What brought me joy today

• time with family
  
• being outside 
  
• a little bit of Alexander Calder, a fave artist of mine
  
• a fantastic salad 
  
• a good nap
  
• writing out birthday cards for friends 
  

What brought me joy today

• ​Moisturizing my poor cuticles
  
• My cat on my desk
  
• Getting a $75 rebate
  
• Making note of cheese holidays
  
• Reading the book My Friends
  
• Researching becoming a Certified Financial Planner
  
• A margarita
  
• Baking bread for my family and for my mother in law
  
• A walk
  

What brought me joy today

​What brought me joy today 

1. Sean making sure Mothers day will be special for me

2. Skitty talking to me with multi-syllabic meows demanding her treat

3. Playing Formula D!

4. Peter handling his doctors appt mostly by himself.

5. Getting new bank accounts set up

6. Having a lie down with Sean at end of work day 

7. Rebecca’s Mental Health Calendar suggestion of breathing fresh air outside. Done! Here’s my view:

Rebecca’s mental health calendar catch up

​2. new image for vision board — for decorating, for creating, for more travel 

3. Sunset — tonight

4. Motivational quote

We can’t control how long we live, but we can control how well we live — Jodi Wellman

5. Dance — tonight with Sean, “Melt With You”

6. 3 things grateful for 

• Peter maturing and taking a bit more responsibility for himself
  
• Mini vacays on someone else’s dime
  
• A pared down and therefore roomy closet with clothes that fit, that I like 
  

Work update

​Tax accountant life in May:

I got an urgent email from my corporate overlords about how I was 21 credits behind for the company’s internal  continuing ed requirement (and Eeep, CC’d to admin). I do have 7 weeks to get it done, so it’s nice they alerted me with plenty of time.

Of course, I’d taken a bunch of continuing ed courses outside the company in late 2025 — that it turns out I hadn’t submitted. So I just added 16.5 credits to company compliance. And I’m already signed up for 2 more this month. Based on the email, I went ahead and signed up for 3 internal credits this month. (I may have more external credits but I don’t want to bother looking.)

Which is all to say: this is why I’m taking a banking AUDIT course right this minute. Context for non accountants: Audit =\= tax. I’ve got a list of personal emails and phone calls to take care of during this 2-hour course that won’t be paying attention to. 

Multitasking at its finest. 

Rebecca’s mental health calendar:

​3 things I like about myself:

• My ability to organize fun 
  
• My curly hair
  
• My love of learning 
  

I need a vision board when I get home. And I’ll watch a later sunset because today and tomorrow are super cloudy. 

What brought me joy today:

​What brought me joy today:

1. Back with husband after 2 nights apart

2. Seeing him lauded over and over at opening day of conference

3. Bacon wrapped dates

4. Making friends with attendees

5. Spending the morning with my BFF

6. New dresser for son

7. A good visit with mom

8. Surprise chocolate