming up, Lisa!! With you all the way!
Thanks, Michelle! Feels very positive so far!
I just think about how much your life has evolved since I have been reading you…
Major house cleaning/organizing project to quitting your job…
God has big plans for you, Lisa!! All this time, it feels to me like He was equipping you for change. Change for the GOOD. Oh, how I love that!!!!
Haha – yes, that’s a word – evolved. But I think it’s accurate, because that’s exactly what I and my whole little family have done in the last two years. We have really evolved.
These are big changes and I really do think a lot of the last couple of years have indeed been preparation for this huge step that we are all taking right now.
What a wonderful week! I hope your next week is just as wonderful. I still can’t wait to hear about your new adventure.
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind week, Jean, but in a very good way. This is definitely an adventure!
I can tell from your writing that you are feeling lighter and freer. Good for you! I’m so happy and can’t wait to hear the next part of your plan (I know there is one!).
I hope the theory of cats not peeing where they eat works for you, because puppies don’t seem to care so much. Are you using Nature’s Miracle on the carpet?
When does Zilla go back to school?
Those are very accurate words, Dyanne. I figure that’s a good sign that this is the right thing. There is indeed a plan – that part is coming, I promise!
I hope the pee/food theory is true, too, because if they pee on these carpets again these three may be packing their bags and hitting the road.
Nature’s Miracle – I don’t believe that’s what he used. It is some patented urine removal thing the carpet company we used developed. They did the standard deep-clean, then treated it with the urine treatment.
Zilla still has two more weeks until school starts; she goes back September 2nd. It’s a great thing, really. I have not had a lot of opportunity for extended one-on-one time with her over the last school year. Sure, we’ve had all summer, but it’s been the three of us. With the Hub back at work now, it’s just us girls for a couple of weeks and it’s a great thing!
It sounds like you have lots of positive changes happening in your life right now. What a great week!
Very positive, Kristi, yes!
Sounds like a fabulous week! Lots of change, but change can be good. And the day at home just to relax…what a treat. Looking forward to reading about what comes next!
Hi, Michelle. This is all very good change for us! And the day at home to relax was such a treat, we decided to do it again today.
More to come on the next leg of this journey, so do come back and visit again!
What a week of change! I was just sitting here thinking about that fact that it’s my first round of back to school without you and what a difference a week brought to us! Love you lots! Time for a coffee date.
Not that I think I’m the sunshine and highlight of your day, but I have been kind of wondering what that will be like. A week has definitely brought much change. Tell me when you’re ready for coffee and we’ll go. You’re kind of the one with the schedule, not me! 😀
What a relief! Fab Hub has a job, and you’ve quit one which wasn’t working. I remember the relief I felt when I did that.
Hope you and BFF find ways to make LOTS of time for one another. I went from seeing mine most every day to living in different cities. We still have the same friendship and laugh ourselves silly together. We pick up precisely where we left off. It’s still awesome.
I’m glad your cats are behaving, and AGAIN so glad that Fab Hub has a job. I hope he sustains the energy to keep going at it in these early weeks 🙂
Relief is another good word, Lizzi. Things definitely seem to be falling into place.
I and the BFF will find time for sure. The best part is we can skip the “shop talk” that has often permeated conversation. A new phase.
I always say things about Rotten Cats behaving with a tough of cynicism because, well, they’re them and they tend to find ways to irritate me. But let’s hope we’re past all the nonsense with the carpet!
I think the Hub will be very energized by what he’s doing – he loves it! He just has to get back in the swing of the all day at work thing.
awesome week huh?! Its always such a relief when you have totally overstayed your time at a job! congratulations! Even more is due about the rotten cats… whodda thought that would work? how cool is that!?
It’s been a very awesome, week, Zoe! Overstayed is probably the right word – I’ve known I need to do this for a long time. Just had to find the right way and time.
So far, the cat deterrent seems to be working. Lucky them!
Quitting your job is a huge adjustment, but I am sure you will do so quickly. And then you will be so busy, you will wonder how you got it all done when you were working. Nothing more wonderful than spending time with your Super Sister. I love mine to pieces.
It’s amazing how quickly we can fall into a routine. I’m looking forward to developing this new one for all of us.
Sister time is awesome!
You have had a busy week and all of it good! I can’t imagine not going to a job, but boy I sure wish I could quit. I would do all the things if I could stay home. In Reality I would probably play computer games all day…two more weeks of the Zilla! Lucky you and her! So many kids are already back in the classrooms. I can’t wait to read about all the things you are going to do with your new found time!
Right now I am kind of having a tiny freak-out about the fact that come September the Hub will be off to work and Kidzilla will be off to school and I’ll be kicking around here all by myself. Since I got out of college I have never not had a full time job to go to. I will be working, just a bit of an interim period here until the new work starts up in mid-September. I will definitely spend time working on getting myself set up and I’m hoping to make some serious progress on my book. Please do check back again!
very cool!
and an excellent time for such major changes, not sure why that is…but I am not a fan of the cold, so have something like a major/significant change coincide with the end of Summer seems like a great timing.
good to read (as with most news of welcome changes from all who participate in this bloghop.
Yeah, somehow a new school year always feels like a good time to start something new.
I heard the leaves are already changing in your neck of the woods – really??? In August already??? Seems a bit too early, even for there.
Love the feel of this list. Quitting a job when it is time feels oh, so good. I am glad you have a couple weeks to ease into the new routine together too. It all sounds perfect….you know–perfect as life gets.
Yes, as perfect as life gets is a good way to think! I have to admit that I’m a bit uncomfortable – if that’s the right word – with the interim period between leaving and the new thing really gathering steam. It feels…odd. I’m used to going doing going doing at someone else’s behest so this is different. But I am LOVING the one-on-one time with Zilla these couple of weeks. We definitely try one another’s patience, as all mother/daughter combos do in close proximity! 😀 But it’s been a fabulous thing for us. On one hand, I’m way ready for her to start school, but on the other hand…I wouldn’t cry if we had more time, either!
Letting go can be terrifying yet purifying at the same time. xo
That’s an interesting word choice – purifying. But it kind of works, I think. We have good plans in place and letting go was definitely the right move. But yeah…terrifying!