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Mom told me to keep on with my home improvements post-breakup and that she and money from Memaw's estate would help me pay for it. THANK YOU MEMAW. Or mom for making something up to make me happy. I've scaled down the designs to a one-person household/income but I still need help paying for it. Four doors to be installed, some ceiling fans and light fixtures, finish the back deck, and put a roof on the front deck. Another 10k or so. JFC, that's a lot of money. THANK YOU MOM AND MEMAW.

I have painters at the house today (another huge investment even though I get it cheap through my company it's still expensive). In the next couple of days, the inside of my house is going to change colors. All the holes where I've changed my mind about where to hang something are gone. The dents and dings from Justin's moving in and out, in and out, in and out, will disappear. By Wednesday, it will be as if I had never had a family of four living in the house.

I realize that making huge changes in appearance or home can't financially happen for most people post break-up, trauma, death, divorce, etc. but it is REALLY therapeutic for me, at least, that things look different. So I'm not constantly reminded of it all.

Saturday, I cut off my hair into an angled bob. I changed the color from black to a medium brown with honey and caramel highlights. I look younger and fresher faced. I guess going lighter as you age really is the thing to do.

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Oh, I'm so glad your place can get the lift and refresh Along with your hair! Reclaiming your space and life FTW. And blessings on your mom for helping with the house stuff <3.

Blessings on my mom indeed. For all the problems we've had she's really showing up for me right now. She's at the beach, so I'm dog and house-sitting for her. It's way better than a house full of dogs and partially dry paint

Yeah, I thought about saying something about how much of a contrast this recent supportiveness was, but I figured you were Well Aware. I'm so glad that you can get out of the house while it's being improved AND that you can keep up the improvements. These are all Smart improvements, too, the sorts of things that actually do add value as well as improving your daily quality of life, so: WIN.