Day 100

It’s Christmas! T minus 73 minutes until the Stranger Things episodes drop. I’m planted on the couch ready and waiting.

We had a great time with extended family last night and again earlier today. I’m winded though. Which of course makes me feel like an ass because it’s not like we hosted. I could validate what I’ve done but instead I keep reminding myself to have grace. The diagnosis and dietary changes are only a few weeks in the making and beating myself up literally just makes things worse.

Inhale, exhale, just be.

My sister-in-law has celiacs and has taken me under her wing. She prepared our dishes last night and her mom is used to accommodating her diet so just doubled the serving size for me earlier today. I also feel like an asshole for not being more supportive of my sister-in-law. But, you don’t know until you know. I’m very grateful she’s helped me with this transition.

The boys got me a stuffy and a journal. Perfect!!! The one who got me a journal said, “Remember when you told me you’re always looking for the perfect journal? Well, I thought maybe if someone else picked it out it would be perfect.”. He’s the best. The stuffy is a very pink poodle that is weighted with a very pink bow on it’s head. “She looks like the gremlin.” which is what they call my evil chorkie. No lies detected. She does look like Stanley.

Tomorrow I’m meeting up with Carin and Kim (our third biz bestie) to work on our 2026 planners. Very excited to be using a system that I did for a few years. They’re called PowerSheets by Cultivate What Matters. It’s a very intentional planner that has you reflect on the past month and plan for the future. It’s what made me realize I missed spending time with my parents which then resulted in our weekly phone calls. To recap the months I always look through my photos and calendar to see what was good and what was missing. Glad to be back after a few years away (I think I stopped in 2022 when I went to the full time job).