Priorities... and sanity

I'm hoping to be moved before November starts, but I might not be... I might be moved out, but not moved into a new place... Even if I am moved into my new place, there is going to be a court hearing in November and I will definitely not be even mostly unpacked for a few weeks after moving into a new place.

Considering that I am struggling to keep up with everything now (and doing so with a lot of flexibility, caffeine, a good support network and the grace of God), then what reason could I possibly have under the blue sky to think this is the year I will satisfy my NaNoWriMo urges with a completed rough draft?

Ugh, someone talk some sense into me. I've spent most of the day thinking how nifty it was to not be behind on my college coursework so maybe I am all aglow with thinking I can do anything, but I should definitely know better.

I have priorities. The problem is... EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT. Nothing I am already doing can be dropped to bring something else in, so if I do bring something else in, well, sleep is the thing that usually gets left by the wayside. Since I struggle to sleep anyway, maybe I'll just... no, bad Vonnie! Sleep is important!

Some people don't want anything but to fight...

and there lies the problem with negotiating with someone that actively hates me.

Even when handed everything he could want on a specific topic on a silver platter with no strings attached regarding other things, he still would rather shoot himself in the foot to hurt me. I hate seeing it happen, but I will not fold into a shape that is not worthy of my children and our futures any more for the sake of 'getting along'.

My little harvest...

We picked edible flowers, chocolate mint, basil and rose hips to preserve for the kitchen later. Also some sedge grass flower heads for decoration.

Dug up some mint, a winged euonymous and some pink flowered obedient plant to take with us when we go. I hope we go. I handed the STBX a heck of a deal; I'm really hoping he takes it.