Release the pressure and give yourself grace.

It has been an intense month with my husband ending one job and starting a new job, the end of school and my kids’ finals, and my middle child graduating from high school.

Today I took a longer time than normal to pick up groceries and ordered a vanilla Coke with easy ice and sat in a Sonic drive-in stall listening to a podcast. A little me time. A little grace.

Do something fun you wouldn’t normally let yourself enjoy.

I made a new dish for dinner. Now, I like to cook. I’m a good cook, but my family isn’t super adventurous. We’re trying to eat a little healthier without sacrificing flavor — actually amping up the flavor.

So, I made Korean beef rice bowls tonight. A couple of new ingredients to me — but pretty foreign to my family. My husband loved it, my son tried it, my girls did not try it — but I can’t please everyone. It was fun to make. I love any reason to use my micro-plane (for ginger and nutmeg)!

We’ll see what tomorrow brings.

I didn’t do much for Mental Health Awareness Month, so I’m making June month of self-care. Feel free to follow along and read, participate or both.

Here’s what it will look like;

It’s Day 1, so we’re taking two minutes to breathe. Just breathe.

Done. It made me think of one of my favorite songs, “Breathe (2 am)”. I first heard it on Grey’s Anatomy and it’s been an anxiety mainstay song. Give it a listen.

This was the cover of the New York Times Sunday Review today.

My middle child graduated from high school today. Here she is with her best friend on the right.

Ted Cruz got yelled at last night for being a Republican asshole attending the annual NRA convention in Houston in the state he represents in the Senate. In the state where a mass shooting killed 19 children and two adults less than a week ago. This should happen every time had leaves the house.