Tired.
Like wiped out.
Of course I got up today at 4:30 a.m. so that might be a part of it.
But.
I also realized that I haven’t had a day off in, what, ten days?
I always forget that about mid-week after a weekend of classes.
Oh yeah, I didn’t have any days off because I was in school over the weekend.
Which means I worked my full-time job, went to therapy, went to group supervision, went to solo supervision, and saw 8 clients last week, then I had a full weekend of classes.
And come Monday I went right back to work, solo supervision, therapy, clients, etc.
I have two more days of work, two more days of clients, group supervision on Saturday and a CBT webinar I have to do on Sunday.
Sunday is shaping up to not be much of a day off, but I will have some down time.
Which will likely be filled with school work, but I will also try to slide in a yoga class or two during the weekend and god, I so need a mani/pedi and face waxing.
Yeah.
I said face.
I’m this close to getting electrolysis.
It’s a luxury expense, but then I think about the money I spend to have it done and I could have probably already have paid for it ten times over.
Some things feel like luxury.
Some things I don’t think about dropping money on.
I see a gift for someone that I know they will like.
And money is not a problem.
I have it.
Yesterday, for instance, I totally was only getting my charge some stickers.
I mean, rainbow stickers, maybe a couple of horses and some hearts, but nothing over a couple of dollars.
I also had an ulterior motive, I wanted to pick up a card for my best friend whom I miss awful bad and so being close to Serendipity in the Mission I decided, heck, kill two birds with one stone.
Get my charge some stickers and pick up a card.
Except.
Ha.
She saw a stuffed unicorn with rainbow mane and tail and it was over.
I mean.
It was magnetic, the girl just went straight to a basket of unicorn stuffies and grabbed hers right out.
“_______________ I want this one!”
And then she did it.
She turned the eyes on me.
I have never had her do that to me before.
My god.
The child has some power.
I took the unicorn and looked at the price tag.
I could afford it, in fact I had taken some money out earlier in the day when I was shopping up at Whole Foods in Noe Valley, and I had almost exactly what the unicorn cost.
I got it for her.
The happiness in her face.
I will never forget that look.
I also had to take a picture, those big, sweet, melty eyes and how she held that unicorn, oh my gosh.
And then today.
I was in early, early to help out the parents who need me to do a drop off to the school and she brought the unicorn in to be her quiet time nap cuddle toy.
I was beyond thrilled.
It felt very special that she had to have it with her and I’m so grateful I got her something that she loves so much.
The mom was telling me how much it means to them that their kids get a long with me so well, that they had actually been looking for a nanny for over a year when they found me and they are very happy with me.
We’ve booked ourselves out all the way through the school year.
Which means basically that I have a job for as long as I need.
My contract will end on January 1st of this year.
I have no doubts at all that we will be renewing and at that time I will ask for a cost of living raise.
San Francisco has not gotten any cheaper to live in and I am so getting a car.
That came up yesterday in my therapy session, what it means to have a car, the last time I had a car, to rent it or own it, my finances, how I can navigate getting one.
My therapist said, “having a car in this profession is a deep kind of self-care.”
And the moment she said it I knew how true that was, to be able to come and go on my schedule, to not be seeing clients wet from having ridden my scooter from my day job to my internship in the rain, to not be riding in risky weather.
Getting a car is a deep movement into self-care for me.
I’m ready to do it.
I have to figure out time, of course, it feels like it just slips through my fingers, but I think that the week and a half that my family is away for Thanksgiving will be a good time to do it.
Mid-November.
I may have to deal with some rain before that time and I can take cars.
If time opens up for me before that I will do so, if not, I’ll mark November 16th as the day I want to have my new car by.
That’s a the Thursday before Thanksgiving and my family will be flying out the evening before on their vacation.
I’ll have a day off during the middle of the week when it’s not too busy, not a Saturday at 2p.m. when everyone in the world is out looking at cars.
That’s the current thought around that.
And it’s exciting.
I got a portion of my financial aid released to me, a few more dollars into my savings account and I’m in need of some clothing staples, and maybe one nice new dress, and the rest will be earmarked toward the car.
I’m really going to do this.
And I’ll make sure I’m well rested for it, not going to the dealership tired.
Oof.
Anyway.
I’m starting to ramble and I just want a hot tea, a pear, and a snippet of a video.
Then off to bed.
My bed looks so good right now.
I cannot wait to crawl under the covers.
Seriously.
It’s going to be good.
So.
So.
So.
Good.
Auntiebubba 