Week in Review - February 3 - 9

The shortest month of the year is my least favorite one of the year.

Traditionally, for me, February has been a 'bad' month. It's the month where my mood is worse. I feel down. When I was working and taking classes, it was the month I had issues with staying on track. And this year isn't any different.

Then I received a tarot card from a giveaway from the artist last week.

By Canadian artist, Christoph James, this is the back of the card. 

However, it was the front of the card which thrills me.

Strength!

I so needed a reminder I do have the ability and 'strength' to make it. And the symbolism on the card has a lot of meaning to me. It is beside me on the desk right now to remind me, while life may seem hard at the present time, I do have the strength to make it through the storm into summer.

And speaking of making it through the 'storm', while I miss Montana, I don't miss it when temperatures have that nasty '-' symbol in front of the number. So hoping my friends are staying warm and toasty.

I'm not the only one 'suffering' right now. Texter has been to the ER a couple of times over the past few days with a racing heartbeat and massive migraine headaches. Luckily, Mr. RaceCar has been by her side, which takes a huge load off my shoulders. Hopefully, they can figure out what is wrong soon.

So enough whining!

On the other hand, I did talk to the Census Bureau people this past week and they are still working on finalizing my temp work. Just wish they would hurry up! Originally they said it would be February/March for the 8 weeks of work. So fingers crossed, I'll get a notification and can get to work for them.

And...

Things are looking up with GameStop. I'm getting a few more hours and they know I want to 'move up' and have more responsibility. Hopefully, I will see a few more hours from them. I have been scheduled for 4.5 hours a week, but this past week was called in for another 12 hours. Fingers crossed that trend continues.

On another front, I refilled my daily vitamins and have been doing well taking them this past week. In addition, I did something which wasn't the smartest thing - I walked to work last week - all 4.1 miles of it. The weather was beautiful and I decided since Mr. RaceCar had borrowed my car, to load up my backpack and do it. And I did. But probably never again!

I also had the urge, with the weather in the 70s, to get my fingers in soil. I took most of the old potting soil in one large planter and dumped it into the other large planter. I then made sure there was about a 3-4 inch layer of soil in one large planter and 2 five gallon buckets and popped in some russet potatoes.

Right now, I have some Kennebec potatoes 'chitting' in a bag with an apple. I have never started potatoes like this before, but it is supposed to get them off to a good start. I will have to see. At least this week I will be able to harvest potatoes a few at a time.

I also repotted some house plants and got them settled into better pots. I can't wait to see how they do. I need to get 3 large pots for the 2 Fiddle Leaf Figs and the lemon tree. They all 3 need repotting. But I will hold off until it warms up a bit more. 

Otherwise this week...

• Finished 6 books
• Wrote 6 posts
• Mailed out Valentine's Day cards to a few friends

This coming week...

• A few hours at GameStop
• Maxing out hours on my work from home
• Getting Lady K's school Valentine treats to school

But more now....much, much more coffee!