I am not the type of person who loses track of time, but let’s just say March DID NOT FEEL like I expected it to feel.
What I saw, heading into the month: Little fun trip, lots of routine weeks with normal clinical days and no call
What I thought about that: I’ll have lots of time to move forward on some of the bigger projects I’ve been pushing off! It will be a really fun and productive month where I can really settle into 2026 routines and also move some fun things forward. This look like a pleasant and normal-looking month.
What happened: OMG. I got hit by a semi truck of #MOOD. I had PMS (duh), but it just never really ended. I really didn’t do well (mentally) with my one-year diagnosis anniversary. The world news became terrifying, and I mostly just stopped processing it (absolutely a privilege, I know that). I watched many episodes of Euphoria, which is a great show AND an absolute downer. I cried, many times, and often for no real identifiable reason.
And then the month kind of just . . .ran its course. Somehow, we got to this point where it feels like there’s some closure on the horizon. Now, I recognize March is NOT ACTUALLY OVER; we’ve got almost a whole week left when it comes to the actual dates! But I feel like this weekend (with our spring break travels/vac!) will usher in the Official Transition Phase of Q2, and therefore this week does feel a bit like an ending, albeit a rather unsatisfying one.
This is not the official March recap (and I do think that perhaps I’ll feel objectively better about the month once I really look at what went down), but I’m just processing what a challenge the last few weeks have been.
I’m not going to recap my failures (in this post, anyway) but I did enjoy spending some time last month writing out the things I was looking forward to in March. (Note: despite my rant above, I have to say that ALL of the things mentioned in that post slated to happen did happen, other than Tiffany missing her part of the 80s concert! So, positive memories were made between crying jags).
LOOKING AHEAD: APRIL
First up (end of March) is Disney with my sister and niece added to the usual crew! I think this will be really fun. I plan to just succumb (let’s face it, I already let my wallet succumb . . .) to the Disney magic.
Naples beach weekend with two families (A’s friends) — we’ll also celebrate A’s birthday!
A’s state gym meet in Gainesville –> we just got her time slot and it’s pretty ideal, no missed work/school and we can go as a family.
One call week (but not the weekend because I covered someone else’s weekend in January! YAY)
A cappella reunion trip in Williamstown. Umm, this was a slightly crazy decision I made but as of now I’m psyched!
Peds Endo meeting in San Francisco at the end of the month. (SIDE NOTE – if you live in the SF area and are interested in joining me for a casual meetup on Saturday evening 5/2, please email me and I can give you details!).
Various social things: work picnic, school ‘parent’s night out’, Starbucks date with a certain local blogger 🙂
Lest anyone think that one normal weekend snuck in there, Josh has his marathon (!) so I’ll have the kids solo for a few days. (He’ll be doing the same for me multiple times, so I am glad he’s getting some friend time in!).
There’s also Passover and multiple birthdays to celebrate (A, plus Josh’s mom).
AND: Season 3 of Euphoria is coming out.
Feeling: Simultaneously sad and grateful and excited and hopeful. I guess that’s just life.
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