I’m gonna be real, it’s been a really awful couple days due to three things. My cat got sick and I had to rush her to the vet. Turns out she’s perfectly fine but my wallet isn’t and likely won’t be for a while. That leads to the second thing. A friend owed me $50 and said he’d pay me back this month or next. I asked if he could send back $20 in the next few days and he blocked me. So that’s fun. Having to budget everything all over again while marking that off completely. Now that’s not too bad but things got topped off with the third thing. While dealing with all this, I got a phone call. A friend who had been sick for a while passed away. There’s been a lot of Baldurs Gate 3 during the past 24 hours with me just going full murderhobo out of frustration.

I’ve been keeping too close an eye on the various wars happening at the moment, and it’s bringing me down. I think it’s important to understand what’s happening, why it’s happening etc, but there’s a limit to how much you can take in and stay sane. I’ve been trying to find other things to focus on, but it’s hard to say “oh all these dead children are upsetting me, I’ll just not allow it to bother me while I live my life of relative privilege”. Having said that, my problem is a lot better than those of Gazans at the moment. But does that mean I can’t get worn out and depressed from following these events? It’s just horrible for everyone, no matter how you dice it.

My children woke up and chose violence today, which means by 9:00am I’m officially over the weekend and can’t wait for tomorrow to arrive. Hello School.

My Sunday is mostly uneventful. Our daughter has a friend over to play and suffered a major meltdown over who gets to play with which toy. Took a good half hour for me to calm things down, but after that they were fast friends again.
It always amazes me how quickly kids can drop a fight and continue on as if nothing has happened.