Have you ever had a week that was full of Mondays? As in no matter what you did, each day was either Groundhog Day or the longest hour of your life. Then when you talk to someone, it turns out it isn’t just you but something in the universe?

Last week was one of those weeks, that no matter what I did it was a Monday from hell.

And this is why it is so important, to me, that I find the silver lining in each week. In my case, 10 of them.

That last weekend I decided my house was kind of depressing, I haven’t been taking care of it as I should. Purged both girls rooms and found this hiding in the back of my eldest’s desk.

That my eldest refuses to read my blog, so she will have no idea that I posted this drawing from when she was in kindergarten!

That Bridget’s doctor listened to my worries that Catatonia is making a comeback. We did not change the meds, but he scheduled a follow up appointment so we can assess if we need to go back up on the med, I’ve been trying to wean her off. That if we do have to go higher on the dose, I know it isn’t a failure but a remedy.

That when I got hacked on my Facebook account, I was able to recover it but not my blog page. While devasting to lose those memories, I have this website that I can go back to whenever I need to remember the good times and how far Bridget has come in her life.

That losing the Blog Facebook page, means I have an excuse to look at older blog posts and repost them on social media.

That my 93yo mother-in-law made it back to bingo this week. And won, again.

That when I posted a poor-me post, which probably led to the Facebook hack, I got to read the support and care from those who do read (unlike that eldest child) my writings and never mind holding me up when I fall down.

That my BFF since we were 12yo is visiting this weekend. That she understands why I cannot visit her, and even though she is exhausted she doesn’t mind traveling to see me.

That while at the grocery store I ran into a friend I haven’t seen in forever. And while we may have caused a backup in aisle 7 as we caught up, we got more smiles from passing shoppers as they saw us reconnecting and not caring if anyone overheard our conversation.

That this week of Monday’s is over and next week is a short week!