Saturday February 15, 2025
Dear Diary,
Good morning God,
– Thank you for this day.
– Thank you for good sleep.
– Thank you for sledding.
– Thank you for fun days with my kids.
– Thank you for Bits.
– Thank you for snow.
– Thank you for snow plows.
I love you!
I awoke at 7 AM. I had slept deeply through the night. Upon waking, I immediately started writing the article for the city council meeting that was due Monday. I figured the kids were still sleeping at my sisters and I was determined to get the article written and out of the way while I had a chance. About halfway through writing the article, Mr. C messaged me and told me that he could ask his neighbor to plow out the driveway but his neighbor charged a lot. I said that I would pay and yes please to asking his neighbor to do that. I had prayed it would all work out before I went to bed last night and of course it did. I finished writing the article at around 9:30 AM and I sent it in with a flourish. Yay!! I did it! I got up, put on positive morning affirmations, made tea and got dressed. It was strange not having Angel with me. I could hear Mr. C up at the log splitter, so I went out and talked with him. He said that his neighbor would be over in a while to plow out the driveway and I thanked him again. Mr. C suggested that I make sure the motorhome will start. I immediately walked down to the motorhome and started it up. I let it run for a few minutes to give the battery a good charge. Then I turned it off and rested in the camper a while, waiting for the snow plow to arrive. I waited an hour, but the snow plow hadn’t come yet.
It was 11AM and I decided to go over to my older sisters to see if the kids were awake yet. Angel was up and playing Minecraft. My sister got up briefly and said that Angel had eaten. I went upstairs to check on the older kids and they were just starting to stir. I told them it was time to get up and sat on the bed with Savana and K while they slowly woke up. They told me they had stayed up until 4 AM drinking and playing Jenga and Trivia with my sister and her boyfriend. The kids told me that my sisters boyfriend kept talking about how much he hated little dogs and they saw him be mean to my sisters chocolate lab Huckleberry. I felt anger course through me. I’d heard about horrible things he’d done to my sister cat and Huckleberry before. I was boiling with anger. I was angry at my sisters boyfriend but I was more angry at my sister for staying with him. Her previous husband was very abusive and beat me up really bad when I was in my 20’s. When I finally got away from him and called the police, my sister stood up for him. My sister and I didn’t talk for 10 years because I refused to be around that kind of energy. We reconciled when she was still with her husband and he apologized but then one day he snuck up behind me and hit me as hard as he could on the butt when I was talking with my sister. I told him to never Iay a hand on me again and avoided going over to their house after that.
When they got divorced, I was happy that my sister had finally gotten away from that abusive man. The pattern wasn’t broken though. She got a boyfriend that is controlling and abuses animals. I get so angry when she defends him and caters to his demands. No one in our family likes him because we all see what he does. Why does she choose to defend him and stay with him? I prayed and asked for understanding, forgiveness and compassion.
The kids got up and we walked downtown to a restaurant so they could eat. I ordered a salad and had a few tater tots while we chatted. We walked back from the restaurant and drove up the mountain to drop Savana and K off to get a massage. I treated them both to a massage from a wonderful massage therapist that my sisters go to. My older sister treated me to a massage from her once and it was amazing. I plan on getting a massage from her on a regular basis when I get more established here. After dropping the girls off, Scott and I went to the motorhome. The driveway was plowed out and Scott easily drove the motorhome out of its spot. I introduced Scott to Mr. C and we chatted for a few minutes before going back to my sisters. On the way, I stopped and paid the neighbor for plowed out the driveway. It cost $125 which was way cheaper than buying a $506 plane ticket to fly Scott home.
Scott parked the motorhome next to the bank and we left to go pick up Savana and K. They both enjoyed their massages and we went back to my sisters. We walked to the thrift store and briefly looked around. Then I got Angel off of Minecraft and we all went to McCall to walk out onto the lake. It was a fun drive up the mountain and the roads were clear. The lake was covered in snow and frozen solid. We walked out into it and took pictures. Then I stopped at Natural Grocers to get snacks and we went to Zim’s Hot springs.
The hot springs was packed full. It was the fullest I’d ever seen it. We took over a corner in the deep-end and had a great time. Scott, Savana and K got out, laid in the snow and jumped back in. Angel lost a toy pony on the bottom of the pool and had half of the people at the pool looking for it. I looked for quite a while but it was dark out and I couldn’t see the bottom very well with just the pool lights.
It was snowing out when we left and the drive back to Council through the canyon was slow going but we made it without any issues. When we got to town, we stopped at Dollar General and I dropped Scott, Savana and K off at my sisters. Scott and I went around back to get the motorhome awning pieces that I had set next to the garage. There was a huge snow drift covering the awning pieces and we couldn’t get to them. I’ll take them to him when the snow melts.
Angel and I went to the church and cleaned it. I enjoyed cleaning the church and did a great job. We got to the camper after 11PM and went straight to bed after brushing our teeth. I put on a sleep meditation and wrote my blog notes. Then immediately fell asleep at 11:30PM.
Thank you for reading my blog and being a part of my life. I appreciate you.
Love, Victoria
P. S. This blog post was inspired by the Holy Spirit.