Hey all,
I know it's been a minute since my last post. While there's not one single big event that kept me away, many little bits of situations kept me busy while wearing away at my mental health more than I realized over the months, as I stepped away from so. many. things.
Hindsight, ammirite? 😜
I plan to go into more detail in the coming days/weeks/months, but for now the tl;dr is -
hubby's shoulder surgery was more intense than expected, and he's still not back to work, eight months after his original injury
the youngest had a crazy work schedule and for a myriad of reasons, I was her primary transportation
I was also the only one, for months, doing all the shopping, laundry (at a laundromat), errands, and chauffeuring to various appointments
as an example, the husband and the eldest (neck issues) both had physical therapy a few times per week each for about three months
through all this my anxiety (which kindly attached to driving back when I was going through a major bout of postpartum depression a couple decades ago & never fully let go) was at a stupidly high level, but I didn't have the time (or mental capacity, because melty brain) to deal with it
We've now had an extra bit of a shakeup (alluded to in the thumbnail and explained more below), and in an effort to help us out, a few days ago my sister-in-law invited us to her place (about a half hour away) for dinner to decompress and brainstorm. She and I ended up having an intense-yet-positive discussion, where she pointed out how "broken" I've become since the beginning of the year. For example, I'm not chatting pretty much at all with anyone either in person or on any of my socials - in fact, the only people I regularly talk to/message live in this house. I've had maybe a handful to my mother and a few assorted others (like our landlord), but I basically have stopped talking to everyone, because I haven't had the brain bandwidth to even realize how much I missed having non-family people in my life. And that's just for starters. 😆
By the time we were done, I realized how much Hive had become my happy place over the past six (almost seven!) years, and that one of the first things I needed to do was to reconnect with everyone here. I know I have a gazillion Discord messages to reply to, and I plan to start working my way through once things around here have settled a bit. Though at the moment, this is essentially a live look at my current state...
Now to explain the aforementioned shakeup that is now pushing everyone in our household (three adult children, husband, and myself) into changing things up. Our amazing landlady, who has been incredible to us for the nearly twelve years we've lived here, is selling this property (our place, lovingly referred to as the "Barn in the back" is in my blog thumbnail pic).
At first, we were told that as dependable renters in an eclectic space (technically a one bedroom for the five of us), we'd likely be able to stay, although the new owners would probably raise our rent.
A week ago, our landlady came over with a letter stating we needed to leave, and gave us 30 days to vacate the place.
I will say though, this is not a decision she made lightly, and she didn't expect when she started this process that it would impact us in this way or this quickly. Knowing what she's going through (might be a story for another day), I'm not at all mad at her, just frustrated with the whole situation.
To give some perspective on our predicament, the possibility of finding a rental for five of us here in the Seacoast NH area (let alone moving twelve years of stuff), at the time returning college students are also looking, for an amount we could afford, that is also okay with a dog & two cats, is akin to flipping a coin a hundred times in a row and getting heads each time.
Though I'm trying not to get my hopes up, we do have a lead we might be able to check out tomorrow. However, it means a dramatic reworking of our household (which is actually already underway - another story for another day).
It also means I might need to bite the proverbial bullet and power down some of my Hive, even though my initial reaction to my husband's gentle suggestion was essentially...
Since I've actually never sold any Hive/HBD, I'm not even sure where to start. I'm hoping to have a little time early next week to sit down and search for exchanges that are available in the US. If anyone here in the States has any suggestions, I'd wicked appreciate hearing them. I still plan to stall as long as possible, but it's more than likely I'll at least have to cash out my HBD. However, if all goes well, I'll soon have time (and plenty of blog material!) to start building it up again.
Speaking of having time, while it might go without saying, I still want to say it - one of the first things I'm going to do is get everything caught up with Power Up Day. I'm not sure if I'll start running it again, or maybe a pared down version of it, but I know there are still some prizes waiting to be awarded, so that's one of my top priorities.
In the meantime, my current state is pretty much this... 😊
Please feel free to regale me in the comments with any bits of Hive news, gossip, and such that I've missed in the past five or so months, along with your own current news & adventures (as well as how you're coping with the current level of fuckery going on all over the world), and I hope to catch up with everyone very soon! 😁
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