I have been taking a break from writing my blog (you might have noticed 😂). I am recovering from a breakdown caused by complete exhaustion. My priority since then has been to get enough rest and sleep. I’d often write my blog in the middle of the night when I wake up for a couple of hours (it usually takes 2 hours to write, edit and post each blog) but I’ve been using that time to read and mediate instead.
On New Year’s Eve I was overcome with exhaustion from pushing myself too hard. I went to bed and slept for 24 hours straight. Ever since then I seem to get exhausted easily and I am sleeping more than usual. I am thankful for this experience for it has humbled me. Slowly I’m gaining more energy as the days get longer and I’m getting more time in the sun. Once again I am feeling inspired to write.
During my down time, I changed the name and format of my website which I hired my son Shawn to do for me. He did a great job and I highly recommend him for building a website as well as problem solving and repairing computer or electronic issues. He is very gifted and runs a successful computer repair business.
Thank you to all my friends and family that enjoy reading my blog as I get settled into writing again. I’m really excited about my new website and its new name, MIssThankful.
Thursday March 19, 2026
I woke up in the night at 3:30 AM. I read and played duotrigordle, wordle and connections on line. Those are games you can only play once a day and I enjoy that because it keeps me from obsessing on them. I like to play those kinds of games because it keeps my mind sharp and enhances problem solving skills (at least that’s what I tell myself 😉).
I tried going back to sleep at 4:30 AM and my mind started worrying about everything I needed to get done that day. I fully relaxed my body and focused on my breathing while I cleared my mind. Then when I was fully relaxed in mind and body, the worry thoughts came up again and I welcomed the thoughts and thanked them for their concern. I reminded myself that I am not my thoughts and that everything would work out perfectly. My energy shifted and I went back to sleep knowing that I had to be at a cleaning opportunity at 8 AM and I wouldn’t have time to get much more sleep but fully confident that everything would work out.
At 7:20 AM, I awoke feeling fully rested. I got up and made my bed, after getting Tiny-boy out of it. He likes to stay in bed as long as possible and hide under the covers. After getting dressed and opening up all the curtains, I made Angel breakfast and made myself tea. The rock tumblers that I’ve had going for 3 weeks needed to have their water and grit changed for the final week. I managed to get that done before I had to leave. Then I walked around to corner to pastor Amy’s to clean for her and her family.
Pastor Amy has a huge house, there are 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living rooms and a huge sewing room. Three generations live there together and I think it’s wonderful. Thankfully I don’t clean the whole house, which would take a long time to do. Today Amy had me clean a shower and the floors, which took me 2 hours and I thoroughly enjoyed the work.
After cleaning, I picked up a small chicken coop that I bought from a lady on marketplace. It was brand new, still in the box and I was hopeful that it would be easy to put together. For the least year or so, I’ve been sharing chickens with my friend TJ. They were in a coop at her house. The coop was small with 2 rooms and the chickens never got to go outside, touch the ground or even see the sky. They started developing behaviors such as pecking each others butts, slowly killing each other off. Two chickens died before we solved the problem by giving them oyster shells and changing their feed. I also sprayed all their butts with blue kote. That worked for a while but then they started doing it again, as well as one started eating eggs. TJ has been working a lot and she asked if I wanted the chickens (I think she was over the chickens and their drama). I said yes, thinking some sunshine, green grass and fresh air might help the chickens not be so crazy. Within a day, I had the chicken coop (one I got for free a few months ago) ready to go with a fenced in chicken yard. The chickens seemed a lot happier once they got used to their new home. One chicken that had been pecked really bad was still being pecked at by a couple of chickens so I moved her to another enclosure with 2 other friendly chickens. Then there was one chicken still eating eggs. I spent Wednesday evening watching the coop and it was quite obvious which chicken was eating the eggs. That’s why I bought the second chicken coop today. I’m going to put the “egg eating chicken” that I’ve named Reba in solitary confinement with a golf ball for a week to see if she forgets about eating eggs.
After picking up the chicken coop, I drove out to Mr. and Mrs. Hargis’s to help them clean and organize. I had fun and time flew by. When I got back to town, I dropped off Angel at a homeschool skating party. Then I went home and put the chicken coop I had bought earlier together. It was easy to put together and took me about 2 hours. Once it was completed, I was super excited to put Reba in there to get her away from the other chickens before she taught them to eat eggs too. I caught her and in the little coop she went. I gave her food and water and grit and oyster shells and told her she could come out after a week and to have fun pecking a golf ball.
I got Angel from the skating rink and her friend (let’s call her Lynn) joined us. The girls played and ate while I watched the chickens and started packing to leave to go to Salt Lake City tomorrow to see my boys and their families. I changed the sheets on my bed and washed laundry. While I was hanging it on the outside clothesline, my friend (let’s call her Sunshine) stopped by so I could show her how to take care of the chickens and the cats while we are gone. We are leaving for Salt Lake City tomorrow and will be back Sunday.
The girls left for jujitsu and I cleaned the Assembly of God church and the Nazarene church. Angel was packing her bags when I got home. I got the clothes off the outside line and closed up the chickens for the night. Then I started a bath and washed dishes. After we were both bathed, we went to bed. I wrote some of my blog and went to sleep at around 9 PM.
Thank you for reading my blog and being a part of my life. I appreciate you.
Love,
Victoria
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