Spring?

It's still cold in TO, yesterday it was only 11. Yet, pollen levels are very high, so allergic people like self are beginning to be quite miserable.

OK, I have the most stupid injury you can think of. Well, there might be dumber ones, but I can't think of any. I injured my jaw muscle and as a result have ear, cheek, and neck pain. How? Stress. I seem to clench my jaw at night and maybe not just at night because after the van attack in North York on Monday, my jaw ached even more. I must have been clenching during the day, without even knowing. The ENT doctor I saw told me to rest my jaw. How? Eat mushy stuff and take Robax three times a day for ten days. Well, I can't do Robax or else I would be asleep the whole time, so it's just at night, which is not doing it. And after eating soft foods for about a week, I gave in and had peanuts.

Last year at this time, we saw this:

Still Here!

So, not even going to bother with how long it's been. Yeah. Suffice to say I am still around.

Snatching a few minutes before I get child ready for school. Or should I say adolescent. Oh, yes, and by the time I remembered my password for this, I completely forgot what I was going to say.

Pursuits of late - finding happiness. To that end, I have tried to de-clutter a la Marie Kondo - a bit of a flop, except my closet is still organized, two years later. I then read a book about completely minimizing your stuff. Very inspirational, but can't do it. And lately, I read the Little Book of Hygge, the art of happiness in Denmark. Trying to put some of the principles into my life. Mind you, even the author says at the end, that the main reason Danes are so happy is that they all have a basic income and don't have to worry about surviving if they lose their jobs. Yeah, that would definitely make me happy.

So, the search continues.