I miss ATHs.

Having a family member on hospice is the worst kind of limbo. Especially when it’s towards the end end and every time the phone makes a noise, it’s like heart-stopping.

I’m just waiting for the call. Could be in 5 minutes, could be in 3 days, but it feels like everything is on pause.

Like the one I did on wavelake or a different one?

OMFG

Good morning nostr, today i'll be getting back into the homestead routine, somewhat. I need to spend time with the new pup, because i want her to learn some basic commands. She has made progress on leash training, and also the "sit" command, so its coming along. Then i just need to catch up on stuff around the house and do some errands. Yall have a great thursday, enjoy your coffee, and remember that today is a gift. #coffeechain #grownostr #dogstr

Apparently, if you don't watch Christmas Movies, Christmas Movies comes to you and you get to live them in person 😬

No, I don't mean the cute love story Hallmark ones. I mean the old school ones where someone is trying to get home for Christmas and things start going wrong!

Well, everything didn't go wrong, but our van did start to spit coolant and overheated multiple times.

We fixed it, we thought, but no! Then we were stuck on the highway as the engine died and we pulled into the shoulder next to a tall wall just before exit 68.

I started praying for a Miracle, as that's not a place I wanted to spend Christmas!😬

We got off the highway after it had cooled down and parked at a car parts store, and my husband started doing research. We came across a video from like 6 years ago where a guy explained exactly our symptoms and showed what was wrong. It was a $5 part (or $17 at the dealership where he got one).

A simple Heater Hose T! Ours wasn't just cracked, it was mostly gone with denigrated pieces left.

Then my husband looked again, and found an AutoZone open 24h!! 🤯 we didn't know those existed! We called and they seemed to have it!

It was 17 min away and we'd only been able to drive for a few minutes so my husband did an amazing job working the car to keep it cool as we made our way over there.

They didn't have the correct part, but the right kind, so my amazing husband Macgyvered it and we were finally able to get on the road! It was around 1am! We drove for a couple of house before pulling over to sleep, and now we're on our way again!

Christmas Celebration, here we come! ☺️

Thank you Jesus for a Christmas Miracle!!! And keeping our engine intact after overheating so many times 😅☺️

He really said, “Fuck this shit. Enough is enough”. I’m kind of in the same mood. Holidays are unnecessarily stressful and expensive.

You know the bull market is here when I start looking at diversifying my store of value. Even with the current dip.