Self Care

What even is that?

I started working again. Guys, it’s the best. I don’t know what you do for self care, but I hang out with kids. They are the best. They are just themselves and they are unedited and they are funny AF and they fart whenever they want and they are wise and they are curious and oh my gosh I am so happy to get to do this as a job. As a bonus, I get to work at a place that some of the people I like and respect the most work, and it’s literally a dream come true to work alongside them.

Shout out to the people who nurtured, nagged and supported me at every step of this career changing process. You know who you are. You are all the best.

Because I got sick at a literal transition in my career, this almost a year in bed has been about as boring as boring can be. I haven’t really had anything other than cancer to even think about. Which has been good I guess because I’ve been able to focus on all the cancer things. But also, whew - booooring. To keep my brain busy, I read a lot of books. I am a master Tetris champion on the old fashioned gameboy. I do a lot of crosswords. Spelling Bee friends, where you at? That’s my jam. (Quick FYI - A subscription to NY Times Games is a great gift to give someone who is about to spend a lot of time in bed/at home/alone.) But even with the games and the television and the amazing support from friends and fam, being a non working person has really sucked for me.

But now I am a part time working person and it is the ultimate form of self care.

I’ve also taken up water color. Water coloring? Watercoloring? I like it. It’s soothing. I keep reminding myself it’s the process that I’m into, not the product.

Anyway, cancer sucks but life does not.