The OK Adventures of Peppersloth and Annie

Hey all! Peppersloth, checking in again. Annie just did TWO blogs on some VERY heavy subjects, and her uncle did what I have been TRYING to do since December…inform Annie that she is WAY too hard on herself. Thanks, Uncle. You’re great! Appreciate you! Annie does not give herself enough credit for all of the things that she has overcome, and all of the things that she has accomplished within the last year. For example…

                For those that don’t know, Annie is HIGHLY introverted. New situations and new people terrify her. She puts on an extraverted smile, but she feels sick to her stomach. This week alone, Annie went to a new church, signed up for small groups AND a ‘new persons’ event with that church, AND signed up for a class at the local community college. Also, it’s a finance class! Annie is WILLINGLY taking a class where she will have to deal with numbers. Bets on how fast she drops it? Just kidding. It’s only 8 weeks! She can handle 8 weeks of counting, right? Right?? Oh boy…

                Also, did you know Annie has a mini meltdown every time she posts one of these? She acts all brave about her opinions, but she is terrified one of you is gonna start a social media war with her. Annie also does not like vulnerability. That’s why she writes her opinion. She doesn’t have to verbally share it. Annie thinks her words make more sense on paper, than coming out of her mouth. We’re working on that one. If she can write it, Annie should be able to say it.

                On top of moving to a place where she knows no one, Annie is doing a job that she is physically under qualified to perform. Seriously! Annie is not physically active at all! She doesn’t like it! She doesn’t like having aches and pains all over her body. She doesn’t like being on her feet for 12 hours straight, three days in a row. She is completely out of shape. On top of that, her feet are the worst. She was not built for standing, she was built for sitting. And she’s really good at it!

                Annie has started making adulted decisions for herself. She still calls her mom a lot because her mom is usually right…except for the one time…yeah, Annie’s mom is never living that down. That’s a story Annie will put into her mom’s eulogy! Anyway! Annie ordered a bed! A REAL bed! A queen size bed! She is thinking more about what kinds of things she should, or shouldn’t, be eating! But she still refused to share her salt and pepper chips…even though it said ‘Shareable size’ right on the front of the bag! Rude! Whatever. Cheshire Cat and I ate her Combos. (Side note: Thank you Pastor Jason for the awesome road trip snack suggestion!) Annie is also picking out furniture for the apartment…rephrase…she is THINKING about picking out furniture. She is taking responsibility for her mental health and doing what she needs to do to take care of it. Speaking of which, why aren’t we at the lake yet?? Oh, right. Because I wanted to share my opinions before Annie caught me.

                Do you know what a backbone Annie has developed in the last year? Do you know how many people Annie has looked at and said, ‘Enough is enough’ in the last year? More than ever before in her life. Annie has stopped letting people just walk all over her. She still has a ways to go…but, as a certain uncle said, she has a lot of huevos for all that she has done.

                Don’t tell Annie I bragged about her. She’ll ban me from blogging ever again! And that would NOT be ok!  She’ll give the job to Green Bear…or worse…the cat with the creepy smile! *shudder*