Real life after 50

Hi friend! You came back! I’m so happy to see you! I apologize for the time away,but life has been crazy. If you’re new here, welcome. There’s absolutely no order here…just me rambling about anything and everything. Whatever is going through my mind seems to come out on paper. Or screen. Please bear with me as my non-tech savvy self tries to navigate how to set this page up correctly.My previous post gave me a hard time uploading. Not really sure why, but let’s try it again.

I recently had to go back to work after a 2 month leave. I had a triple arthrodesis and gastrocnemius recession done in February. In simple terms, I had a triple foot fusion and they lengthened my calf muscle. Let’s just say that if you ever have that kind of time away from work, it’s really hard to go back. I didn’t want to go back. I found that I truly enjoyed not working. It’s been a really hard adjustment for sure. It was even harder than I thought it would be. I wasn’t just stressing myself out. It had to be done. I have to work seeing that I like to eat and have a roof over my head. My mental health definitely weent downhill again, but my blood pressure went up. Ugh. Lol, it’s not good. That’s how you know your job is too stressful and emotionally draining. The change also made me super tired, so I fell behind on my writings. Besides back-to-back calls all day, system issues, and changes to policy and procedures, I am tired of talking to unhappy people all day. It’s making ME unhappy. So, what can I do? Well…lots.

I thought about what makes me happy. I love to read and write, but how can I make that into a career? If I had the money, I would open up a bookstore. Not just any old bookstore though. It would strictly be Rom-Com. I can picture it. There would be a cozy reading corner, a store cat, and it would be in an older building with lots of trees around.  I would have coffee, but not the fancy stuff. Just plain coffee. Maybe some pastries. I may have mentioned this already as I do tend to ramble, and if so…sorry! Since I can not open a brick-and-mortar store, I am opening an online bookstore. I started working on it while on leave. I have to finish setting it all up and then I will share all the info with you. Not exactly the bookstore I planned, but maybe one day. I am also working on publishing three books that I wrote while on leave, Two are children’s books and the other is a book of my poetry. Formatting illustrations for the children’s books Has proven to be a task. The poetry book will probably be the first one published, thanks to my non-tech savvy self.

Enough about work and my dreams. I don’t want to bore you! So, I’m located in Michigan, and if you’re familiar with Michigan, you’ll understand what I’m talking about. Just when you think it’s finally warm enough to ditch the heavy clothes, Mother Nature says “nope!”. It seems that when we do get decent temps, it rains. That gets a little depressing after being cooped up for so long after surgery. I just want to get outside and play! It was really hot today, but, of course, it rained. Ugh. Such is life.

Here’s to hoping life gets easier, cheaper, and better for ALL of us soon.

Treat yourself well,

Me