September always sneaks up on me unpleasantly, kind of like the holiday season (If I see one more Christmas decoration, I’ll flip my lid!). I’m never fully prepared for it and I am always happy to see it go.
October is my favorite month of the year. It reminds me of very happy times in my life, and is always the lead-in to my birthday towards the end of the month. Unfortunately, my last few birthdays have completely and utterly sucked. I have decided to have absolutely no expectations whatsoever this year, other than the firm knowledge that I have to make some important decisions within the next two years and should probably invest in prolonging what’s left of my youth.
I am still recovering from my marathon editing session. We will not discuss how badly I ended up injuring myself by not getting up a few times each hour to stretch, or taking a moment to check and correct my posture when I got stressed. I’m halfway done, so I’m feeling good about that. I wish sitting wasn’t quite so painful though. I’ve learned my lesson. Sometimes, less truly is more. Also, all those naps I didn’t want to take as a child…
As adults one thing we all want desperately is a good night’s sleep (and to win the lottery), but as children, we think sleeping means we’re missing out on something. I always felt that way as a child, but now, I’m wishing I’d napped more, so I wouldn’t be so unbelievably exhausted now. And so, I have decided that in my next life, I’m coming back as a cat.
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Leaves me be Mommy, I’m snuggly and warm.
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 
Have a little black cat with white paws myself; my favourite animals 🙂
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Mine is all black, including her paws. She’s a British Bombay.
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Aww 🙂
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I have had her less than a year. She’s a good little cat, but a handful to deal with. Like you, cats are my favorite animals.
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Oh, I know about the ‘handful’ part. Mine is three years old and spoilt rotten. You would think, one little bit of fur as they are, and yet gives so much headache lol
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I’ve learned to give her space, she’s not super cuddly unless she wants to be.
They’re basically emotionally needy little children in fur coats, or emotionally vacant, depending on the cat. Mine is truly a frustrating little being, so I totally understand what you said.
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Yeah, mine is not cuddly as well except only when he wants. But you’re totally right…needy little children in fur coats lol
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Sleep is for sure something we don’t appreciate until we’re older. Seeing my youngest sister now with her messed up sleep schedule, I often can’t help but nag her about how she needs to take sleeping more seriously. Sadly, it usually falls upon deaf ears (the way it was when I was her age) but at least I tried.
September has flew by and I’m actually not quite ready to let it go because it means I have let all this time go with nothing to show for it. But that’s mainly the self-guilt talking so I’ll just have to keep pressing on. Hope you are taking it easier on yourself now and have a great week ahead!
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When you’re under a certain age, you will pull all-nighters and go without sleep. I did it all the time, feeling invincible. Now, all I want is 10-12 straight hours of quality sleep. I require a lot of rest to be a civilized human being.
It’s very easy to poison our own minds with self-judgment. I highly recommend you take a breath to re-group, make a list of things you want to get done, and focus on one thing at a time.
I’m actually pretty stressed right now, but I am trying to calm down in order to focus myself so that I can get through a list of stuff today that I don’t want to do. However, I know what my responsibilities are, so I don’t have much of a choice at this point. Thankfully, I do have a few hours to pull myself together.
I’m actually grateful that the week is almost over. I plan on resting as much as humanly possible this weekend.
Take care of yourself. Talk to you soon. 🙂
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